Key Beep – In the ON position any button press or channel change will make a beep. Pressing the channel changing knob for a couple of seconds will get you into the digital menu when there are 7 functions –Ĭolor – You can choose between orange, blue, or greenĭimmer – Allows you to adjust the brightness of the backlit displayĬontrast – Controls the strength on the display of the channels and other characters The radio has a 6 pin microphone connection. The microphone features up-down buttons for selecting channels and is lightweight. You will use the channel selector knob to increase or decrease power. RF Power – the above button also allows you to set your RF power if you press the button while keying the radio. RF gain can be accessed with a double press in RX mode. Mic gain can be accessed when pressing the button with the radio keyed. Lock will lock out all controls so nothing can be changed. M3 is the third memory storage slot.į/ MEM / LOCK / MIC GAIN / RF GAIN – Used to select or store memory frequencies in one of the 3 available slots.
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Turns on the dual watch function to scan a channel plus 9 or 19. M2 – second memory storage location.ĩ/19 / DW / M3 – selects channels 9 or 19. Scan feature allows for scanning of the 40 channels or your memory frequencies. NB/ANL/HIC / SCAN / M2 – Turns on the NB / ANL / or HI-Cut features for limiting static or electrical noise.
When used in conjustion with the memory button this button will store a channel and mode in the memory 1 (M1) slot. A long press will turn on the weather alert function. WEATHER / ALERT/ M1 – puts the radio into weather mode where you can listen to weather broadcasts. If you long press it while keying the radio you will enter the VOX mode. If you long-press the button it turns on the PA. MODE / PA / VOX – used to select your mode (AM, USB, LSB). There are 5 buttons on the radio and each button can be used to select 3 different functions – The coarse clarifier does have a “center” slot that it will click into when turning to center.ģ) Channel selectors / Menu – This knob serves as a channel selector that you can rotate and if you push the knob you can access the radio menu functions.
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The squelch knob in the full counterc-clockwise position activates the ASC (Automatic Squelch Control) in AM mode.Ģ) Fine/coarse clarifier – This is also a dual pot with the fine clarifer on the inside the coarse clarifier on the outside. The McKinley keeps is very simple and it’s user interface is one of the best I’ve seen on a newer digital CB.ġ) Power / Squelch / ASC – This is a dual pot control with the power/volume knob being on the inside and the squelch knob on the outside. The LCD display is large and easily readable.Īs radios add more and more functions it can be difficult for manufacturers to figure out the best way for the user to access all of the options. It only has three knobs (two are dual controls with inner and outer adjustments) and 5 buttons. While the Uniden 980 front face looks a lot like an aftermarket car stereo, the President McKinley has a very simple utility look to it similar to two-way business radios. The radio is similar in size to the Uniden 980 but the styling is completely different. For mounting, the radio features single thumbscrew holes on the sides. The radio comes with a microphone, power cord (standard 3 pin), and mounting hardware. The radio itself is small and is a DIN size radio, meaning it is designed to fit into the stereo slot in your vehicle dash.
The President McKinley is a FCC type accepted CB radio and it is completely legal to buy and use in the U.S. We’ll take you through our overview in this article and we’ve also posted our traditional video review below in case you want to skip the reading and jump right in. The radio has been out for over 6 months, but the CB community has recently started to take notice of this slick little SSB radio and realize that it has some very interesting features we haven’t seen before. So it peaked our interest when we saw that President was releasing a new SSB CB radio for the U.S. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a new radio to review and that really is due to the fact that not a whole lot of interesting new CB or Export radios have hit the market in the last couple of years. President McKinley AM/SSB CB Radio Overview
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