Is this the most advanced CB Radio ever? President Washington AM FM SSB 10 Meter Radio

We take a look at the new President Washington 10 meter ham radio. An extremely full featured AM FM SSB radio with some new features such as Message Recording/Playback and Automatic Relay.
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[@keesverhagen9931]

Wow. It has been atleast 40 years ago when i have used a CB radio. As a kid. Had a President Thomas back then. I thought CB was dead. But never thought i could be so wrong. This radio looks awesome and makes my interest in CB grow again.

[@Screamingtut]

it also has The 12-meter band is a radio frequency band used by amateur radio operators in the United States that covers a range of 24.890-24.990 megahertz.

[@maciejkowalski6045]

yes its not cb radio it amateur radio. 10 and 12 meters. most lileky u can unlock 11m

[@thestonerguy5276]

Nice job! I've been using the Washington since the first ones came out. It's rarely heated up enough to warrant a fan, but I did add one, and it works fine. If this radio was crammed into someone's dash, or used in a hot environment, a fan would most likely be a good purchase to make. Other than 2 fans looking cooler than one aesthetically, perhaps owners should try one fan first vs. buying a pair (due to the cost of a 2-fan kit)

[@unclequack5445]

I'm using President Richard radios now and I really like them President makes great rigs.

[@patriayvida4209]

Nice Radio... Thanks for sharing. I'll check it out!!!

[@CBPunisher1900]

thanks for the review everybody else who reviewed this radio didn't go into most of the features u did, so 5 star review!

[@m0ogy]

Thanks for the review, my early model in England works really well 🙂

[@Hooptierescue]

Have the president Richard. It nice radio but I prefer my galaxy 959. But was looking at this unit. And thanks for in depth review.

[@GWGMJ]

My goto channel for anything CB ❤

[@kevinthomas7264]

I had their version of this 30 odd years ago except it didn't have a channel switch and I had to dial in the frequency. Best AM/FM/SSB radio back then as well. Backed up with an equally illegal directional antenna and I was skipping all over the world when the conditions were right. Hello from New Zealand.

[@davidcollins7306]

I had an old Washington base unit, miss the heck out of that cb. It was a talking machine.

[@rondellschuyler7074]

A quality built radio with lots of good features. Ranger definetly has competition in this class of radio.

[@Z28videogates]

Great review! Overall good radio. I think it should do 100 watts (to fully drive HF amps) and have a +60dB S meter.

[@497SC]

I like it but wish the frequency counter was larger.

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@497SC yeah I think in the future they should swap the channel numbers with the frequency display or at least have it as a switchable option.

[@cornbread-KO5RN]

THANKS FOR THE 10 meter amateur radio review , you have a gift for doing presentations, very clear definitions and explanations….. 😎👋 what’s your ham call 🤷‍♂️

[@cmritchie04]

I would like to see remote control CB radios connected to the internet for remote use...Here is a good example: say you are big Rig trucker going through a town, and that town has a cargo rail road going through it...The trucker can call up the train company or a private citizen and ask them the status of the local train to make sure there is no potential conflicts.

[@dflo5989]

Thank You for Keeping us current 😊

[@JC-sc4il]

Many THANKS, very interesting ! 👍

[@VOLKZZORN]

The President Washington is really not bad, but yes, for the money of €398 I miss some things that the AnyTone 6666 Pro has built in and yes, the price of €269 is great, President should have looked at the AnyTone circuit board! I wanted to get the Washington but when I saw the circuit boards I was out and yes, the AnyTone circuit board is impressive with its well thought out layout and processing of the circuit board! Nothing against President but the device is too expensive for what it is!

[@apstech4618]

Thanks for that info!

[@The_Impulse]

So it’s only slightly more advanced than my chipswitch Lincoln. That Washington has its cool features also, it looks like.

[@creekrunner2078]

Great review as always

[@624radicalham]

Released just in time for solar cycle 25 and here's to hoping 2025 will have daily non stop DX rolling in on 11 meters

[@vinniegillotti9347]

I got a few questions. I saw the schematic real quick so it’s a five pin microphone. Is that the same wiring as the old Grant and 148? What does the George and Washington run for driver and finals and how is the audio circuit on both? Have been into CBS since I was 10 I currently run a president Richard in a tractor-trailer. But I keep my magnum S9 175 with me just because between the speech compression and the audio modulator they’re dressed an incredible sounding radio, loud and proud without over modulation and speech compression

[@keesverhagen9931]

What would be the best GPA antenna for this radio ? Also a President one ? Maybe i am going back into it.

[@ouenergy2437]

Hello, Great Review of the radio, BS Free video Full of important Facts, well done sir. Cheers👍

[@captaininsano2777]

Finally, a radio factory from uniden that has almost everything stock. Almost. No variable carrier. I like this radio a lot. Why did it take so long for a manufacturer to give us a radio like this. Finally someone gives us fan mounting options. Thats common sense designing right there. These new high power radios like the quad 6 doing 60-80w without cooling. Stupid idea. Just hope they fixed all the faceplate issues from the 880/980 radios. Looks like a similar design. Ill be getting one

[@cbradiomagazine]

RF power is variable. Just press the channel knob when keyed to access variable RF power.

[@-Nobody-1]

Isnt this different than then uniden? Isnt this Backlit LCD and the Uniden is LED? Idk 🤷

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@-Nobody-1 completely different than the 980s that had display issues. Those were designs from a decade ago. These displays are different and while it may look slightly similar from the outside, it’s a completely different design and radio.

[@-Nobody-1]

@@cbradiomagazine oh i know, i was just tossing a hint to @captaininsano above, that he wasn’t in the right track.

[@captaininsano2777]

@@-Nobody-1 they look very similar in the front. Knobs n display. The beeps. All looks similar but then the chassis looks way different.

[@PIasmaZombie]

i instantly liked the screwholes on the heatsink on the back to mount extra fans on, GREAT idea from the engineers to make it like that. does any other CB radio or even amateurradio has that ? so far i have seen & remember, this PW is the only one of all those that has that. thing costs $390 u.s., i think for that price they should have installed fans on the heatsink already from factory.

[@iceman382]

One, fans should be included. Two, ham manufactures can put fans in their radios, why not CB\Ham manufactures like President.

[@mostlypostie1]

I hope you can get a new AT-6666 PRO / QT80 to test. I think it will impress even more, even compared to the Washington. 73

[@cbradiomagazine]

I have the 6666 Pro just haven’t gotten a video completed yet. It’s a very cool radio, some different features but some overlap. Both great radios and will just depend what users are looking for. Honestly I’ll be interested to see how both radios hold up long term due to heat from the higher output.

[@mostlypostie1]

@@cbradiomagazine good stuff. They were designed to handle the heat. Even without fans. FYI there is a new firmware update coming for the 6666 Pro next week, It would be worth doing the firmware update before a review because it adds some nice new features. 73

[@CBPunisher1900]

@@cbradiomagazine when u do the review can u also use the president BT mic on it i hear it works on that radio want to see to be sure first before i buy thanks again no rush lol i use the digimic on mine works great but the channel buttons are wacky lol .

[@CBPunisher1900]

@@mostlypostie1 yeah u can to tx on red and rx on green thats a cool new feature .

[@mostlypostie1]

@@CBPunisher1900 It's great, actually you can make RX and TX any of the colors you like ;)

[@ddsvfo]

Great info!

[@anthonyiocca5683]

85 watts transmitter. That’s quite a bit from a small package. Does it have lower settings for power?

[@davidmacphee3549]

In 1966, when I was 12, I got a pair of 'President' walkie talkies for Christmas. They were the cheaper pair, 35 mw. They were only on channel Nine but received all the channels at the same time. I was annoying to REACT MEMBERS.. (Emergency channel.) Finally, someone with a Johnson Messenger One Answered my calling and invited me over. I am Canadian. My introduction to GRS, the same as CB in the States. Amazing. Quite a discovery!

[@jplacido9999]

Only a complete idiot would put channel 9 xtal on a kid's handie-talkie...

[@joewaldner6986]

I had a similar experience when my dad bought me a set of Radio Shack walki-talkies in Winnipeg.

[@davidmacphee3549]

@@joewaldner6986 Later, channel 14 was set for Walkie Talkies. CB got really popular and I found lots of older friends but it was carefully enforced and licenced like Ham. In 1977, "Smokey and the Bandit" came out. All rules went out the window. Tons more skip. So much noise. Ruined hobby. Also, the old tube Radios had terrific audio quality. Like like being in the same room.

[@joewaldner6986]

@@davidmacphee3549 Yes you're right. The Browning Golden Eagle was an example of a tube radio that sounded fantastic.

[@peterfong2241]

It was channel 14 it transmits on, and receive on all 40 channel, it was 27.125.00 MHZ, watching from Jamaica west Indies !!

[@remi3741]

wow thats old stuff, we used this radio's about 43 years ago here in europe. nobody uses them anymore now.

[@Pimporly]

Do this Mean I can Set up this Radios to Be the First Ever CB Repeater?

[@cbradiomagazine]

Not quite a repeater but yes pretty close

[@madmax2069]

A slightly modified version of the case the 880/980 bearcat uses. About the only difference is the addition of a USB port, and the bezel is a bit different in the design. But the button placement, knobs and placement are essentially unchanged.

[@cbradiomagazine]

It’s very similar looking but the controls are different, display is different, etc.. In manufacturing to create a radio you have to first create a tool that is used as the mold for a production. These are quite expensive, so radio companies re-use the same tool for multiple generations of radios. So even though the board, display, knobs, are all different the radios end up looking similar.

[@madmax2069]

@@cbradiomagazine I'm only talking about the case, I know it has different internals, I know it has a different screen. But the case they used is a slightly modified version of what the 880/980 used/uses the only differences to the case is the USB port and slightly different bezel, but it's pretty much the same.

[@buzzsah]

Hae you ever heard of ARF-2001 base CB? It was a great unit but big $$$, made in NM

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@buzzsah cbradiomagazine.com/arf-2001-ssb-cb-transceiver/

[@sgtevmckay]

Only a couple of personal issues, and a question. I would like to see the ability to record multiple messages, just one recording may not be appropriate for all situations. The Roger beeps, as usual, suck. Maybe if the message recording can be tapped to the PTT off, and then, by a menu option, trigger the recorded message. It is unfortunate that you will have to break that manufacturer’s seal to add fans. This is an issue that President should have seen coming and addressed, prior to public release! Question? Is there a way to program freq and functions via me computer, using either proprietary software or third party software (ie: Chirp), similar to Anytone software? Maybe if we could modify the RB to an anything else. Thanks again for the great review and in depth analysis, and the additional function review references to previous videos. Keep on, keep’in on 73’s

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@sgtevmckay no programming option on this radio, I agree it would be nice to custom set the frequencies. The message feature is a new one so perhaps more options in the future, good idea on multiple options though. What you see in the video is what you get with this one. I like the direction manufacturers are going though as I think the cb crowd is definitely made up of a lot more hobbyists now who like the additional features.

[@sgtevmckay]

@@cbradiomagazine I may be guilty of the many options thing. As you say, this is a first, and growing, implementation. Very exciting. I look forward to what happens next from President.

[@tripyhippy]

Reminds me of the 980 I bought when they first came out the digit read out didn't last long and that ridiculous beep that you couldn't turn off...

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@tripyhippy yeah luckily it’s very different even though the look is slightly similar. 980 was a good radio but suffered from display failure. These radios use a completely different display, board, etc.

[@matthewdavies2057]

Great features all right, but the display digits are way too small.

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@matthewdavies2057 agreed, I wish there was a function to swap the “channel” larger digits with frequency display.

[@MM7FBE]

I notice the noise level on the signal meter is a bit high and wondered if it is caused by the big screen

[@cbradiomagazine]

Nope, we have a high noise floor in our area, 4-5 s units of electrical noise. The NRC on the newer radios is fantastic for cutting back the noise though!

[@VicGreenBitcoin]

Nice CB Radio, perfectly legal in my country

[@robertlyman9789]

Separate speaker Jack for PA? That would be nice!

[@cornbread-KO5RN]

Okay boys don’t get all excited and confused the radio is FULL FEATURED and woman are FULL FIGURED ,, 😂👋😎 ,, it is a dog gone nice radio 👍

[@rebeccaholder8213]

You got it cornbread this is Johnny I've talked to you watching stuff hope your doing well 73s brother 423 is gone be safe.

[@chris-em4ns]

Does the screen go out like they do in the uniden? Mine went out after only a few years.

[@cbradiomagazine]

No, new type of screens in these.

[@RFMaster6]

So if you have a capable handheld w/CTCSS you can be out of the vehicle with the capability to retransmit and extend your portable range. President Electronics, Randy III or IV with CTCSS.

[@cbradiomagazine]

Yes if you have a fm unit with ctcss dcs you definitely could do that.

[@rdsii64]

What ever happened to only having to clip a small white wire to "do the mod"?

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@rdsii64 blame the fcc

[@rdsii64]

@@cbradiomagazine Yep among a few other things that are the FCC's doing.

[@robertlyman9789]

Any tone just hold down a couple switches when turning on

[@ARANHA-PX]

qual a potencia em AM e SSB quantos Watts de saida ????

[@Evil-Jesus]

When are we gonna get a LED Color screen?

[@wadepatton2433]

Actual ham rigs often have touch screens, if you're interested. I have one with bluetooth now for my headset.

[@adv3666]

Good day.. I'm from Canada I have a magnum s980.. I need it checked and possibly repaired.. Can you suggest a reputable tech who won't steal it and will fix it properly.. It has been repaired before shipped it to California..

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@adv3666 Superior CB in Ontario California used to be the repair center for magnum radios. They are the best, their tech Chris was the Magnum guy. I’d highly recommend him.

[@vidrioandsonstrucking2422]

The only bad thing about this radio is the talkback is not heard loudly.

[@plouto04]

Are u bye ky Indiana or Ohio I’m looking for a cb repair shop

[@blueline308]

where do you buy it? thier website dont mention buying.

[@cbradiomagazine]

Walcott CB and others have it. Check google.

[@vidrioandsonstrucking2422]

The only problem is that the talkback is not very loud.

[@Richardpasquinucci]

I thought c.B. was on the 11 meter band

[@-Nobody-1]

Why this over a Radioddity QT80?? 🤷

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@-Nobody-1 just depends on the features you’re interesting in, price, warranty, etc.

[@mybrighton]

Can you change backlit colour to amber? Oh you can nice! as blue causes many people headaches. I dislike the fake chrome on plastic effect on the casing is prone to scratching and finger prints, big old clickly clacky buttons sound harsh and cold. Some of the top n bottom row display is almost impossible to see. Still at the end if the day its what it sounds like and how well it performs on receive or transmit. Cheers

[@LazloNQ]

Literally the color question was answered in the video. Please watch it before clogging up the comments with such questions.

[@mwalker8269]

Better than a galaxy 98vhp?

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@mwalker8269 Really depends what you’re looking for. Will be more stable on SSB, but they are very different radios so tough to compare.

[@veteranga7529]

President HR2510 is my Favorite seems to be better than the UNIDEN HR2510. Also very hard to find these days.

[@quaileggsvermont]

Ya well how much is it? Seems like they are scared to put a price down anywheres! It's probable really stupid crazy high anyways!

[@revbikerbigd8664]

Mode it needs a jumper wire solder in then password is 1234 !

[@SamsungGalaxy-ls8ys]

So it's not a CB out the box ?

[@cbradiomagazine]

Correct, most cb shops who sell these types of radios will do the modification so that when you buy it the radio is already converted and ready to go. These types of radios have been sold this way for decades. They are sold as 10 meter radios but the intended market is cb radio operators. However it works damn good as a 10 meter ham radio too.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

​​@@cbradiomagazine I strongly recommend the Yaesu FT-891 communication radio for serious survival use and emergency use. This can transmit on the 10 meter, 11 meter and on the extremely long range 20 meter in the 14 mHz range 🌎

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

​@@cbradiomagazine the Yaesu FT-891 transmits on 10 meter, 11 meter and the extremely long range distance 20 meter in the 14 mHz frequency. This is a true world wide emergency survival communication radio 🌎

[@jhrubicon1470]

​@unitedstatesirie7431 I miss the cobra 25 days😅 I don't have my license but I would like to have a good shtf scenario radio. I have several old school radios and 2 amps. Is the radio you're referencing something an old cb guy could setup/grasp?

[@CBPunisher1900]

@@unitedstatesirie7431 the RX sensitivity is better on cb/10m radios over hf radios whos specs are set at 20m and below.

[@Radionut]

Any radio with outside band is only half a radio

[@k.a.g.]

What does one cost?

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@k.a.g. $389 seems to be the going rate online

[@k.a.g.]

@@cbradiomagazine Not too bad for all the controls.

[@matthewnolen7467]

I have the original washington base station

[@JamieStuff]

I've been a ham for 40+ years, a trucker for 10+ years, and a CBer since there were only 23 channels. (You do the math on that last one.) A few observations: - Automatic Relay is commonly known as a Simplex Repeater. (However, we all know that repeaters under automatic operation are illegal under the CB rules.) The use case for this is the same as regular repeaters; to allow two stations unable to hear each other directly to communicate. You WANT both TX and RX to be on the same frequency. - Message record/playback has been on high end ham rigs for decades, and is used exactly as you demonstrated, particularly for contests. On CB, it'll have "I ain't got no panties on" 99% of the time... - "Roger beep" has NO function on simplex communications, other than to annoy everyone else. Turn it off, please. - Echo simply makes it more difficult for others to understand what you're saying. Turn it off, too. - Power is highly overrated. It makes very little difference in DX; if the band is open, 5W is enough. If the band isn't open, 5000W won't do it. (I worked many countries in Europe from the US on 10W on 10m SSB during Cycle 23... from a school bus.) Power will make a difference on ground wave, but not as much as you'd expect. Yes, the "inverse square law" does apply, but there are obstructions, including the ground inside the Fresnel Zone. (Oh yeah, I'm an electrical engineer as well.) So, going across a long, flat, straight road like I-80 across the Great Salt Lake may net you a mine or two more, the problem is that the person replying to you is using a stock 5W CB, and you can't hear them. And in the pursuit of MOAR POWAH, people take their radios in for a "tune up". Legality aside, the problem is that a lot of these "service techs" got their "training" by watching a few YT videos, and they end up with a radio that shows as putting out twice the power, but the problem is that the power is now spread over 5 channels, and nobody can understand what they are saying. I miss the days when drivers kept their CB signal as clean as the chrome on their rigs.

[@akinsmark6897]

you sound like the typical ham with your really shitty attitude and so full of yourself crap. some people like the way echo sounds and enjoy using their radio without some jerk always criticizing others and bitching about something. it doesnt matter how much proper training and education a person may have what matters is how much common sense one has and its obvious no amount of schooling can give that to you. the amount of power does make a difference whether its skip or not and only a moron would argue with that. when you say something like oh yeah im an electrical engineer as well and you put down people claiming they got their training by watching you tube videos you deserve to be replied to in a negative manner and told what some people may think of you. which isnt very much and the world would be a much better place without people like you always putting others down and acting like you are better than everybody else. you dont know what you are talking about and you really should ask for your money back from whoever you got your degree from . have a nice day

[@wadepatton2433]

Well said Jamie, spot on. I was on CB for years for fun, then I learned about ham and it sure does open up the mind and understanding of what is actually going on out there--and how so many things "required/desired on CB" aren't actually beneficial to radio communications. I've got nothing against CB'ers but for those with poor attitudes because some hams--just like some CB'ers, aren't easy to get along with. I've even met some hams who never operated on CB, and they're the most confused about what CB is and is not. I do find it a bit amusing that the CB radio makers are still, three decades later, making up "10-meter" rigs specifically for folks who don't understand that for a few-dollars-more, plus a little bitty ham ticket, they could enjoy a much much larger radio world. But so long as they'll buy 'em, they'll keep slappin' 'em together and calling 'em whatever sounds coolest this week. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Enjoy your radios, and learn more any chance you get. I've never met a ham who wouldn't help a person out who wanted to learn more about radio, I've helped many get started and will continue. Some of my best ham pals over the last 25 years have been (some still are) truck drivers-but I met them all on the ham bands. Several of my CB pals became hams when I did, and we still are hamming it up. It's just easier.

[@sprint955st]

@@wadepatton2433U.K. CB here, great points raised here, got my ‘foundation’ ticket during the stay home COVID event and unfortunately I must have found the worst, least helpful ham users…sneering at foundation user asking questions seeking to advance, really put me off. Outrageous snobbery, possibly because I mentioned I was using a set like this that can be (sensibly) used on 10m. and I wasn’t using an expensive ‘shack in a box’ like Yaesu or Kenwood.

[@801Cummins]

Looks like an awesome radio but slightly annoying they're reusing the Washington name on a non base station radio haha 😂

[@robertbarstad6424]

Uniden PRO401HH

[@robertlyman9789]

Similar to the quad 6

[@fizickul71]

Finally, an avenue for CB'ers to destroy and degrade the 10 Meter Amateur Radio Band.

[@udx-294tn5]

Waaaaaaahhh

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@fizickul71 this category of radios has existed for 40 years and the ham bands are doing just fine :)

[@hamradiohack]

They've been making radios like this since the 80s. from what I can tell all the cbers that don't have a license r on 80 and 40m running ham equipment and high dollar ham amplifiers. I really don't think that you need to worry about a bunch of people running out and buying probably a $500 export radio to try and talk on 10m illegally, when in reality they can buy a used ham radio for the price of this radio and still they will prefer to use either one on 11. besides 10 m is absolutely dead and nobody's using it and nobody cares. I think people that make statements like this don't even have a clue and probably don't have a ham radio license anyways and probably don't know the first thing about CB radio

[@tripyhippy]

this is why I can't stand hamsters the privileged white pompous bitching and bashing cbr's never stops

[@iceman382]

@@cbradiomagazine You are correct!

[@williamcatlow1740]

WHERE ARE PRESIDENT RADIOS MADE ?

[@cbradiomagazine]

Pretty much all radios, including ham radios are made in China these days.

[@adamhousden6349]

its a cb pretending to be a 10m radio, like the old school 2830 etc

[@robertmoody2221]

Looks like a uniden 980 with a different name on it

[@cbradiomagazine]

The front looks slightly similar but completely different radio, display, functions, etc. Radios are much improved since the 980 launched a decade ago.

[@madmax2069]

It's pretty much using a slightly modified case design the 880/980 uses

[@tripyhippy]

exactly that's why I want nothing to do with these type of radios

[@madmax2069]

@@tripyhippy it's just using the same case but slightly modified, the internals are nothing alike a 880/990 bearcat

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@tripyhippy it’s nothing like a 980, perhaps I should do a comparison video.

[@robertmethia7080]

that's way more features than the average joe six pack cber is ever going to use. I think you just scared a lot of potential buyers away. it is a 10 meter radio, leave it that way.

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@robertmethia7080 the average cb user today is very different than years ago. Just yesterday on 38 LSB I talked to 2 guys on icom 7300s, a guy on a Anytone 6666 and a guy on a Lincoln II. The cb community is really adopting the more advanced President and Anytone radios because of their new features like NRC. Back in the day I remember people thinking the HR2510 was too advanced for cbers and it became one of the most popular export cb / 10 meter radios of all time. There are guys who won’t give up their cobra 148 but in general, I’ve always found the CB community to be pretty forward thinking when it comes to technology and new advances in radios.

[@MajorMarvin]

I ain’t scared

[@jplacido9999]

On CB it will be illegal. Don't use it....mossad can be angry at you ...and booom....😂🙈

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@jplacido9999 true, legal to own, legal to convert, legal to listen, but it is illegal to TX on cb frequencies with a non-FCC certified radio. I did all my testing on cb frequencies into a dummy load.

[@jplacido9999]

@@cbradiomagazine I realky wasn't refering to you, sir, who I trust....just letting the other guys they must be carefull in the way they use it....👍👍🙏🙏 73's

[@jplacido9999]

@@cbradiomagazine I wasn't refering to you, sir, who I trust, but other distracted people that could think they could use it without any restriction.... One's at least must know that it is not type acepted for CB 👍

[@richg.2579]

Watched he whole darn video to see the modification and all you tell is here is the mod area blah blah blah but dont tell us how. What are you afraid of the youtube leftist police ? Geeze gimme a break.

[@cbradiomagazine]

You just add a jumper where the white line is. Power on radio and go to password function in menu and enter 12345. Simple, but the solder pads are tiny.

[@richg.2579]

@@cbradiomagazine thanks you may want to add that info to the video. All the solder pads are tiny these days. Not like our ol realistic, cobras, ect anymore. Hole thru vs. surface mount.

[@cbradiomagazine]

@@richg.2579so I used to always explain the mods but a couple years ago there was one that was a little more complicated and people somehow didn’t understand what I said in the video and I got emails for a year asking questions and I tried to help people but honestly just got overwhelmed having walk people through everything. So these days I don’t get too deep into the mods. If people don’t know which forums to visit or where to search for the mod they usually are the people that shouldn’t be messing inside their radios :) I love to teach people but it’s getting way more difficult soldering on radios these days.

[@richg.2579]

@@cbradiomagazine can't fix stupid

[@Gw0wvl]

It's not a Ham radio , It's a glorified CB radio , It's a way to legally sell these radios by calling them a "Ham Radio😂" ..... It isn't though , But hey that doesn't matter in reality .... A few things to note though , The frequency readout should have been priority over the channel readout ..... A nice sized frequency display with a smaller channel readout should have been the way to go , The frequency readout is " Tiny " , Or at least the ability to choose the dominant display , Either frequency or channel .The fans should be a standard feature not an after thought , The vfo/channel knob should have been bigger , It looks like you need tweezers to turn it , Also with ICs being so cheap why only a few memories ? HF Ham radios have had at least 100 memories as standard since the mid 80's , And finally the price is way to high ...... For that price you can buy a boxed used YAESU FT-891 that would make this president look like a toy , I know what I would go for if I was looking to spend 400 notes on a radio and it wouldn't be the President .

[@cbradiomagazine]

I think you pretty much nailed it in your summary, however the price isn’t crazy considering market conditions etc IF you are looking for a full featured cb radio. I’m guilty of also feeling like everything is too expensive these days but then a box of cereal is $7 and in my mind it should be $2.99. Inflation has been crazy the last 5 years. I think the Stryker 955 was $299 when it came out and it’s now $400.

[@CBPunisher1900]

hf radios are shit on cb they dont have the sensitivy and also sound like shit on AM. if money is a factor u can buy the radiooddy QT80 for 250$ and that does 100w on ssb and 15m also so better deal .

[@ragheadand420roll]

A hot air gun or a hair dryer on low is your warranty stickers best friend.

[@martincvitkovich724]

Echo on a Ham Radio...I see they are not through screwing up the frequencies with annoying garbage.