President Richard 10 Meter AM/FM Mobile Ham Radio (50W PEP)

Works as it should great value for the money and I didn’t need a cb shop to get better than average power.

This is what leave on most of the time. It’s connected to a 13.8v supply on my desk. I like that it’s an easy conversion to CB, and it has variable power (50WPEP). It has a cool VSWR test function, roger beep, echo. It’s a nice reliable modern unit.

The "President Richard" is a great rig with all the bells and gimmicks found on high $ "Export" jobs at a better $ The Dick is capable of 85 watts pep with only a menu touch this is a 3 final rig and has many features Roger beep, Echo, Talk back and a useful scanning mode that scans all 40 channels simultaneously. I CANNOT SAY HOW GOOD this radio is mine is set at 53/55 watts all day long love it!channel up and down buttons on the mic Vox and a lot more Ive owned a few radios in this hobby and this is one of the best rigs for the $ I've ever had the receive is on par with the best radios in the game I just cannot say enough about the Dick it can be turned down to run an amplifier I 100% recommend this radio. I purchased this radio twice Amazon took care of my problem and made it right.

The radio works pretty good it has a good sound and gets out even with the stock microphone, there is absolutely zero adjustments inside the radio, there's only two things that I don't like about the radio, the meter is always about 1/3 to 1/2 over no matter how quiet it is out it seems like that meter is way too sensitive and there is no way to adjust it and the radio is very sensitive in a mobile application as far as picking up power lines and things like that, very noisy receiver

This is a very nice radio

This is a very complicated radio too much for me it is not working correctly or I just don’t know how to run it and why did they take my money and put it on a gift card instead on my debit card

Great CB Radio

I’ve been using President radios for a long time since the late 80’s and have been pleased with the performance of all President radios I have from the 1st generation Lincoln and George up to this Richard, the Richard performs very well and, I’m impressed with the technology and features it has, the output wattage on AM and FM are spot on, good on the PEP as well.

If you compare watts to price on radios, this is a great deal. 50 watts for less than $200.00.Conversion to 11 meter is easy.This is not a cb radio it’s a ham radio and needs converted.

Was hoping for something better. The radio I received had a defect in the white lettering for the front panel controls, clearly a problem with the silk screen process when the lettering was applied, that should've never made it passed quality control. After seeing that obvious flaw, I wondered what other flaws may be lurking inside. So I decided to return it. I wish I had opened the box sooner to inspect the radio but I was too busy with some family issues, so there was no time left to ask for an exchange radio, so it was returned instead. My advice is, inspect your radio as soon as you receive it, even if you don't have time to hook it up and use it right away. And also be aware, the President Richard has no ability to operate 10 meter repeaters. At least there was nothing in the instruction manual about using repeaters, repeater offsets or ctcss tones. This may not be important to everyone thinking about buying this radio, but it might be important to some folks.

This is my second President Richard. It Is a learning curve over a Connex or Galaxy. This is not an out of the box 11 meter radio. To talk to other trucks using CBs you will have to have it converted or convert it yoursel. I did mine myself as CB shops are not as common as they used to be. A big plus for me is being able to turn up the power from a menu without having to open up the radio. You will have to open it for the conversion.The side bands are a bit complicated but I don't use them. It has a good clear sound and my first one always got complimented on it's sound and power. I like how being small it takes people by surprise.Has all the bells and whistles I wanted without having to add more or spend a bunch of money at a Cb Shop paying to mod a new radio.

The President Richard is the best bang for the buck. Mod to 11 meters, simple. Don't care for the 6 pin mic but you can get a adapter ( 6 to 4 pin). MAKE SURE you get the RIGHT ONE! You can program just about everything with this radio & even go to advance mode & adjust power up to 80W & modulation past 100%.But do this at your own risk as you can damage the radio. As for - 1 star. These radios are said to be made in Minsk, Belarus or Naples Florida....... WRONG........Bought mine on 9/16/22 and the label on the back says ( Made in PRC-----Peoples Republic of CHINA). I checked it for Covid 19 & the fortune cookie that was in the box says "USA Dummy-Thanks for the $$$"

Was a lot of bang for the dollar nice sounding radio

This is a great radio as long as you watch the modify to CB radio YouTube video and follow the simple directions.The mic is a little cheap but it is what it is.I would definitely recommend this item.

Truckin cross the country ... decent ears ... needs a little mo pow wah to talk to you can hear in the weeds

This lil thing is awesome!!! Smaller than a cobra 29 lx so it will fit in the newer trucks , and only about 20-25 bucks more than the 29 lx . Tons of features, and straight out of the box I was getting 55 watts, only downside is u do have to have it converted for the Cb channels but when u do, u definitely will not regret it. Another drawback is if u have a favorite mic, u will probably want to have it wired for 6 pin if u don’t wanna use the stock microphone. I can’t really put into words how great this radio really is. And u will love the auto squelch control

I would highly recommend this radio if it's set up properly and you do have a ham antenna or you could use a CB base antenna mountain as high as you can on your house or building a garage. The radio will travel on a great day 15,000 miles but you must have a ham license to operate for the price and everything else I would highly recommend this radio

Do yourself a favor and get this radio. Only been trucking for 11yrs now and I’ve gone through more than a few radios, it kinda became a hobby. Anyways, all of the good reviews are 100% true. This is THE BEST radio “out of the box” I’ve ever had the pleasure of keying up. The 50w are there from the factory, no tuning required. The RECEIVE IS AMAZING, and so clear. The ASC (auto squelch control) is a game changer and I don’t ever want a radio without it again. This radio is packed with great features, you’ll just have to see for yourself.

For the price it cannot be beat. This many options and this much power in a galaxy would cost you $400. The audio is very clear. After tweak and peak it is deadkeying 30 watts and swinging 70 watts on my Dosy meter. Not bad for a radio that cost less than $200. All features work great, and if adjusted properly, the best echo I've ever heard in a radio. I'm very please. May get one to use as a base station in the future.

Pretty good radio for money.Online instructions for solder points are correct. Look for white line on board. Good radio for channel 19...Auto squelch is pretty nice and squelches well, although I wish it would somewhat fade in and hold a little longer, rather than having quiet interrupted by a sudden blast of sound then quiet again, then another blast of sound. Reminds me of the old cobra 19’s. Not very refined in that sense. Turn squelch knob all the way left for auto squelch.Lots of different settings that are fun to play with. I like the beeping swr meter as I can make adjustments quickly with window rolled down and door closed without having to get back in and key up every time. I would MUCH rather it use a 4 pin mic, since I never use the Mic up/down channel buttons anyway. The mic sounds ok but not great, and feels cheapy.Overall good buy in my opinion.