President McKinley with RM203P, makes a great compact combination, CB Radio

[@almartiniii1541]

I love my McKinley so much, I upgraded to a Lincoln 2+. Both absolutely great little radios. My car requires a smaller radio than say my Stryker or 148 for passenger comfort. Thank you Rooster for all your help and business. A+++

[@zazugarage]

Hello, did you do any mods to them, or they were stock out of the box?

[@samuelkearney880]

It could be my ears but I found the McKinley to be 3 times better than the Lincoln 2 plus.

[@samuelkearney880]

Very good videos Mr Rooster, love them. I have the McKinley widebanded in the car for more coverage and a bit more power. The rx audio on it is lovely with good filtering for rejection of background noise and adjacent frequencies. I have the rm kl203p with it two and it does between 140-165watts but I back it off to about 100watts otherwise the tx audio gets a bit clippy and it's mated to a sirio ml145. Going to upgrade soon to the mega watt 4000 or 5000 soon and maybe a rm kl703 but need a trailer to tow it lol. That's a big linear for the car. The kl203p does lock on the tx relay from time to time which is frustrating and the odd squiggly sounds that you hear on 11m get amplified by the linear even though it was off. I would get the standard 203 instead. The locking on is due to patch lead length and rf feed back and not the item issue. It's a set up peculiarity.

[@hobo1452]

Running this exact pair in my Super C motor home with a RF Limited 2018 EX mic. Due to the Freightliner cab that's made from aluminum, I had to go with a NGP antenna on the factory installed antenna mirror mount, but it still has good range. The McKinley is a great little radio. Since FM was recently approved for amateur use in the US, I reached out to President to inquire as to whether they plan to release a US version of the McKinley AM/FM/USB/LSB currently sold in the EU market and they said it was going through FCC type approvals and they expected to release it later this year. Definitely keeping an eye out for that!

[@Doubledsccreepingtom]

I love my stock mckinley. I only went inside and increased the modulation. I set it at about 1 watt and going into a 2 pill. Stock mic works great and I now really like the channel changing buttons on the mic.Talks skip good too,that's what I mainly do Clean signal and clear audio with my biased 2 pill seems to slice thru the airways. I would like to have a 2x4 one day. I've been in cb over forty years and this setup is where I can set it and forget it. Don't have to worry about bumping the rf power knob on this one. I've still got my galaxy pluto,959 and 44 but now this is my go to setup. Thanks for doing the giveaways rooster.

[@almartiniii1541]

Wish I could see better to do that. A desk mount magnifying glass and my cheaters still not good enough. I have to farm out the smt stuff.

[@Doubledsccreepingtom]

@@almartiniii1541 those pots on mine wasn't real small but the other stuff is tiny. Mckinley pot you can rotate it round and round it doesn't have a stop. I used a modulation meter and if you turned it too far the modulation with drop way down. Then just backed it up at highest level. I turned my modulation on radio down on outside of radio just a little.

[@Эйван-ю7р]

Здравствуйте! Напишите пожалуйста какой резистор относится к повышению уровня модуляции?

[@johnalger9991]

that was my starter set up loved it now it's in the moble

[@mitchh6702]

I absolutely love that combo

[@nancymontplaisir3467]

Thanks I got both of those last year and haven't added to radio rack nice to know the amp draw is under 10 amps makes for a nice portable set up

[@mikestone9129]

Always great videos and very informative.

[@dennisfoshie9881]

great video

[@Rooster_Radio]

Thanks Dennis

[@johnnyphillips9735]

Nice combination mr rooster thanks for sharing hillbilly in the bam waving your way

[@joeyTR21X]

New Subscriber here. Really like the set up in this video. What base Antenna do recommended for this set up. I'm just looking for a home set up to play and chat on from time to time? I'm just not sure on which Antenna to use????

[@Rooster_Radio]

Maco v5000 is hard to beat for the money

[@stevequinones6034]

Really enjoy the videos. I just picked up a 200p forMy McKinley. Since I'm new to this, do you only adjust the deadkey on the AM side? I've heard that you could burn up the amp if you don't lower the deadkey. Thanks!

[@jamesmoore1341]

For these low drive amps, set the dead key on the radio at about 1 watt dead key.

[@geraldscott4302]

I have a President McKinley. Is that one stock? I thought you said you could not use an amp with a stock radio???

[@Rooster_Radio]

It's not stock

[@monte4891]

Interesting that it swings forward. I have a president Andy 2 FCC with this same amp and I am dead keying 60w average with a back swing to 50-45w on AM. While my PeP stays at 60w with min forward swing as I speak. Any thoughts? I'm using rg8x and a tram 1498 antenna with SWR at 1.3

[@Rooster_Radio]

Radio needs to be modified. Subject I've spoken on many times. They only have around 50% modulation if that stock

[@sorehair7075]

hello love your vids! question. I have this exact setup. Radio is factory. I have 18' lmr 240 ultra flex from radio to 102" whip. According to the radio swr is 1. I used a 1' jumper from radio to amp and noticed it raised my radios swr. Should I use a longer jumper? If so what style and length should I use? Should I trust the radios built in swr with the connection like this or is the amp affecting the swr reading?

[@franciscolopez3229]

I saw a videob of yours on a 29/kl300p combinatio, I've got the same setup with a 2.5 dk but it's only transmitting just the same as what you've shown here with 300p on high and it only throws 100-110 watts on low with a dk of 11watts. What do you think is wrong? By the way, the 29 swings at around 11 to 15 watts and also on high, the amps dk is 35 watts.

[@trackpackgt877]

That's about right bro if you was running a 4 watt dead key it would do more than that but that's running them wide open they won't last as long but also those amps push a lot more power on sideband so if you was to run sideband on a stock radio 12w pep I bet it would put out close to 300. In fact I'm pretty sure these amps are rated on the side band so if it's a 300 that's 300 watts sideband with 12 w going in 100 W with a 2.5 dead key AM is pretty good

[@zukispur5493]

Hello bruva. (London calling) All good? Quick question. Is a 55 amp PSU enough to run my kL 503's? Thanks in advance. 73

[@Rooster_Radio]

Yes

[@zukispur5493]

@@Rooster_Radio brilliant. Thanks for the swift reply bruva👍🌚

[@vitoracco6887]

I have this totally stock, untouched combination (both are brand new) and AM sounds great with the amp. However, SSB is another story which is unfortunate because I use SSB 95 percent of the time. Even when driving the amp with barely enough power to wake it up on SSB and modulation set from the lowest setting to the highest setting, the audio output is very, very crackly and not very clear at all. Sounds like a garage-built amp I had back in the late 1970s. I am using a Powermax PM4-120 amp PSU, Maco V58 with low SWR and have the amp running through an RM Italy 27/586 filter (removing it made no difference nor did I expect it to). I hope you have better success with this combination on SSB than me.

[@14KiloWhisky]

Lower output power of your tx

[@Wickedtrucker75]

What would a good mobile antenna be .. using a Wilson 2000 with a tram triple magnetic mount….

[@Rooster_Radio]

6ft Skipshooter

[@Wickedtrucker75]

@@Rooster_Radio I have been looking at the skipshooter .. but my luck with fiberglass antennas have only been one ever .. it was a 6ft tiger ? Was the brand..

[@Rooster_Radio]

@@Wickedtrucker75 never heard of a tiger, but most any top loaded antenna will outperform your base load and center load coil antennas

[@Wickedtrucker75]

@@Rooster_Radio I have thought about going to a 102in whip .. mounted to my rear bumper..

[@Doubledsccreepingtom]

@@Wickedtrucker75 I use a 102 on rear corner of blazer. Works real good just more directional. It receives and transmits better toward opposite corner but it works for me. Experiment if you can. If you can borrow somebody's magnet mount antenna and try it in center of vehicle and compare to 102. I would like to try a 7 ft skipshooter.

[@mitchh6702]

Has the McKinley been peaked or stock?

[@Rooster_Radio]

Peak. They wont modulate forward on avg out of the box much at all

[@almartiniii1541]

@@Rooster_Radio does your radio guy take outside business? My McKinley is box stock and also has about 1 watt forward swing. Would also like to send my stock converted Lincoln 2+ as well

[@gumby754]

Pushin p