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I am now getting very tempted to buy a Lincoln President II (version 3) which can run up to 31W pep on SSB. Probably it would run far less most of the time. Nevada have reduced their price by £10 to £249.95, I hope that includes free delivery for cash.
This is a dedicated 10m radio, although it can also cover CB bands with a simple (but illegal) internal wire cut. If I bought one, I would only use it on 10m only: I have no interest in CB. I think the latest mods turn this into a good rig. On my original Lincoln President - sold years ago - some impressive DX was worked in quieter years even from the car on SSB.
Yes, it is a glorified CB rig, but with some very useful features for amateur use and about half the price of the lowest cost amateur radio transceivers. There are other contenders too but these seem to have fewer useful features.
As my main interest (outside the 6m Es season) is 10m, this may be a wise buy.
Looks like a nice 10M transceiver. Amusing that it can be modified for CB when it is usually the other way around. Like my old dad used to say, "if you have an itch, scratch it". Go for it.
ReplyDeleteDick, am giving it strong consideration. Would like to know what is different in the Rev 3 build.
ReplyDeleteG1KQH sent me this:
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Not sure of the warranty.
Just one word of warning, The receivers audio quality on a lot of these ssb cb's seems to be unclear/distorted compared to their early predecessor's. On You Tube.
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Tony, I believe some (all?) of the issues you mention have been fixed in the rev 3 release.
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