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5 September 2023

President George II - A SS3900 in sheep's clothing?

 

With the first images of the inside of the new President George II appearing online there's something which strikes you immediately.... The George II board looks remarkably familiar!

It had been rumoured that the new George II would be using the CRT SS3900/Ares II board. This was denied time an time again. We were told that this would be a President board, designed and built by President.

Now, this may well be the case but looking at the inside of the George II you cant help but notice how similar it is to the other two radios.

Here are the three radios internals and there's no doubt in my mind that they are basically the same board. The George II certainly has less components but the majority of the main components are there in all three radios. 

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(Ares II and George II photos from simonthewizard.com - SS3900 from a google search) 

So what do you think?

Is the George II unique and special or are you just paying a premium price for a SS3900 in a different box?

I think this will be a great radio, it is very likely that it performs very well and having a similar board to the SS3900 is not a bad thing as that radio certainly works well (and costs about £100 less).

Dave, M0OGY, said in a recent video that he has a George II coming from France any day so I guess we'll find out in due course... Looking forward to your review Dave!


Oh, and just for good measure, here's the inside of the superb CRT 7900V....😁


I'm beginning to notice a theme here!!!!🤣🤣🤣


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