This is the one I just bought, before I found your channel. Great to see it in action.

I have one of these that I use as a base station. The antenna is a wire dipole about 25' up in the attic of my house. Using SSB, I was able to have a very clear conversation with an operator in Michigan. I think the antenna is the key to getting good distance for your contact. Jim Virginia 616

cool demo, its amazing how far SSB goes and how clear your voice is still.

Waiting for this video. Glad to see it up on your channel. One test I made with Hydro 444. We got 25 miles as a crow flys. On a non DX day. I was mobile he was Base. Glad to see these tests. Thank you

President McKinley range test at the dead dog in the road.

Thanks for the test. I would say it did pretty good for the weather conditions, the terrain you have and operating mobile to base. That’s a nice antenna and radio setup.

sold me going to buy one. great job

I like the front of the radio in the beginning of video. Looks like a business band radio than it does a CB. I like the front-firing speaker.

Nice radio and test.

I did an approximately 20 mile line of sight contact from my McKinley running mobile in my Frontier with my Tram mag mount centered on the roof. I got a call back from 109SC on a base station in a nearby town. I was just on the outskirts of Columbia SC. He said he had a weak signal on me but could hear me clearly. It was just this past Sunday Jan 17 on a little day trip I went on. It was a clear day around 11am. So the range seems pretty consistent. Cool.

That’s very impressive man 👍

That's pretty cool. Thank you😎

Nice video. I haven't had the opportunity to try the SSB yet but I was speaking to a fella with a Galaxy 959 at approximately 9 miles the other evening on AM. Not picking at your video but I noticed the micro clarifier knob on your radio is set at 7:00 position.

A bit late seeing this but I really loved how you had it mounted/. I am still looking to get a lunch box carrier for my Lincoln II+. What would have been nice was to have another person at the base talking to you to see how you received it in the car.

The Stryker A10 is an amazing antenna in my experience.

I like that radio I've been going through some of ur old videos and I'm thinking about the uniden 980 ssb but this radio sounds pretty good I watched one of ur videos and decided to get back into cb radio again I love my cobra 29lx need to update. Be safe out there in America folks

Pretty amazing range compared to AM modulation.. Even more amazing is that you got about 16 miles out and were still readable on a rainy night!

seems like that little radio is working pretty well!

Hey Eric! I received a President MA 145 magmount antenna yesterday! You should do a video on it. Very impressive antenna!

Thank you for the review, I appreciate your work. One concern I have about the McKinley is the menu driven controls. I fiddle a lot with the RF gain to control the floor noise. Did you find the controls on this radio easily accessible?

Came in great spec. Hi pnt

Got that!

Great stuff. At your 17.5 mile mark, it would be interesting to point the truck all 4 positions to see how directional your signal is. Thanks...

Awesome

That's awesome. Wondering if you have the radio peaked and tuned. Shame to keep the radios at box value when they can do so much more.

Probably would have been even better on the more quiet upper or lower frequencies, but still very impressive thanks for sharing.

Nice set up. Decided to get back on the air. Dug out my old Uniden PC122xl.. 👍

In the Volvo , nice :-)

Did you get the McKinley peaked/tuned at all? I have read that the clarifier benefits from tweaking as well. I do own a Mckinley and have been debating on getting the peak/tune on it.

Nice test Eric, I have both radios (the McKinley and the 980), and I'm still debating on which to put where. I got 2 stations, one for summer and one for winter. It's tricky to decide the pros and cons of each. Add to the fact I have a Grant XL that will run laps around both of those radios in terms of sound fidelity, DX capability and usability... ... decisions, decisions!

Eric I'm getting this cb as a base station how many pins does the power cord have. Thank you

Great video as always. Putting together a home base station. Seriously considering the Mc Kinley. As compared to the Uniden 980 SSB...what would you choose based on your expertise and experience? Going to use the Antron A99 antenna as well.

I've heard nothing but good things about the a10 stryker antenna from actual users at the cb shop in my area. Been saving up to get one because they are a bit pricey but if you want performance you have to be willing to pay for it as we have learned

Thanks for the range test, great job. What kind of antenna were you using in mobile?

I may order this radio I hear a lot of good things about it I do like the front speaker that's pretty awesome I do like that it's a sideband radio also they make a service manual for this radio so if you ever need it repaired they have a service manual the only downside I believe is this Roger beep other than that it seems like a great radio good range test by the way👍

Can extra channels be added to the president McKinley radio. 40 channels up above channel 40

Some people were commenting about how quite the Roger Beep is. Sounds better on Sideband

I have been watching you videos on the Mckinnly as well as a few others. I find that you videos seems to be the most realistic. I contacted President radio since there's no dealers in my area. I said I wanted a Mckinnly that was a first quality not a refurbished or rejected radio. They responded with I believe 2 places that only sell first quality radios. I took it to the only shop I trust who has done all my radio work since 1984. He checked it out of the box and AM it was set to 3.6 watts and 70% modulation . He said thats on par with how they all come through. He was able to get 4 watts @ 100% modulation on am. On SSB it was only putting out 1.5 watts he was a little shocked at that. He started to peak the SSB and could only get 8 watts average. With the stock mic talking in a normal voice about 8 watts was it. The strange thing is if you whistle in the mic it will shoot up to over 14 watts. He said that it didn't make sence because SSB is alowed to be I think 14 watts. I want to try the mic that I usually use to see how it responds to it. What kind of power were you able to get on SSB? When he tunes a radio he watches the power and modulation as well as how hot the radio gets. He use to have me watch as he was doing it and he said when you key up you want the power to stay the same or have an ever so slight up swing. He mentioned that when it was on the bench turned on not transmitting that it seemed to get pretty hot. He said usually on receive radios don't get real hot. Then when transmitting it heats up even more. I wondered if a usb power fan would cool it down but he said I would need to drill air holes into the case and he didn't seem to want to do that. I was just wondering if you got any more on sideband or not? And if maybe we missed something when we peaked it. He agreed with you on AM if you go for more power it robs the modulation. He set it to where he feels comfortable with its performance and heat generation, so it should last a good long time. But SSB even at 6 watts will go much further than AM around here you need the distance to get to anyone else with sideband. I just wanted to get your thoughts on the SSB power and if you think we forgot anything or if they just cant make the power? It's been a while since I watched your first 3 videos on the Mckinnly. Thanks for your feedback on this radio.

are you set up wiring cb mics

Wow!!! Awesome ssb test. This is an awesome radio!! I love my modified McKinley radio.

if conditions pick up again you could reach europe easy!!!and what is the brand of your antenna????cool video///

Is it just me? Where is part 3? And how did you record and play back the audio?

Not bad but don't know what the receiving antenna is or how high or what kind of a mobile antenna you was talkin on but pretty good test

I am seeing on the President web site , that it can do FM. Was their a upgrade

10-4 MCKINLEY ON TEST YOU GOT THE CAROLINA 373 ON AM CAROLINA FOUR BARREL ON THE COAST

Another consideration for the base station, as it is permanent fixture, would be the wire you use. You can always match great SWR , with high loss cable, but you will lose db. However a cable that may cost $10 a metre will also give you a great SWR, but you will gain 3db, on power and receive, doesn't sound much for that huge expense. Until you realise you have just doubled your power and range, all of a sudden 17miles becomes 34 miles, with no change to your rig, power, antenna, or SWR. This is a cost l would be willing to pay for an all band transceiver, l may hook up a long wire for the 144mhz, but it too would be matched to aircell 7 wire. Just a thought.💵📻

Great test. Do you get any AM noise, like alternator whine in your rig? Bought a Mckinley off your reviews. Seems to be great other than a mild whine all the time on AM, even with my pickup off. NB and high cut don't filter it out either.

You said you using a Striker SR 810 aerial for this CB radio. Where can this aerial be purchased?

Are you driving a Volvo V 70? If so, you’re probably the only other person I know other than myself that has a Volvo wagon with a CB radio installed in it. Lol.

Farpoint Farms your McKinley ssb CB 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

I"m going to contact a local club here in town and see if they can help me find this Radio locally.

Would you recommend it as a base station?

Where can I get a sideband cb radio.

Eric, are you familiar with marine (boating) SSB radios? I know they have the ability to do incoming weather fax with GRIB files and also email. I'm not interested in those features. I will have satellite coms for that in the form of an Iridium GO. Marine base stations are huge and require a lot of extra electrical work to install. I was hoping I could get away with a mobile unit. The SSB will be for sailnet communications, emergency coms, and back up in case the ole VHF goes out.

I often refer to President radios as "ham-grade CB radios" because they are made with precision and every last one of these new models have the best sounding audio on the market of politically-correct radios. I've heard the audio of the Bill and the McKinley and both are right in the pocket. No excessive carrier hiss or background noise and no garbled, blasty modulation. Just a perfect balance of clean, crystal-clear audio.

Would you choose this Mckinley over the Galaxy 959?

which portable antenna is recommended for it to use SSB?

Height does matter!

I did the exact same test with an old Cobra 29ltd & couldn't even get a mile outta it , I knew then the radio was shot. *out with the old in with the new*

eric I don't have an eye-bay account

What antenna

Great video sir I wood up grate your coax To lmr 400 time wave for the base N 240 lmr time wave for the mobile it really help N put some ground straps on the mobile bumpers to frame battery to frame block to frame It help a good bit It in the arrl mobilelering hand book I like your video's I have a small farm 50 goats a few cows bee's chicken about get ducks bin on cb since I wus 13 N I'm a extra class license N I like working on old cars trucks So I look forward to your video's Stay safe n 73 n good dx n9prf 2fb2112 JOE

From these results from your test I see no reason to get into frs or gmrs. SSB CB seems to have the same range and reliability

bought one and hate it. wish i still had my ronald. other than sideband it blows this junk radio out of the water. having all kinds off small annoyances out of mine i never had with the ronald

bought one and hate it. wish i still had my ronald. other than sideband it blows this junk radio out of the water. having all kinds off small annoyances out of mine i never had with the ronald