President McKinley EU 40 Channel CB Radio SSB 12/24V

Advertised a EU which has FM band , unit send is a USA , no FM or EU channels , tidal waste of money , waited 3 weeks for something completely different than advertised

Bought as a gift for someone in UK. The EU 40 is misleading, no good in UK.

Only for USA market not for EU

This addition to my review is to document the performance of the replacement to the first radio shipped to me. As noted below, the first radio had some problems. I returned it, and ordered a replacement. The new radio works very well. Internal speaker sounds good and no spurious tone in audio. Power output and modulation are close to legal maximum, in both AM and SSB. Have made several contacts, every contact remarks on good sound of this radio. Just finished a 13.5 mile mobile contact on SSB; the other operator has decades of experience on the radio and commented that this President McKinley was one of the best sounding "out of the box" radios he's heard. I'm very pleased with this purchase, and highly recommend this radio. *** ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW *** Nice radio with lots of good features. Unfortunately the radio delivered to me came with no internal speaker output, and had a spurious tone when receiving in AM mode. Very attractive, modern radio with a lot going for it. Installation was straightforward. The small size of this unit allows for many options for install. Unfortunately, upon power-up, no output from internal speaker. The external speaker output worked fine. Great reception, except a very low level tone, maybe around 1KHz or so, was present in AM receive. No problems noted during SSB reception. Power output and modulation was right up where it should be. I like this radio, and believe the problems I experienced with this individual unit are simply a random manufacturing defect. I have returned the defective radio, and will be ordering a replacement.

Great radio and works well. May need a noise filter connected. I get a lot of engine noise when car is running.

buen producto cumple con las características

The President McKinley USA is a fine and reliable performer. It is easy to operate, and clarifying an SSB signal requires only a very slight adjustment of the fine-tune clarifier. There are course and fine clarifier controls, but the course tuning control knob never needs touching. (See the video of the transceiver receiving a signal on channel 33 lower side band). The unit is robust and well built, and can be used in a mobile or base station situation. I particularly like the front mounted speaker (on the left), as the audio quality from that speaker is good enough to obviate the need to plug in an extension speaker. Other features of this radio include a built-in VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) meter, eliminating the need to check the VSWR with an external meter! The SWR reading I obtained from the built-in meter coincided with the result I obtained using an external SWR meter, so the built-in device is reasonably accurate. The McKinley also features a ''President'' invention, namely the Automatic Squelch Control, which first appeared in President CB radios back in 1996. This radio also has a scanning control, so you can easily scan the 40 channels in about 5 seconds. You can scan in AM mode or Upper and Lower Sideband modes, but note that when scanning, the Automatic Squelch Control will only work in the AM mode. I've given this radio 5 stars overall for quality, reliability, and ease of operation.

Back in 1977 I bought 1 of these n it lasted 35 years b4 it stopped working, that was sad. I was told it has had it's day. Anyways I tried to buy a new 1 n for years there just wasn't a new McKinley but just recently Yes so I bought it, it's every bit as good as the last radio n a few more lil features like scan n a SWR meter I also bought n antenna tuner n it has arrived, awesome n the new McKinley looks just like my UHF too, very nice. This new radio drags in awesome skip from every where just like the old radio. Works for me n that's awesome. Iv since bought a great new antenna my new antenna is a half wave marine stick so I can use it on the boat. Buy a McKinley still blows Cobra out of the water n a few other radios too 3's awesome is what awesome does!