President Lincoln II Plus Ham Radio, Rotary Switch, Up/Down Channel Selector, VFO Mode, RF Power, S-meter, Multi-functions LCD Display, 6 Memories, Vox Function, Beep Function, AM/FM/LSB/USB/CW Modes

Big disappointment! I got on the air with a neighbor and the audio was badly distorted RX and TX. We found out that if I put a 100 HZ offset over his frequency we could talk without the distortion. Even after adding the 100 Hertz, the reception quality was very poor for a $250.00 radio.

Very good quality radio.

good

Poor modulation and very poor receive on strong local signals. I own the very small President Ronald radio which is a lot better than this Lincoln. The drawback of the Ronald is that it does not have sideband. But Ive tested this Lincoln side-by-side with my Ronald and this Lincoln will go in the trash can. I promise you its not nearly the radio that the President Ronald is. If you have a very nearby strong station this President Lincoln will clip it out and cut the received where you cannot hear their signal. the digital display will indicate that theres a strong signal coming through but you will not hear the audio. No combination of noise limiter noise blanker or high-cut or none will allow that strong signal to come through. You have to cut down the receive game in order to receive that strong signal. And then you cant hear any medium or distant stations. all reports of transmission reported that I had very poor modulation. The Rodger beep was stronger than my voice. when I finally unplug the Lincoln and plugged in the President Ronald everybody breathes a sigh of relief and said that I was finally back. This radio in my opinion is junk compared to the Ronald. UPDATE:. Bought an Anytone AT5555N. Now this radio is what I was looking for!

This is the older Lincoln not the newest with the higher power output. I received my Lincoln and tested it and found all the outputs were low. I contacted the President company support and found that the newest radio, with the higher output is President Lincoln II + . No Plus and no V3 because that is the older model with the lower output. Total scam and false advertising on this radio.

I was able to make contacts on 10m, but the Bands button is very strange, and doesnt reflect actual radio bands. CW on mine was completely unusable, as no matter what I tried, the first character sent would be a dah. You could get dits in, like the letter N dah-dit, but not A dit-dah, unless it immediately followed. If you left a pause for space between words or letters, it would reset to the first character being a dah no matter how quick you were. Very annoying. I would have loved it if President had put a little more thought into this as a HAM radio (Echo, Roger beep? Seriously?) and not an export CB, which, if were being honest, is what most people are buying these as.

This version IS the latest version of the President Lincoln ll line, being that it is the Lincoln ll+. The sale offerer has mistakenly mismarked the version stating that it is V3. There is a Version 3 of the Lincoln ll, the third in the line. This is the fourth issue of the Lincoln line thus the + after Lincoln ll I own one, love it and do know the various versions.

I passed my Extra about a month ago now, and after playing around (and still enjoying) VHF/UHF, I wanted to get down into HF to chase that sweet sweet DX. I got a taste of the bug from working remote stations, but its just not quite as exciting as getting that QSO from the rig right in front of my face. Opinions differ, and I respect if you love working remote, but for me I knew right away that I would prefer an in person HF rig. The only problem was the cost. I do not have $1000 to dump into this hobby. I was able to get this unit in open box condition for about $200. Thats the cheapest Ive seen any HF radio. I get that it only does the upper HF band--not even 20 meters--and is almost a monobander for that reason. However, I live in a small rented space, so working the lower bands was probably not going to happen very successfully anyhow. A 10 meters dipole I can just barely manage. Accepting this limitation, I decided this radio could be the one for me. Also, Im a digital person. I dont like voice mode much. I use this radio to work FT8, RTTY, etc. It totally does work, but it takes some creativity. I used a SignaLink with the 4 pin round mic cable plus another 6 to 4 pin adapter cable I ordered from Amazon as well such that I could physically connect my radio to the SignaLink. I had to guess the jumpers on my unit but I eventually figured out that pin 3 was my PTT and 2 was my MIC, IIRC, and I had no problem driving this radio digital in USB (SSB, not the computer port) mode so long as my desktop power supply unit could supply enough power on the red and black input power cables for the radio. The built in SWR meter wasnt mentioned in the listing but is greatly appreciated. Lastly, I want to make an important note about the flavor of the radio. Its something you really need to understand before buying. This radio isnt designed or laid out like a ham radio should be. It has the flavor of a CB radio. I suspect the actual market is for people to mod this not use as is as a ham radio. Its just weird. Hams wont know this brand or radio. Roger beep? Echo? You will not and should never use these features. Channel numbers? No such thing. In ham radio, we use frequencies! The channel numbers when you tune are completely made up as far as I can figure and are meaningless. The bands button behaves completely illogically and has no relation to actual ham radio bands. It boggles the mind. If you dont mind having a weird radio then do it, I did, and Im happy with it. It works great when simply going direct to the frequency you desire and tuning around if you ignore the random band numbers and symbols. With that all said, for what I paid, it works great. I can live with the weirdness.

best value with ssb ,decent power rating all around great radio for all mode 10 meter operation

This little rig from President works fairly well. It has about any feature youd want, and a few (like echo) you might not use. Besides the small footprint, a huge selling point (to me) is the bright display. Its easy to read in even the brightest sunlight (something that cant be said for other transceivers like the 980SSB). I think its because its a light background with dark numbers vs. the 980ssb which is the reverse (light on dark) Ive owned the previous version of this radio (Lincoln II) and havent noticed any big difference between the two, with the exception of the II+ being 12-10 meters and the II only 10m. Power output (35w PEP) is good, and the typical controls youd come to expect (Clarifier, Mic gain, NB, etc.) are all there. If there is someone you dont like to use (Im not a big fan of echo or Roger beeps) - dont use them (at least theyre there). Variable RF power control from the front panel is nice, and even the ASC Squelch works pretty decent. While I could gone on about every feature ad nausem Id like to mention the Clarifier. If you talk SSB youre familiar with how a Clarifier control should work. USA CBs with sideband only have the ability to vary the receive frequency. In the olden days CBs like a 148 or Uniden XL were easy to modify the circuitry in order to allow your frequency to track on both transmit and receive. Today its almost impossible to do that with a 980ssb or McKinley. Default setting is Clarifier OFF. From there you can go into the menu and set it to adjust receive only, transmit only, or receive and transmit. It can be done easily because this isnt a CB radio. So far, my experience with this feature is just okay. Sometimes I set it to tx/rx and power down the radio after using it, the menu setting reverts to OFF the next time I turn it ON ----> but not every time (weird). I have one II+ that holds it and another that doesnt. This isnt a deal breaker, its just annoying. What I do find a little annoying is how the volume control works. With a typical radio when you power it ON and slowly turn the volume control the speaker audio increases smoothly, but this doesnt do that. The speaker audio goes from silence to something I would call 2 skipping the lowest setting. As you turn the volume UP there is noticeable distance you have to adjust it to be able to hear anything. This isnt a big deal in the car, but at home its been irritating because late at night I like a low volume as to not bother anyone else in the house, and I cant get that with a II+ so I dont use it in the house much any longer, only mobile. Ive have two of these (bought from different vendors) and both do the same thing so Im pretty sure its not a defective radio Parsee. As for the origin of manufacture, its Vietnam. These days you have to pick your poison and Ill pick Vietnam over China any day. Presidents attention to a quality build is ever-present and I believe their warranties are the best in the business. These almost always sell for around $249, but last year they were reduced by $20 around Black Friday / Cyber Monday.