NEW VERSION: President George II+ CB Radio

Following the same progression as the Lincoln II, which came in several versions, we now have the President George II+

The radio has new and improved features including:

Increased Output Power: 15W AM / 50W FM / 60W SSB (Export Mode)

Record/Playback onto Micro SD card

FIVE Memory Channels

Improved 3 Button Microphone

Selectable FM Deviation 2K / 4K (Export Mode)

Improved Noise Reduction Circuit

External S-Meter Socket

Firmware V3.0

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Price: £349 (€399)

Availability: Soon

CB Radio: President Texas 1800 Power Mobile Antenna

Video: YouTube/Chris TheHulk

A quick video showing the frequency coverage of the President Texas 1800 mobile antenna.

CB Radio Skip 22/05/2016 - 47AT121 (President Grant 2)

CB Radio: President McKinley - First Photos

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President Electronics USA have posted the above images of the new President McKinley AM/SSB CB Radio on their Facebook page. A nice looking radio for sure, a little basic perhaps for those of you used to more buttons on your SSB radios, but as long as it works and as long as the price is right it should do well!!!! 

A close up of the LCD screen shows separate indicators for MIC GAIN, RF GAIN and S/RF PWR along with three memory channels. There also appears to be a multi segmented area just below HI-CUT which could be used to display text (Maybe a hidden engineering menu there somewhere?)

It will be interesting to see if the radio makes it across the pond to Europe, of course they'd need to add FM and make it Multi Norm. We will wait and see.....

 

Albrecht AE5890EU v's President Grant 2

Just a quick comparison between the Albrecht AE5890EU and the President Grant 2 listening to a station in Turkey on SSB this afternoon.

Another Day, Another President Grant 2 Modification....

Video: YouTube/Klaus R.

An interesting video which appears to show a modified Grant 2 claiming a massive reduction in noise levels, with noise being reduced from S7/S8 down to S1/S3.

President Grant 2 - Another Problem Surfaces?

Video:YouTube/Trymtrains

President have certainly been plagued by reports of problems with their radios of late and this video appears to show yet another problem with one of their sets!

First Radios Appear on President USA Website

So after a bit of a wait the first radios have made an appearance on the President USA website.

Nothing exciting, just 2 x AM only Radios. They are obviously playing it very safe at the moment. We have the Johnson 2 USA and the Johnny 3 USA.

JOHNSON 2 USA: CLICK

JOHNNY 3 USA: CLICK

So what will be the first SSB radio? Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure it will have to be much better than the offerings we have over here in Europe unless they want to kill off their US business before it even gets going!