The #1 killer of the newer radios is the RX noise! My Cobra 138XLR or 2000GTL or even the Robyn T-240D is always the winner. You did a great job pointing it out. You can have a modern radio RX with low noise but they are just not building them yet. YES to the 3-step AGC!! How about a removable control head for small cars?
I have a lot of noise as well and my RF Gain is set to 5, using the radios NRC for receive, and use their DSP microphone with lime green PTT to adj. xmit audio. I spent one day comparing it to a Yaesu's FT-710, making similar adjustments, to get fairly equal (NR set, NB, etc.). Granted the 710 isn't modified for xmit, but I don't think it would affect reception at all. As you'd expect, noise was horrendous on both radios (and terrible to look at on the 710 display), but I was amazed at how much more I preferred the President's reception over the Yaesu. The George FCC picked out stations that were buried in the noise level on the 710, so while I could tell there was a station trapped in all of the RF muck, I couldn't understand them until I switched back to the President. Now, both units are surface mount, with their own versions of DSP, so I thought I'd grab a rig from the 1993-1998 and throw it into the mix: My Kenwood's TS-50. For those not familiar with this marvelous HF mobile, there isn't any DSP. Your most used controls are Volume, Squelch, RF Gain, NB, band selection, and VFO dial. In A/B comparisons I found both the President and TS-50 coming out on top over the 710. The NRC circuit in the President gave it a slight edge over the TS-50. My other George FCC has been in the mobile for 6 months. Along with its legal RF output and Sirio Performer 2000 antenna, when conditions were just ripe for DX, I had little problem making QSO's around the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, and France. As I've mentioned before, the George FCC screen is wonderful. Unlike some radios (i.e. Uniden 880/980) the display color looks very good until...sunlight hits it. At that point it's difficult to see signal strength or much of anything on the screen of those radios. My President, set to CYAN looks great as well when it's not in direct sunlight, like the others. In full sunlight, and unlike the others, the screen becomes grayscale and is perfectly readable. Same with the TS-50. It only has one color (light amber) but looks like grayscale in sunlight. If anyone gets the chance, as I did, to buy one of these rigs, re-capped and corrosive glue removed, it would be a no brainer. The one I have will around long after I'm gone - and I've strayed too far now from the George FCC (sorry), so I'd better end my comment before I go off on another tangent. Good follow up video btw, I enjoyed it. 👍
A variable AGC circuit would be nice. The problem with the latest surface mount radios is actually the crystal filter in them. I prefer the old school filters which are much bigger with better roll off performance. They are more selective and reject out of frequency signals which help reduce the noise floor like the older Washington and Cobra 148. Check their filters and you will see what I mean.
CQDX calling 390 Mud Duck, President released a new radio replacing the President Lincoln II+ called the President Washington & no, not the classic base station but looks the same as the President George FCC & George II. Got to get that radio man it's awesome. Awesome job bro -73's
Should had another name maybe washington -m II or something . A local reurunreed his locked up clarifier can't open for all freqs like UK version FCC model compared to a Lincoln 2 + isn't that good . Support the Lincoln 2+ better radio more freqs .
President has released the new Washington, it will be a 12 and 10 meter rig with 70w output on SSB . It will more that likely replace the outdated Lincoln 2+ ( Not a great rig IMHO) It has been 5 years since I had a Linclon2+ on the bench, however from what I remember (YIKES) about the performance of the 2+ I think the Washington shout be a game changer for the President lineup. We shall see.... Stay Tuned my friend :)
The manufacturers did not have us 'open squelchers' in mind during development. NRC is like a tight chorus guitar pedal to stabilize vocals and enhance peaks in modulation and syllables. During static it just trips on itself, making bursts. 29 LX and 19 dx has the old base station tape hiss rx, but no rig has it all, lol.
I can see running one of these radios daily along with a dualband VHF/UHF mobile transceiver. I really dont see modifying a radio to do everything when my main goal as a amateur licensed radio operator is to use CW portable and the CB and Phone bands of UHF/VHF on the phonebands.
I can’t say 100% for sure as it’s been years since I have sold them. At the time I had a Stryker SSB next to the Lincoln and the Stryker was far better RX. IMO In fact my 1st gen TopGun quad 5 was better as well.
Commented on your George video from 7 months ago. Asked about swapping a George into a vehicle with a 980 currently....then saw this video & noticed you answered a different question about 980 VS George with you're going to do a VS video. When you do, could you touch on the power cord fuse amp on the George ? 980 is 6amp but i can't find anything anywhere on the George & i have one and looked in the manual. Put one in my truck & would like to put another in my Bronco to replace a 980....hoping to use the 980 power cord that's already ran to the battery.
The new AnyTone 666 pro will let you change the AGC It will also let you transmit on 3KC or 4KC wide for SSB that's a huge thing for Hi-Fi audio transmission. I agree the newest stuff doesn't have the Fidelity of the old stuff but trade off I guess
I remember when the first RCI2950 came out. *HAD TO HAVE IT* Made for a great base station with a D-104 and an Antron 99 with a GPK-1 and maybe a small foot warmer. Maybe...
Street Legal, passes emissions. Still need to lock in a voted for FM 11 Meter Simplex Calling Channel, give 26.805 a break, or revive channel 23 USB. I hope it has like 5 board mounted pot.s to bring deadkey down/swing up like the 880, 980, or even 505. Real bummer on it's pure FCC compliant output, gonna need to study up on SWR, Matching, Coax Loss, and elevation by any means, to have some real groundwave travel. Uniden/President are my favorite shelf level harnessing brands of CB whiskey. 🏁
I say use all 5 A or RC channels for FM . Plus reuse 16 LSB for SSB . this goes back to old 23 SSB only radios 38 to plugged up.use 16.lsb But 26.805 sounds ok for fm DX .
@@ERICtheLATE no internal adjustments in these radios, unfortunately, and the service menu only has TX adjustments. Unless there's a hidden receive adjustment menu that nobody's found yet. I suspect you'd have to solder a jtag onto the board and have proprietary software to make receive adjustments though, that's how it is with the proper ham rigs these days.
@@lt1caprice57l No prob. 40 channels is plenty, such a waste to hang out of band and degrade the actual FCC gift. Also, really a great next move up from 980 SSB, with even more features and a mode, with some KENWOOD vibes. More props for the no-cal swr meter upgrade, I cant wait to see it at the TRUCK STOP!!!
The radio has variable power out put. Any Amp from a 1 pill to a 4 pill . If you want more power you would need 1 X4 pill. Really the sky is the limit. I see a lot of folks running the little RM itally amps, they seem to work good, I personally can't say as I have never used a RM. There are a lot of good amp builders out there. 3MADE, Donkey Stomper, Alley Cat, 757 and on ..... Or just get the RM or Texas Star ( Texas Star 2 pill would be great ) Hope this helps.
Channels, and being able to slide to zeros. For like 100 bucks extra well worth it IMHO. If your a hammy ham or going to be, then you will have a great 10 rig.
The worst problem with noise are INVERTERS FOR THE BACKLIT DISPLAYS. They're the noisiest components in anything. Lighting is pretty but not worth it on a radio.
I hear that radio has record playback feature and none of the other reviewers have done that so if it does have that feature you have to test that out@@390WagonMaster
I would rather have the President than one of the other cheap chinese radios.....Do you know the CRT SS 7900 V2? I´ve got one of these and its working very well....maybe not so "Streetlegal"... 40 to 50 Watts of output power but it works
Washington Mobil : let's call it. .. If it expands opens up like this UK radios for $50 more ot BD worth it. A 980 out box locked up no mods locked up clarifier . No way. A old PC 122 or. PC 244 is a better radio. Plus easy tune up . ,980 all surface mount components
Nyet? IDk. No BS they are decent rigs. (for a modern radio) IMHO. I have radios that have been sent to me, if I don't like them I will NOT do a video and I try to send them back. Most companies will not take them back so I donate them to my locals. Cheers EDIT... I do the same thing with my Stereo YT channel. Breakerbroke23
It appears that I commented on your video mistakingly. I do like the President George FCC for sure, and have watched your two channels videos of this and other radio repeatedly. Maybe one day sooner rather than later I ll get one or a couple.
No worries, thanks for watching both my lane channels. I'm playing with the WASHINGTON and it has been a fun rig so far. I'm learning how to make the RF gain work for my high noise situation, time to go back and revisit the George FCC . Cheers and thanks for watching my lame azz channels :) I'm OG and these new style rigs are so different. Cheers
Ahh yeah. Nice to have a real world honest review!
Thank you sir.
The #1 killer of the newer radios is the RX noise! My Cobra 138XLR or 2000GTL or even the Robyn T-240D is always the winner. You did a great job pointing it out. You can have a modern radio RX with low noise but they are just not building them yet. YES to the 3-step AGC!! How about a removable control head for small cars?
Yep. And they tend to be less sensitive to boot than greats like the 148.
@@lt1caprice57l Sensitivity is very good on these rigs, it is selectivity that is the killer. 148 and Grant XL much better . IMHO.
@@390WagonMaster maybe I shouldn't get hung up on numbers but 12db sinad at -112 am and -120 ssb isn't all that great.
Nice to hear your feedback !
I have a lot of noise as well and my RF Gain is set to 5, using the radios NRC for receive, and use their DSP microphone with lime green PTT to adj. xmit audio.
I spent one day comparing it to a Yaesu's FT-710, making similar adjustments, to get fairly equal (NR set, NB, etc.). Granted the 710 isn't modified for xmit, but I don't think it would affect reception at all. As you'd expect, noise was horrendous on both radios (and terrible to look at on the 710 display), but I was amazed at how much more I preferred the President's reception over the Yaesu. The George FCC picked out stations that were buried in the noise level on the 710, so while I could tell there was a station trapped in all of the RF muck, I couldn't understand them until I switched back to the President.
Now, both units are surface mount, with their own versions of DSP, so I thought I'd grab a rig from the 1993-1998 and throw it into the mix: My Kenwood's TS-50. For those not familiar with this marvelous HF mobile, there isn't any DSP. Your most used controls are Volume, Squelch, RF Gain, NB, band selection, and VFO dial. In A/B comparisons I found both the President and TS-50 coming out on top over the 710. The NRC circuit in the President gave it a slight edge over the TS-50. My other George FCC has been in the mobile for 6 months. Along with its legal RF output and Sirio Performer 2000 antenna, when conditions were just ripe for DX, I had little problem making QSO's around the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, and France. As I've mentioned before, the George FCC screen is wonderful. Unlike some radios (i.e. Uniden 880/980) the display color looks very good until...sunlight hits it. At that point it's difficult to see signal strength or much of anything on the screen of those radios. My President, set to CYAN looks great as well when it's not in direct sunlight, like the others. In full sunlight, and unlike the others, the screen becomes grayscale and is perfectly readable. Same with the TS-50. It only has one color (light amber) but looks like grayscale in sunlight. If anyone gets the chance, as I did, to buy one of these rigs, re-capped and corrosive glue removed, it would be a no brainer. The one I have will around long after I'm gone - and I've strayed too far now from the George FCC (sorry), so I'd better end my comment before I go off on another tangent. Good follow up video btw, I enjoyed it. 👍
Solid Honest Review.
A variable AGC circuit would be nice. The problem with the latest surface mount radios is actually the crystal filter in them. I prefer the old school filters which are much bigger with better roll off performance. They are more selective and reject out of frequency signals which help reduce the noise floor like the older Washington and Cobra 148. Check their filters and you will see what I mean.
Thanks!
Cody. Thank you very much.
Nice rig . Well done.
CQDX calling 390 Mud Duck, President released a new radio replacing the President Lincoln II+ called the President Washington & no, not the classic base station but looks the same as the President George FCC & George II. Got to get that radio man it's awesome. Awesome job bro -73's
Should had another name maybe washington -m II or something .
A local reurunreed his locked up clarifier can't open for all freqs like UK version FCC model compared to a Lincoln 2 + isn't that good .
Support the Lincoln 2+ better radio more freqs .
President has released the new Washington, it will be a 12 and 10 meter rig with 70w output on SSB . It will more that likely replace the outdated Lincoln 2+ ( Not a great rig IMHO) It has been 5 years since I had a Linclon2+ on the bench, however from what I remember (YIKES) about the performance of the 2+ I think the Washington shout be a game changer for the President lineup. We shall see.... Stay Tuned my friend :)
@@390WagonMaster I will, but calling it the Washington is a big mistake for sure but it will go on 11 meters by adding a jumper not a big deal. -73's
@@duaneshuster6366my Washington will go anywhere my Lincoln I+ will, only with more power.
I was wrong, I thought it was 7 months, but you did a great review
The manufacturers did not have us 'open squelchers' in mind during development. NRC is like a tight chorus guitar pedal to stabilize vocals and enhance peaks in modulation and syllables. During static it just trips on itself, making bursts. 29 LX and 19 dx has the old base station tape hiss rx, but no rig has it all, lol.
Great video 390.
How would you compare it to the McKinley, as far as transmit & receive go?
I can see running one of these radios daily along with a dualband VHF/UHF mobile transceiver. I really dont see modifying a radio to do everything when my main goal as a amateur licensed radio operator is to use CW portable and the CB and Phone bands of UHF/VHF on the phonebands.
I hope you get to play with the new president Washington. I would like to know if its as good as they say it is.
Do you like the receive better than the Lincoln II plus
I can’t say 100% for sure as it’s been years since I have sold them. At the time I had a Stryker SSB next to the Lincoln and the Stryker was far better RX. IMO
In fact my 1st gen TopGun quad 5 was better as well.
Commented on your George video from 7 months ago. Asked about swapping a George into a vehicle with a 980 currently....then saw this video & noticed you answered a different question about 980 VS George with you're going to do a VS video. When you do, could you touch on the power cord fuse amp on the George ? 980 is 6amp but i can't find anything anywhere on the George & i have one and looked in the manual. Put one in my truck & would like to put another in my Bronco to replace a 980....hoping to use the 980 power cord that's already ran to the battery.
Is that like the Lincoln 2. Made like the Anyone and Stryker radios ?
Gonna have to look at getting a sideband radio down the road.There are no local CB'ers within 30 miles of my location.President George II it will be.
President George is a SSB radio
The new AnyTone 666 pro will let you change the AGC It will also let you transmit on 3KC or 4KC wide for SSB that's a huge thing for Hi-Fi audio transmission. I agree the newest stuff doesn't have the Fidelity of the old stuff but trade off I guess
If it don't expand freqs don't buy it .
I remember when the first RCI2950 came out. *HAD TO HAVE IT* Made for a great base station with a D-104 and an Antron 99 with a GPK-1 and maybe a small foot warmer.
Maybe...
This is a low wattage radio I assume? Thr Washington would be a better higher power option?
Street Legal, passes emissions. Still need to lock in a voted for FM 11 Meter Simplex Calling Channel, give 26.805 a break, or revive channel 23 USB. I hope it has like 5 board mounted pot.s to bring deadkey down/swing up like the 880, 980, or even 505. Real bummer on it's pure FCC compliant output, gonna need to study up on SWR, Matching, Coax Loss, and elevation by any means, to have some real groundwave travel. Uniden/President are my favorite shelf level harnessing brands of CB whiskey. 🏁
I say use all 5 A or RC channels for FM . Plus reuse 16 LSB for SSB .
this goes back to old 23 SSB only radios 38 to plugged up.use 16.lsb
But 26.805 sounds ok for fm DX .
@@ERICtheLATE no internal adjustments in these radios, unfortunately, and the service menu only has TX adjustments. Unless there's a hidden receive adjustment menu that nobody's found yet. I suspect you'd have to solder a jtag onto the board and have proprietary software to make receive adjustments though, that's how it is with the proper ham rigs these days.
@@lt1caprice57l No prob. 40 channels is plenty, such a waste to hang out of band and degrade the actual FCC gift. Also, really a great next move up from 980 SSB, with even more features and a mode, with some KENWOOD vibes. More props for the no-cal swr meter upgrade, I cant wait to see it at the TRUCK STOP!!!
Can this radio do 12 meters as well? How does its receiver compare to the Anytones? Thanks
This is a non modifiable CB radio so 26.965 - 27.405 only and locked clarifier. IDK about the Anytone as I do not own one. Thanks for watching.
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Lub you long time
WHO LET THE BEARS OUT 😂🍺🍺🍺🍺
@@cornbread-KO5RN hahaha
@@cornbread-KO5RN thanx for watching
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Hey Mike😅
How does this compare to the new Washington
I hate to break this to you, but we have already figured out how to modify it and now can go between the channels.
@@HippieRednex link please. Thanks
What amp would you run with this radio?
The radio has variable power out put. Any Amp from a 1 pill to a 4 pill . If you want more power you would need 1 X4 pill. Really the sky is the limit.
I see a lot of folks running the little RM itally amps, they seem to work good, I personally can't say as I have never used a RM. There are a lot of good amp builders out there. 3MADE, Donkey Stomper, Alley Cat, 757 and on ..... Or just get the RM or Texas Star ( Texas Star 2 pill would be great ) Hope this helps.
So I'm so stuck between this radio and a Washington.. I'm gonna run a 500 watt linear any recommendations
Washington for sure. It has variable power out so you don't squirt the whole 80 into your 500. Receivers are almost exactly the same.
@@390WagonMaster really? What's the plus of the Washington if I'm gonna be running a 500 watt linear
Channels, and being able to slide to zeros. For like 100 bucks extra well worth it IMHO.
If your a hammy ham or going to be, then you will have a great 10 rig.
@@390WagonMaster I've got a yaesu ftdx10 and ft710 and a icom 7610 they do well on 10m just wanted a 11m lol
Nice radio wagon hope you had a good fourth of July hillbilly in the bam waving
The worst problem with noise are INVERTERS FOR THE BACKLIT DISPLAYS. They're the noisiest components in anything. Lighting is pretty but not worth it on a radio.
where did all the skip go?
Another weekend, another solar storm...
There has been bad solar flares
as of lately .
what's your approximate 20?
When you getting the Washington
I was told next week.
Hey Popcorn
I hear that radio has record playback feature and none of the other reviewers have done that so if it does have that feature you have to test that out@@390WagonMaster
DID SOMEONE SAY POPCORN 🍿
@@cornbread-KO5RN maybe I think it's a need radio
It is modifiable.
Why are you saying that it isn't?
Link please. Thanks
The George II is modifiable. Not the FCC version.
🍿👋390
I would rather have the President than one of the other cheap chinese radios.....Do you know the CRT SS 7900 V2? I´ve got one of these and its working very well....maybe not so "Streetlegal"... 40 to 50 Watts of output power but it works
5kc mod ?
This radio vs, 980?
The George. I will do a comp video ASAP.
980 has display issues.
Washington Mobil : let's call it. ..
If it expands opens up like this UK radios for $50 more ot BD worth it.
A 980 out box locked up no mods locked up clarifier .
No way. A old PC 122 or. PC 244 is a better radio. Plus easy tune up .
,980 all surface mount components
@@markmccarthy3710 thanx, I heard that too
@@duaneshuster6366 thanx duane
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Nyet? IDk. No BS they are decent rigs. (for a modern radio) IMHO.
I have radios that have been sent to me, if I don't like them I will NOT do a video and I try to send them back. Most companies will not take them back so I donate them to my locals. Cheers
EDIT... I do the same thing with my Stereo YT channel. Breakerbroke23
It appears that I commented on your video mistakingly.
I do like the President George FCC for sure, and have watched your two channels videos of this and other radio repeatedly.
Maybe one day sooner rather than later I ll get one or a couple.
No worries, thanks for watching both my lane channels. I'm playing with the WASHINGTON and it has been a fun rig so far. I'm learning how to make the RF gain work for my high noise situation, time to go back and revisit the George FCC . Cheers and thanks for watching my lame azz channels :) I'm OG and these new style rigs are so different. Cheers
Non modifiable? That's funny, Sure seems like a lot of videos here on UA-cam modifying the George FCC.