President George 40-Channel AM/FM/SSB CB Radio (7-Colour)

I’m new to CB radios set up was pretty simple. The radio itself is feature rich, a bright screen, and robust design. Got really lucky, Tuned a 3 foot antenna to have a SWR of about 1.9 on Chanel 1 and SWR of 1.0 on Chanel 40. The SWR meter built into the radio seems to be pretty good.

Arrived on time and exactly as described. Fairly easy to install in 2024 Freightliner Cascadia by connecting and crimping leads and connecting to antenna. I have an external mounted longer range antenna and the reception and sound quality are perfect. Not sure about the sound quality with the built in antenna standard to this tractor.Easy to dial in and you can set the display to multiple colors.

Love it!

No issues plenty of bells and whistles. 2023 cadcadia can be a bit harder to see. Pair with a good antenna no regrets on purchase

Reads swr without calibration

I got this radio to upgrade to Sideband. I also wanted FM. This radio has it all. It's pretty large, compared to some of the modern designs; but then it has a lot going on.It has many features, without being excessive. Some people have complained that operation while mobile is too complex. I don't believe so. Once you set up the radio via the menus, you really don't need to mess with anything else. Everything you commonly need to use is accessible with a knob or a single keypress.Notable functions: The SWR tuning function is great. It would make a tone that alerts you as you adjust your antenna. You can also get an onscreen warning if your SWR goes above a certain threshold. The NRC function is awesome. I don't consider a radio worth buying if it doesn't have this option. It dramatically reduces noise on both transmit and receive. The scan function *with lockouts* is great. While scanning, you can lock out an annoying channel with a keypress. This remains permanent until cleared in a menu. Auto squelch. Just turn it on and the radio determines when to open the squelch. Of course, you can manually adjust it too. I think it's a little aggressive, compared to the manual squelch. CTCSS/DCS on FM. The only way I would buy an FM CB. Allows a selective squelch.How does the radio actually perform? It does a great job. Transmit and receive audio is good. There is sufficient volume. Of course, you all probably want to know its power output. This is a legal Part 95 CB. Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be under tuned like a great many radios can be. It's at 3.85 watts on dead carrier, close enough to 4 watts on AM and FM. A modulated AM carrier goes around 12 watts peak. Same for SSB. Certainly, a very functional radio. Modulation percentage is about 90%. Usually I see factory radios around 85%, so this is a plus. You really don't want to go higher, otherwise, you'll generate spurious emissions.Final thoughts: All in all, I'd give the radio a very good rating, worth 4 stars. I'm a stickler for receive audio. I think the George could have more robust receive audio. A bit too much midrange and not enough bass. There is a tone adjustment in the menu, that I need to play with and see what I can do.I am glad I got it and recommend it.

Had it in my Pete for over a month now. It does really well. ASC isn’t as good as I hoped. I still use the manual squelch. I noticed that it’s very easy to accidentally switch the band from AM to FM. For basic everyday use it HAS to be on AM.

Failed after a few months. Would not recommend. Thought this was a good radio company. I guess i was wrong.

A nice, full featured radio. Seller was prompt on shipping and arrived timely. You can tell that the company that made this radio uses the radio. It was very easy to set up, unlike many, many chinese radios. Loaded with features and I'm very happy with this radio!

It has it all. This is only second to the McKinley model because it also has ctcss and dcs.

We received the item and hooked it up and it worked for less than a hour and then did not work at all. We did everything we could as far as checking our fuses Ann changing out the mic along with the antenna. We were super excited to try it until this happened and we just sent it back.

I tried a lot of CBs. This one is better than the others.Really, really wish that President would do a better job on the user interface. There's just way too much functionality hidden behind menus. The lettering is too small. President ought to know that the radio isn't 2 feet in front of anyone. Also ought to know that their customers are unlikely to be driving while wearing reading glasses. The tiny print isn't necessary. There is a lot of unused space on the front in particular devoted to branding and usb plugs which could have been used to improve usability. The clarifier knob doesn't need to be off on its own. It's just wasting space. The emergency button is completely useless since no one monitors those channels anymore. Doesn't make any sense that the various filters are spread all over the faceplate or that they're even on the front of the radio. People aren't / shouldn't be driving while experiencing what filters they like best. It's just more wasted space.Physical toggle switches are so much easier to use than "mode" buttons. If they used toggle switches, then they wouldn't need to cram everything into that tiny display.I hate how if I want to use the weather alert feature that I'm forced to listen to CB chatter. That's just a terrible design.The screen is overloaded with useless information. No one needs to see real time voltage or the exact frequency when using the CB?The USB charging port is neat, but really? Why does anyone need their CB to charge their phone? No one is going to skip buying a cb because it is missing a charging port.SWR overload feature is awesome! On the other hand, when SWR overload is activated the only way to know so is to pay very, very, very close attention to the display looking for something that is missing. Would have been extremely easy to make a nasty buzz when the SWR is too high?Installation and tuning is so much easier thanks to the SWR tuning feature which is extremely easy to use.

Very happy with the cb recommen it very much

Works great, outstanding radio so far

This is the worst president radio I ever owned I have the Lincoln 2+ have the Ronald and the Richard the George fcc is unexcepabul the Am Modulation is garbage, ssb is excellent. I will be sending it back

This is a really good cb radio. I have been able to reach others from all over. It comes with all the bells and whistles. I have had a lot of people that I have talked to tell me you have a good radio there. .

My favorite CB ever. It can use a condenser mic instead of the plain old dynamic. The difference is clarity. Condenser mics pic up higher and more detailed sounds, making your words clearer. This does cause it to also pick up unwanted background noise, yes, but the filter simply removes virtually all of it, AND without reducing the audio. How, is beyond me. I also like how you can turn down your output power incase you want to run "other" equipment with this radio. P.S. number 4 is perfect for AM and number 1 or 2 is good for sideband.One thing I do have against this radio is it's harder to operate while driving, such as turning the modulation up or down isn't just a turn of a knob. You'd have to key up while simultaneously pressing a button on the radio. And the radio has many functions I couldn't care less about. I imagine if another driver drove my truck and scrambled all the settings I made, I'd have to do a factory reset to start over because there's just that many bells and whistles.

I enjoyed the CB, but it seems a bit complicated for me. It’s a good product. Thank you.

This is a wonderful radio!The only thing I can find on the negative side is:I drive a Kenworth T680 with the radio in the overhead cubby, and looking at the display from an angle makes it look somewhat washed out(loss of contrast).

Now I have one unit instead of two in my truck.