EP 171 - President Washington - NEW SSB CB for 2024 - Unbox and ON-AIR test.

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EP 171 - President Washington - NEW SSB CB for 2024 - Unbox and ON-AIR test.
President Washington - Unbox and ON-AIR test - is this radio any good ? , is it worth the price tag ?
How will it perform ?
Is it any different from a George 2 ?
Watch and find out.
No scratchy corners were used in this video.

[@sramsdellwdm]

You should try running the hi-cut. Would cut the hiss out. Make it much more pleasant to listen too

[@MicroChipz]

Thanks , will give it a try next time :)

[@technic7762]

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

[@MicroChipz]

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 .

[@andymann1231]

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

[@MicroChipz]

A bit expensive tho, but yeh it performs well.

[@m0ogy]

Thanks for the video Graham I could do with a coffee too 😂 Cheers Dave

[@MicroChipz]

Thanks for watching .

[@m0ogy]

@@MicroChipz No problem, I've owned mine now for a couple of months, no issues at all with it

[@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4]

Need one

[@gtretroworld]

I had one in my basket last week and last minute i decided against it, seeing this video has tempted me again. 😂

[@MicroChipz]

Its expensive for what it is.

[@GP9railfan]

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.

[@julianrobertson3303]

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 .

[@MicroChipz]

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 ;)

[@straightpride451]

The am receive on these radios is horrendous. On the flip side though, the sideband receive is tremendous.

[@MicroChipz]

Yes the SSB rx is real good :)

[@elzarbiman9657]

i had exactly the same problem in my president lincoln 1 . Excellent SSB but very bad receive in AM.

[@GP9railfan]

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.

[@MaverickTruckMods]

What is the process to convert?

[@Triple888jim]

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

[@MicroChipz]

Thanks for watching fellow EK :)

[@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4]

So I'm so stuck between this radio and a Washington.. I'm gonna run a 500 watt linear any recommendations

[@garyiow8482]

Nice set other than the annoying roger beeps.

[@MicroChipz]

At least they can be turned off, and that annoying key beep.

[@MM0IMC]

Not too dissimilar to the CRT SS-6900V7 PCB?🤔 I think the CRT or Maas equivalent is better value for money and costs less.

[@MicroChipz]

I never had one , maybe I should try :

[@user-ws5uq9pf6r]

Pity about the s9 of phantom signal as with all these new Chinese radios.

[@MicroChipz]

I get a high noise floor at home anyway :(

[@mikeyf103]

@@MicroChipz I've s7 all day and night times rises to s9 .10 db

[@mikeyf103]

Can you put a NATO beep in mine 😂

[@MM0IMC]

No, but you can programme the 6900 with a tone of 2100Hz for 250ms.😉

[@mikeyf103]

Graham knows the NATO beep comment 😂​@@MM0IMC

[@user-fj5zv8ov4s]

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

[@user-fj5zv8ov4s]

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 .

[@MicroChipz]

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 ,

[@user-fj5zv8ov4s]

No 12 amp modulation peak. Your psu is giving you a false reading. But your the expert ​@@MicroChipz

[@grandpaandlucas7054]

still think a yaesu 891 is a better radio then this.

[@garyiow8482]

Ya think?

[@ukm6yik69]

Completely different type of radio

[@grandpaandlucas7054]

@@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.

[@grandpaandlucas7054]

@@ukm6yik69 not really president claim its a 12/10 meter ham radio but we know it a expensive cb radio.