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

Love this radio! Looks great and out performs the rest!!

I bought this for my husband for Christmas he absolutely loves this radio and says its a very good one

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.

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!

Ordered and received quickly with zero damage . Have not installed yet , waiting for mounting bracket and a couple other things needed to do complete install. Know someone who uses 1 , works well for them , so I got 1 for same reason. Will try to update when installed, tuned , and in if possible. Regards gh

good

All I can say is its not only nice looking but works great.

The mic is broken and needs to be replaced

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Returned for Technical reasons. Its just a CB Radio converted for Ham frequency use.