With all the features that it comes with from the factory it’s a great radio for the price. It really gets the signal out/in too with all additional features.
The problem isn’t the radio per se, it’s the increase in QRM from all the additional electronic devices causing spurious emissions in the last two decades. Cell towers, wind turbines, Wi-Fi, gmrs, etc. etc… If you activate the NRC on this radio it does a really good job at knocking most of the noise down on AM, in combination with the NB/ANL/Hi-cut as needed. The NRC works well on SSB as well. Lots of worldwide contacts with this radio already.
Just bought mine online from a Norwegian store. But it isn't the modded one, so I will not be using it for TX'ing atm. Just listening. - But thats fine. I am not that good of a talker anyways *S* 😛 Nice video -tnx for sharing!
@@MicroChipz All of them over I believe.. Not that it looked like it was very hard to do it myself, but I am so shaky on my hands that I dont know if I can manage doing it myself.
Thank you for sharing , it looks like a really nice transceiver , it's just the price more then anything , I've just purchased an Alinco HF Transceiver DX-SR9 boxed in mint condition from Martin Lynch , it is an old radio now but it's as new in operation & condition , the price was £399 , so it's not that much more then the president & the Alinco DX-SR9 is a proper ham radio with a 12 month warranty , so in comparison I would say that in all fairness there's alternatives for the price of the president Washington , that being said the President Washington looks like a beautiful radio & I'm sure there will be a certain amount of people that will purchase this radio to own in their collection , it's just it's unlikely they will be flying off the shelves like the CRT 9900 & all the rest of the run of the mill radios .
It seems to have mixed reactions from people, personally its 40 years to modern for me, but that being said it performs real well and i enjoy using it . Back to a cybernet next week tho ;)
Xiegu G90 is very close in $. It would be very hard to spend that much on an Export and not get the waterfall on the G90. I had the original George, Madison, McKinley, Lincoln and Grant XL. Couldn't find the Adams though. All great radios. So nice there are still companies making new radios.
Hi there. Git my president washington last week I didn't receive the frequency chart with mine trying to find a .pdf download of it any ideas? Had 11m etc put on mine and fitted 2 fans, a lit of kit to take in just wish I can find the chart would help no end I'm new to the ssb etc I'm an old AM FM 80's CB'er Great rig such a different world to my harrier cbx with extra block on it a bit of vintage but this president 👏 I'm smiling. I have same antenna but is red one on magmount. You run a boot too or straight 80watt out the back to get Brazil. If no boot wow you done well. I'm going up a hill to DX lol. Do you use auto tuner when mobile gor swr across the bands I find mine goes high.... what do you use... BD39/ Silverrod / 73's my friend
@MicroChipz Forgotten to ask what do you have the SWR protection set at for your president think I set to 2.4 is that really safe can I go to 2.8 ? I have 1:1 on many band frequencies just some are cutting radio off so wondering about auto tuner unit for mobile.... Cheers..
I havent changed it from default , and yes a mobile tuner is a good idea, i have a battery powered MAT tuner just for that, maybe work 10m on it safely .
I have been in 2 minds about getting one as i have the george 2 what was my 1st modern radio and it has been a great wee radio .I have been watching for the fan kit i seen people have just been making there own
IF anyone is thinking about buying this radio, I just got one today and it's not open for 11m, so a jumper wire will have to be soldered inside the radio, pure bollocks !
You should at least look at the user manual before posting your professional report it clearly states 12 amps draw. And 80+pep that president claims is clearly misleading .
My reading was based on what my 30a power supply meter showed me , on FM full power its bang on 12 Amp on ssb its peaking above the 16 Amp reading. My video is far from professional , just what i found at the time , sorry it was not to your liking ,
@@garyiow8482 president is an expensive cb. yaesu ft 891 is far superior having more bands 100 watts output fans already fitted processor better filtering the list just goes on.
Love mine with the nrc, also got the digimic which sounds nice.
You should try running the hi-cut. Would cut the hiss out. Make it much more pleasant to listen too
Thanks , will give it a try next time :)
Agreed 👍
Thank you for the review. Could you show how the relay function works?
What is the process to convert?
Thanks for the video Graham I could do with a coffee too 😂 Cheers Dave
Thanks for watching .
@@MicroChipz No problem, I've owned mine now for a couple of months, no issues at all with it
That’s a nice radio plenty of features to play with it looks great and from the video it sounds really good too top video as always mate
A bit expensive tho, but yeh it performs well.
I had one in my basket last week and last minute i decided against it, seeing this video has tempted me again. 😂
Its expensive for what it is.
With all the features that it comes with from the factory it’s a great radio for the price. It really gets the signal out/in too with all additional features.
the high s meter reading anoys the hell out of me on all these types of modern radios , i notice you are a EK member , howdy from 108EK888
Thanks for watching fellow EK :)
So I'm so stuck between this radio and a Washington.. I'm gonna run a 500 watt linear any recommendations
Excellent view from a hill.
The am receive on these radios is horrendous. On the flip side though, the sideband receive is tremendous.
Yes the SSB rx is real good :)
i had exactly the same problem in my president lincoln 1 . Excellent SSB but very bad receive in AM.
The problem isn’t the radio per se, it’s the increase in QRM from all the additional electronic devices causing spurious emissions in the last two decades. Cell towers, wind turbines, Wi-Fi, gmrs, etc. etc… If you activate the NRC on this radio it does a really good job at knocking most of the noise down on AM, in combination with the NB/ANL/Hi-cut as needed. The NRC works well on SSB as well. Lots of worldwide contacts with this radio already.
There's NOTHING wrong with the AM receive at all. It's YOUR AREA and SOLAR ACTIVITY.
Why the set is showing s7 or even s9 when there is nothing to hear....?
Noise floor in my house is terrible
I have the George 2 cos i wasn't too fussed about the higher power. I have a kl703 for that..not bad radios sound nice on air.
Is this radio ultra light weight like the rest of the modern CB Radios ?
Not really it’s a good solid design .
Just bought mine online from a Norwegian store. But it isn't the modded one, so I will not be using it for TX'ing atm. Just listening. - But thats fine. I am not that good of a talker anyways *S* 😛 Nice video -tnx for sharing!
No problem , what do you mean not modded ? Expanded or the fans?
@@MicroChipz All of them over I believe.. Not that it looked like it was very hard to do it myself, but I am so shaky on my hands that I dont know if I can manage doing it myself.
Thank you for sharing , it looks like a really nice transceiver , it's just the price more then anything , I've just purchased an Alinco HF Transceiver DX-SR9 boxed in mint condition from Martin Lynch , it is an old radio now but it's as new in operation & condition , the price was £399 , so it's not that much more then the president & the Alinco DX-SR9 is a proper ham radio with a 12 month warranty , so in comparison I would say that in all fairness there's alternatives for the price of the president Washington , that being said the President Washington looks like a beautiful radio & I'm sure there will be a certain amount of people that will purchase this radio to own in their collection , it's just it's unlikely they will be flying off the shelves like the CRT 9900 & all the rest of the run of the mill radios .
It seems to have mixed reactions from people, personally its 40 years to modern for me, but that being said it performs real well and i enjoy using it . Back to a cybernet next week tho ;)
Need one
Xiegu G90 is very close in $. It would be very hard to spend that much on an Export and not get the waterfall on the G90. I had the original George, Madison, McKinley, Lincoln and Grant XL. Couldn't find the Adams though. All great radios. So nice there are still companies making new radios.
Hi there.
Git my president washington last week I didn't receive the frequency chart with mine trying to find a .pdf download of it any ideas?
Had 11m etc put on mine and fitted 2 fans, a lit of kit to take in just wish I can find the chart would help no end I'm new to the ssb etc I'm an old AM FM 80's CB'er
Great rig such a different world to my harrier cbx with extra block on it a bit of vintage but this president 👏 I'm smiling.
I have same antenna but is red one on magmount.
You run a boot too or straight 80watt out the back to get Brazil.
If no boot wow you done well.
I'm going up a hill to DX lol.
Do you use auto tuner when mobile gor swr across the bands I find mine goes high.... what do you use...
BD39/ Silverrod / 73's my friend
Hi
The freq chart is just a standard cb freq chart , nothing special, and no boots were used ;)
@MicroChipz Forgotten to ask what do you have the SWR protection set at for your president think I set to 2.4 is that really safe can I go to 2.8 ?
I have 1:1 on many band frequencies just some are cutting radio off so wondering about auto tuner unit for mobile....
Cheers..
I havent changed it from default , and yes a mobile tuner is a good idea, i have a battery powered MAT tuner just for that, maybe work 10m on it safely .
I prefer my old original Washington TBH. Not a moan by any means BTW , thanks for the video anyway.
Nothing wrong with the old Washington at all . As fine rig.
Jor Signal is S 9.30 R5
It is an HF Radio
Nope, 10m 11m
I have been in 2 minds about getting one as i have the george 2 what was my 1st modern radio and it has been a great wee radio .I have been watching for the fan kit i seen people have just been making there own
Yeh putting your own fans on is not a problem. I will be getting fans for mine and making an install video when they are available .
Not too dissimilar to the CRT SS-6900V7 PCB?🤔 I think the CRT or Maas equivalent is better value for money and costs less.
I never had one , maybe I should try :
IF anyone is thinking about buying this radio, I just got one today and it's not open for 11m, so a jumper wire will have to be soldered inside the radio, pure bollocks !
Yes . Usually when buying the option. For export mode is offered .
int it a big BUZ when you open the box mmmmmmmm
Nothing like the smell of a new radio.
Pity about the s9 of phantom signal as with all these new Chinese radios.
I get a high noise floor at home anyway :(
@@MicroChipz I've s7 all day and night times rises to s9 .10 db
73s😅
You said 16 amps draw no way maybe 10-12 and I don't like how president claims 80+Watts pep they only do upto 70-75 pep .false advertising. I have one
You should at least look at the user manual before posting your professional report it clearly states 12 amps draw. And 80+pep that president claims is clearly misleading .
My reading was based on what my 30a power supply meter showed me , on FM full power its bang on 12 Amp on ssb its peaking above the 16 Amp reading. My video is far from professional , just what i found at the time , sorry it was not to your liking ,
No 12 amp modulation peak. Your psu is giving you a false reading. But your the expert @@MicroChipz
Can you put a NATO beep in mine 😂
No, but you can programme the 6900 with a tone of 2100Hz for 250ms.😉
Graham knows the NATO beep comment 😂@@MM0IMC
still think a yaesu 891 is a better radio then this.
Completely different type of radio
@@garyiow8482 president is an expensive cb. yaesu ft 891 is far superior having more bands 100 watts output fans already fitted processor better filtering the list just goes on.
@@ukm6yik69 not really president claim its a 12/10 meter ham radio but we know it a expensive cb radio.
Excellent view from a hill.