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One of the best
By Ohiocowboy1277 on Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2025
This is one of the best handheld cb radios I’ve used. It has several handy features and works great. My only 2 complaints are battery life which is only short if you use it to talk on a lot, just monitoring channels and only using it occasionally like I normally do at work it lasts over 12 hours but talking frequently cuts it down a lot. The other complaint is the antenna. It does not have a very long range for talking or receiving with the original rubber antenna. It works fine for what I use it for at work but if you want more range either get an adapter and a longer antenna or use an adapter and a mobile antenna. I bought adapters and have both. I use the HYT telescoping antenna with an adapter as well as a Wilson little wil magnet mount mobile antenna on my personal vehicle. At work I just use the rubber antenna it came with because range is not an issue as I’m close enough for it to do what I need it to do. With the other 2 antennas it has a good range up to 7 miles that I’ve talked on it. Overall it’s an excellent choice for a handheld. It takes up very little space feels very solid and high quality just like you would expect from a company like President as they used to make some of the best and still some of the most sought after radios from back in the day and this one is no exception especially with all features like AM and FM capability as well as the NOAH weather broadcasts. This also has automatic squelch control so if you don’t like the static of normal cb radios you turn on the asc feature and it cuts out almost all the static and allows you to receive only the strong clear signals near you. It’s an excellent feature in a small radio. This is perfect if you need to communicate with others for work purposes or even just to keep charged up and toss in your vehicle to monitor traffic because cb radio is still the fastest way to get traffic info and save yourself a lot of time avoiding backups and accidents. It’s even good for off-roading with buddies because it takes up so little space in even the smallest vehicles. I’ve never used a better handheld especially at this price
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17 people found this helpful
A little odd.
By Alcon on Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2022
Ok, so this is an AM / FM handheld CB radio with rechargeable battery. That alone makes it stand out. It works well enough but I question the form factor. Rather than make this look and feel like a quality CB (or even UHF) radio, President has given it the distinct look and feel of a Marine Radio. It feels weird in the hand and is often mistaken for a marine or bubble pack gmrs radio. At a radio swap meet some rules-monkey stopped me to tell me that I can't legally transmit with this radio on land. He was wrong but point taken. This looks like a marine radio. The belt clip is poorly designed and makes the radio protrude from your belt enough to clip just about every doorway frame you pass. Battery lasts long enough between charges. I use it to quickly check the airwaves for propagation but for that, I would prefer a wouxun for its smaller size or the CB 58 which has the same features except maybe the absence of NOAA. At least that can be modified for 10 meters. Of all my HT radios, I find myself reaching for this one the least.
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