programming the president James for export and UK 40 also pr27D and EU and cept

[@gtretroworld]

I vaguely remember these around the late 90s early millennium as i was offered a bunch.These were around 200 quid trade!

[@lambrettadave7]

Aye truck king were selling them for £250 with a cb27/81 sticker on them before the DTI did some testing on them. But £250 for a 40 channel FM Muppet box was a bit steep

[@DeltaXray444]

This would be a much better rig if it covered SSB.. still a nice radio though.

[@lambrettadave7]

It would but what would it have costed, when truck king imported these as 27/81 radio's they were £250 and in the early 90's that was a helva lot of money for a Muppet box.. The rig is reasonably compact and controls are small but SSB would have been the icing on the cake

[@DeltaXray444]

@@lambrettadave7 yes very expensive which is why there probably isn't many around.. and yes SSB would have been nice maybe then it would have been worth the dosh.

[@lambrettadave7]

It was still double the price of a ss3900 even here. But I suppose it keeps president's traditional ways as some of there am/FM rigs are expensive like the Johnson and the William

[@DeltaXray444]

​@@lambrettadave7 very true, look at the price of a McKinley.. it's about a hundred pound more now than when I bought mine and they say all new radios will be another 30% more in twelve months.. so my advice to anyone wanting a new radio is to buy one now because it's no use waiting for the price to drop it's not going to happen.. Also I noticed last week the president Himalaya WB has gone up from £169.99 to £199.99.. maybe that 30% rise is already here 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@lambrettadave7]

Do you think it's the importers that are taking the mick out of us? Prices for radios is getting daft and I can see nearly new set's holding close to new rig price's