The President Washington CB Radio

I picked up this great base station at the Shelby HAM fest a while back and have just now had the chance to play with it.
President and later Uniden made these all the way up till around 2000. There is a reason for that. THEY ARE GREAT! These are some of the best radios made from that era. Easy to modify, great receive and transmit and nice to look at. This one has clearly had a life of hard use. It's well worn, but still working almost 30 years later.
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[@holydaman6952]

nice i'm still using my madison with the analog clock .. sounds so much better than newer radios

[@reginaldshannon4220]

I had the president Madison. It was modified covered 26_28. One of the best radios I ever owned and when I sold it I doubled my money . Reg 29vlf21 in Dublin Ireland

[@johnfugate3432]

Have one of those myself may put it line today good radio glad you showed it to everyone thanks

[@felicitousxDevota]

Just received my fathers. Like brand new... hope to get it set up and running someday. In this day and time , thought it might be something to have on hand. Yes we lived rural and all had CB's in the car. I called dad many times when I broke down on my way home from work!

[@FarpointFarms]

Dad to the rescue! It is cool that you have his-I hope that you will get it up and running again.

[@TerryHenderson]

I Just Got One From Ebay 09/22/23, Pristine Condition, Looks Great, No External Damage, & Came With A D-104 Lollipop Mic !!! $120.00 !! Tried It Yesterday, & It Works !!!!

[@FarpointFarms]

Great deal my friend!

[@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee]

That was also my first base station , bone stock in 1997 , I was living in Hull, Ga , the edge of Jackson County out in the country . I had a great Antron 99 with a ground plane kit , plus I ran radials in 3 directions with ground rods . I literally worked the US and Canada , on 20 watts of PEP on SSB with ease , what a beautiful era in radio I experienced in the late 90’s . Great radio , enjoy it !!

[@danielthrelkeld1324]

I switch between my Madison, 2000 GTL and a DX2547 down here in Carlton, GA about 15 minutes from your former home of Hull, GA. Small world

[@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee]

River Ryder Yes it is ! I worked at Thrall Car in Winder ,, then they closed the doors late December 1999/early January 2000 ,, so I packed up , chased a woman to Tn,, the rest is history ,, and so is she ,, but I’m still here lol

[@danielthrelkeld1324]

@@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee My brother Chad Threlkeld was a welder there

[@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee]

River Ryder No kidding ,, so was I ?? What was Chad’s last name ,? I worked there from December 97 to December 99

[@danielthrelkeld1324]

@@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee Threlkeld, He worked there from 1995 to 2003

[@DustyTrailCFDA]

The radio videos are my favorite

[@lawnmowerman2199]

Hi Eric just want to say thank you for all the time and effort you you put into these videos and sharing of your time! I truly appreciate and look forward to hearing from the hills and seeing what's going on in your neck of the woods! Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!

[@FarpointFarms]

Hey man, thank you for the kind words! Merry Christmas to you and yours as well.

[@davidelkins571]

Great old radio.

[@c69101]

Nice. That's the one I have in my mancave. Bought it without a scratch on it. No extra channels, just stock.Works great!

[@RaymondJones-kh6pp]

Hi there its raymond great cb radio l have uniden ax 144 sideband and it still works great but for me l loved the old lafayette radios l have been on cb radio since 1968 and still use them on sideband l am from melbourne Australia my call sign is mobile 101

[@gwheeler7105]

President needs to produce these again. I'd pay good money for a virgin president Washington over something like a galaxy 2547. I like the old school look. $5 you're a lucky dog. I had one for $100 and my job screwed me out of being able to seal the deal in time. I did manage to buy 2 cobra 25 nightwatchs an a 66 and 68 uniden for $40. So, $10 a piece ain't too shabby...

[@bro.weaver1282]

Whaat is wrong with a Galaxy 2547? You add the LessComm Board and get the uppers and lowers. It's a stable radio once up to operating temp?? Color mods, etc. I'm thinking of buying one.Yes, I would like the 2547 to have metal knobs!

[@gwheeler7105]

No where in what I said was the galaxy a bad radio, just not for me. I swear people on the internet...

[@davidventi3986]

Great video! I remember my grandfather had a really nice Cobra base station when I was a kid. I'm not sure of the exact model but I remember it was big and had a power- mike & I would get yelled at because Every time I transmitted on it everyone's t.v. would go blank in the neighborhood, those were the good ole days, Lol!

[@jhaedtler]

My first base station was a Washington! I had a friend add some channels and clean it up. That was back in the mid 70's! My next base station was a Yeasu FT101EE.

[@FarpointFarms]

Mine was such a huge step up for me at the time I was loving it!

[@MowerJunkie]

Nice! Great radios, I love My Washington. Happy new year, 73's from 151 SC.

[@ramblinman9451]

Eric, your a good guy! MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

[@roger552fl5]

Great base station Eric have a merry Christmas and happy New year your friend in Florida

[@KrazyK1358]

I had when they first came out. I was great I had it for years. Wish I still had it.

[@FarpointFarms]

One of the best for sure!

[@erikschreiber9775]

My first base station was a president Washington. It had adjustable wattage 4-35 and robo rooster. With a D104 lolly pop mic hooked to a 550w amp it was very loud

[@FarpointFarms]

These were great radios!

[@Gw0wvl]

You can get a cheap led frequency counter of eBay for less than 10 bucks , You have to box it up yourself , But they are pretty accurate, More than good enough for Channel finding on a CB radio .

[@brucemcfadden8906]

I just found one of these brand new/never used in the box. Can’t wait to get it set up.

[@FarpointFarms]

That is super cool. Rare and new? Congrats!

[@michaelkolb4721]

That was a good deal.

[@kissingbanditt]

Thumbs up, amazing video....

[@danielkinsman1964]

I have a Washington base station that still works. Another good Uniden radio was the Uniden PC 122 XL with SSB. All peaked up and extra channels added. With a power mic the side band does 30 watts.

[@stevemccoy8138]

Hi Eric, I'm always looking for CB Radios at flea markets and yard sales, hardly ever find one, but that's okay. Great Hobby. Thanks, and Merry Christmas .🎅. Pappy Out 🎙️.

[@FarpointFarms]

Keep hunting! One day you'll stumble across the motherload.

[@papasbarn5085]

Merry Christmas!

[@mikestone9129]

The 2 button is the real classic.

[@bbmjt]

Hey man nice setup

[@92dieselunit]

I just picked one of these up today.

[@frankc1430]

Love that hat!

[@adambatchelder4121]

Cool find, so in new mobile CB s I'm wondering if there are any that have significantly better receive quality?

[@tedneitzel]

My 142gtl has the expo kit much cleaner audio than just soldered in. Makes it nice!

[@FarpointFarms]

Awesome- thanks

[@fuzzy6813]

That was one of the radios I had over two years and I had lots of fun with it. I've been looking for another one of them just for something to say that I have one of them again. I had put it on a shelf and left it in the closet for years mine had extra channels in it with a variable watt knob on the back so I can run my tube linear. I still have the tube linear but the radio is long gone. They were an ass kicking radio and if you can find one that's a virgin oh my the world is your oyster. that's a steal what you got it for.

[@FarpointFarms]

I certainly talked to at least 1/2 the world on my old one. It's a true classic for sure!

[@garrydealey1968]

My first cb had here in the uk

[@LordWindemere]

I still have a Uniden Washington that I bought new in 1991. It has all the mods, extra channels, echo board and supertuned. It still sounds great when I hook it up but it no longer will transmit but that could be a microphone issue. Love the President radios still; would like to get the new Lincoln II+.

[@ericdee6802]

Great radio. You should pick up a cheap frequency counter and figure out what the channel/ frequency range is on that rig, would be interesting to see.

[@fuzzy6813]

I just remembered I did not have a frequency counter built into that radio myself. What I did was I took a 1 foot piece of copper wire. Wrapped it around the coax close to the radio itself. Took the wires and some alligator clips and tied it to the two ends of the copper wire that is on the coax. It gave me an idea on what frequency I was on. it was a cheap frequency counter. but it had worked very well. The idea of this message is to make sure the copper braided wire is tightly to your coax coming out of the back of the radio. It wasn't a hundred percent accurate but it gave you an idea on where about you are on the frequencies. believe me it helped. You can get a frequency counter a cheap one at least $50 and up. It is good to have I use them quite often.

[@FarpointFarms]

Interesting idea!

[@jameydowless4280]

Hey there! Waving a hand from Clinton nc, how do like that 980ssb ? Thinking about getting me one.

[@211milkman]

I own the older 2 button Washington. I've had it for about 20 years now. I haven't used it as I don't have a base antenna for it. It's dusty. But it still power's up. I did notice it has a 13 volt 3 prong power input on the back to power it up using a standard power cord. Might have to put it in my pu truck and see if it works there. Make a pretty cool mobile radio then. Any thoughts on that?? 73's 211milkman

[@strothermartin5368]

I still have my Royse 619 base station, still works great.

[@1975napier]

That was my first base station radio. Bought it from a friend. Wish I had never traded it. Oh well.

[@raleighdentcompany]

I just saved one from the dump along with an awesome antique mic for it. It was my uncle's who passed away a couple of years ago. His widow was just throwing everything away.

[@philiprhodes5537]

Nice looking old radio eric and wouldnt mind an old president base station for my own collection and you do seem to get some real cool bargains especially $5 for that one its an absolute steal for that price

[@2E0LMI]

Had one of these in the late '80s. But mine was running just on FM and on the the 27/81 UK set of 40 channels. It clearly had been badly modified too, as I had experienced a strong electric shock from touching the cover!

[@kd4baoc612]

Back in the late 1970's thru the 1980's I use to hang with a group people that operated on SSB. The group used the uniden Washington and Madison for base stations. I used a Cobra 142 GTL with them extra channels and unlocked clarifier, which I still own. Funny thing was, we mostly stayed on 37 LSB.

[@chrish1695]

I have a president Madison mobile unit. Still works :) I need to get a decent antenna and I’m gonna set her up as a base :)

[@KiltedPython223]

Actually just picked one up on ebay. Looking forward to seeing it in action

[@FarpointFarms]

Cool, hope it works well for you

[@audiesmith4324]

Any idea where I can buy replacement knobs and miscellaneous parts for this radio? I have a project Washington I am wanting to restore.. 73's

[@rondellschuyler7074]

Add a 6-digit frequency counter so you also know where you are on Side Band, and each time after you flip the switch on the back of radio for the extra channels ,turn the channel selector on the front of the radio and your frequency will change and you'll be set and good to go.

[@zooyawk4526]

I've got a Washington (in the closet.) Their excellent transciver's! I've also got a heavily modified Madison. The Madison is my go to SSB rig. I'd say for $5 you scored! Even with the wear it looks like it cleaned up nicely. Looks like with all those extra channels you're going to need a frequency counter (as you mentioned.) There's at least one eBay seller that I know of who sells a frequency counter for the Washington. As opposed to an external one this counter gets mounted in the speaker grill, and actually looks very nice (when done right.) I believe it comes with a bezel. As far as price I'm not sure, but I paid $60 (if i recall) for the frequency counter that replaced the digital clock on my Madison. I think there's a few companies that sell a frequency counter kit for 27mhx. I would assume the kits fairly cheap taking into account you have to put it together. Once again nice purchase.👍 73

[@FarpointFarms]

Thanks for the info in the counter. I'll check into it.

[@kc0ccb99]

hey Eric, i still have my Washington President base station from years ago, but it's not working at the moment.. I disabled the channel mod for it years ago and i lost the box that somebody put the switches into and wired it up... i don't know what i will do with it now... i'm thinking i might have to use it for parts or whatever... 73 from Todd J Rittel KC0CCB / WQNJ790

[@davidelkins571]

Those had the pll which with a few switches and pll pin jumping gave you extra channels. Probably not a channel kit.

[@FarpointFarms]

I was wondering if that is the case. I haven't opened it up yet, but it's on the list.

[@LandseerNorth]

Hey Erik, I picked one of these up for $35. Got my Antron up and the President Washington received but wouldn't transmit. There's a fix kit on Ebay and wondered if you had any experience with it. I did get a Bearcat 980 and have talked to folks in Vermont and listened to French from (I'm guessing) Quebec. Listen for "NorthRidge " up here on the shores of Lake Superior. Please let me know where you're at, channel wise and upper or lower side band. Hope to hear ya out there. You've been my mentor in CB. Thanks, semper fi, and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@FarpointFarms]

I haven't done one of those kits, but I might try it out on my Madison. It works, but could use a tune up.

[@LandseerNorth]

@@FarpointFarms Roger that. Please keep us posted. If I do it with my Washington I'll let ya know.

[@deborahchesser7375]

I still have my Regency, forgot the model. She’s a heavy ol thing.

[@christophersmith1155]

the Madison also had the external speaker.

[@kirklarson116]

Hey Eric. I know this is an old video and I'm wondering if you're still hanging out here. Last week I found one of these at a garage sale and decided to buy it. After I got it home I noticed a couple switches on the front that didn't look factory. I've been doing some research to try to figure out how these things are supposed to work and was wondering of you found anymore information on yours that you could share. I've got the covers off and I see what they did...took some ohm readings and now I'm a bit confused. If you found anything on how this was supposed to be installed would be helpful too. Thanks!

[@FarpointFarms]

Best guess is that they are channel switches. It was very common to add upper and lower channels to these.

[@76chyanne]

i have a Dwight d am only needs some attention inside receives but no transmit no one will touch it because its only am band

[@1969flyboy]

just got a teaberry t command, and scored a A99. received my 50 feet of coax yesterday thinking of using top fence post for a pole? what is your input?

[@jamaciadog5603]

I have my A-99 with grnd plane kit atop 2- chain link fence top rails secured where they go together with metal screws. I have a steel plate secured to my shack corner at about 8 ft that sticks out enough to use a "U" bolt to hold the mast to it. The mast is in the ground about 12 inches. It has stood through 3 hurricanes with no guy wires. Suprisingly enough, the sway was very little in a 100 mph hurricane. I have the same setup on another corner of the shack with a 2 meter beam antenna.

[@fuzzy6813]

I have one 10ft top rail all the fence on top of my roof. it is hooked up on my vent Pole for my sewer system. I have six hose clamps holding it on the vent pipe. The antenna is an Antron 99 without the ground plane kit. 50 ft of coax. My radio is a Galaxy Saturn Turbo. I have also a d104 lollipop mic the midnight one. And a second midnight one would have 10d sideband head. The first Mike has the bottom key up pad and a sidebar the side band one just has the sidebar. I do pretty good with it and central New Jersey when I talk skip people hear me all over. very happy with my setup. it's a little makeshift and rigged especially when you use hose clamps but I do a okay.😁 pretty familiar with your radio I haven't seen one of them in years.

[@1969flyboy]

@@fuzzy6813 had a local guy go through it, and peak it. only thing is cant get clock to run. if flips a number every once in a while. as the saying goes, its still right twice a day thanks

[@1969flyboy]

@@jamaciadog5603 thanks

[@fuzzy6813]

lmao😂 so true so very true..... I hope to hear you out there someday shooting skip. The local channel I talk to and talk on every so often is channel 25. And I got other channels I go on to 2 because of my radio and what it does. they call me fuzzy----2186 Garden State New Jersey and I'm on the side skip is starting to roll in right now as we speak.....

[@EFFbriskethead]

that radio blows smoke, i had one for a while, loved it till something blew up and was too exp to fix

[@victorsdunek3281]

How do I get one of those Caps Eric LMK thanks Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday's Aloha & 73s LOL

[@21kiwi24]

$5! Wouldnt find one below $300 NZD (approx 150-175 USD) over here! Awesome score.

[@glennsambrana2919]

I got 1 of those need someone to fix it. Still comes on but.

[@glenn2595]

Another great video! Great find $5. BTW if you want real comedy go to eBay and add some of these Washington’s to a watch list. People are paying $200, $300 for Washington’s that have rust around screws, rust around the antenna jack, meters not working, led segments not working, no microphone.....people are even selling the president speaker for $100. The radio isn't that special, single meter, no frequency counter, clarifier doesn't have both coarse and fine controls.

[@TREEHUGGAH1]

i want one of those hats breaker 73 im gone

[@chrisrobins7]

I have a uniden president zachary t. model. do you know anything about that one?

[@LordWindemere]

I think the Zachary T. is just like the Washington only without SSB. They always sound great on AM.

[@chrisrobins7]

Cool so theoretically i should be able to get a kit to mod mine for ssb?

[@LordWindemere]

chrisrobins7 It may be possible but it would be better and easier to find an SSB rig.

[@koenraadderoeck9045]

the best president sche making ever !!! dis waer the great days from president !!!!Now are other brands somtimes a lot bether sche making noth like sis rig innemore !!!!

[@sutitigi]

MERRY XMAS from Finland 56TC004 Glenn

[@FarpointFarms]

To you as well!

[@rondellschuyler7074]

Check out tarheel roundtable radio group on facebook. I have said if Uniden came back out with the modern day Uniden Washington with a 6-digit frequency counter that was easily modifiable for extra channels or that would have extra channels in it with a band selector switch and then 30 watts of power on am or sideband, that radio would probably outsell the RCI 2995dx due to the fact that the 2995 DX is so overly priced at $700 before conversion and tune and modifications. yes ! ! let's make CB radio great again, it can be done. Thanks Great video Eric. 426 Big Red 38 LSB. 73s cheers

[@FarpointFarms]

Thanks for the heads up on that group. I'll check them out for sure! I'm secretly hoping that The President corporation is working on the "Washington II" and the "Madison II" as we speak.

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

I wish you would do a video of you just going through the channels talking to people, you dont really see much of that on youtube.

[@FarpointFarms]

I'll do it!

[@greggaieck4808]

Farpoint Farms your president washiton CB Rado is cool my hobbys are painting pictures and lisining to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my ham license I have 4 shortwave receivers iam thinking about getting sangean ATS 90 9x 2 Mw lw fm air SW ssb 6 bands receiver or the Tecsun Pl 660 mw lw fm air SW ssb 6 bands receiver

[@jakemichael8586]

you do not need a counter if you have a hf receiver with ssb. zero beat a time and frequency station to get a idea if it is on frequency after a warm up. then transmit on dummy lode low power and use no antenna on hf receiver use a battery power on the receiver and CB to keep to much rf getting in to the receiver. i use a hf receiver that is with in 10hz of 20mhz time and frequency stranded and use it as a counter using a probe to loos cu-pal rf in to it to check oscillators. never had a problem with being off frequency. free band is a live and well if you have agitators and hi power cb operators it wipes out the standard 40ch. places that are mostly flat are bad as the harmonics can travel along way.

[@robertmethia7080]

the person had acid fingers or sharp finger nails

[@FarpointFarms]

Agreed. Very well used.

[@clydevalleydxgroup7307]

Cheers Eric. I got my Washington back from a service last week, after owning it for 2 years (original box & mic all in great nick) and I'll be using it this skip season. It has normal FCC band and added high band on NB/ANL switch & 10kc shift on ch9 button. Sounds great. I have the Dwight .D too so only the Madison to collect for the set. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioqWi2BsnayeqpY

[@MrRichard57000]

think this radio is from 1980 or so......maybe just maybe it has the same pcb as the old very old president grant??? mmmh

[@jarhead420WNC]

Where are you located at here in wnc ? Im from the grapevine community between mars hill and Marshall in madison county been a old 11meter band am and ssb operator i go by jarhead 420 on am and 2wr1420 nc hang out on ch20-28-33 on am and ch38lsb hop on and give us a shout . 73's also chris Dockery on Facebook

[@fracturedhearts3734]

Hey dude are all your videos COPPA safe? No toys or cartoon stuff in the back grounds? Why I ask? Because the "haters" are rubbing their fat sweaty hands together as they drool when watching the COPPA count down clock.

[@FarpointFarms]

It has been on my mind some, but looking at my stats. It appears that my under 18 viewership is less than 1%. Although I've always made my videos rated G, I can say that I'm 99.9% sure no one could mistake them for one that would lead to a COPPA violation.

[@candycorn3690]

U gonna sell your 135 xlr cobra

[@FarpointFarms]

I did. I kept it for a little over a year, but i passed it on via Ebay.

[@candycorn3690]

U have any cb mobile with lsb for sell

[@ChrisChristianActor]

well, I came here to find out what year the radio was, and I wound up clicking off because all I heard is filler filler filler. just talk about the radio, I don't care about your deals, I don't need to see pictures of other radios, just talk about the uniden Washington and make the video simple for people...

[@FarpointFarms]

No thanks. I'll continue to do it my way.

[@ChrisChristianActor]

The average viewer comes for information. we don't have all the time in the world. If I see a seven and a half minute video, and a one and a half minute video, I'm likely to click on the one and a half minute video hoping it gives me the information I need. When I click on the 7 minute video, I do not expect to hear life stories. All I'm concerned about is the radio itself what does it offer, what are the pluses and minuses, and hopefully see a transmission and receive segment. That's what I expect as a viewer. I understand you like to talk mumbo jumbo, but it doesn't help the viewer much. Thank you.