I have a couple of President HR2600's both with the chipswitch. Since these are aging radio's, I prefer not to use them for mobile use anymore.
I replaced my mobile radio with the President Lincoln 2 version 3 hoping to stay in the same tradition as the original Uniden made ones.
The overall look and feel of these new Chinese Lincoln 2 versions is cheap. The radio has a smaller footprint than the original but that can be good for some with limited space for mobile installs. The audio out volume I think is kind of low so the volume has to be turned up almost to the point of distortion.
The frequency expansion is easily done by snipping a wire but the channel groupings aren't sequential, meaning the band groupings jump around, ridiculous I think. Before the mod, the band groupings are lettered A-G in order. With the original Lincolns, doing the chipswitch adds 12 meters for us licensed amateurs but this one does not.
Like most glorified CB radio's out of the box, the frequency is off and noticeable on SSB modes. If you are only going to use this on 11 meters, it won't matter since I usually hear plenty of off frequency radio's both directions and the funny thing is these operators swear there right on. The good thing about these radio's is that it has a service menu that makes frequency calibrations easy since it's done in that service menu by changing the value numbers. You still need a reference tone to zero beat against it if you don't have a good signal generator. I calibrate my HF rigs with WWV then zero beat these types of radios with them. None of the service menu mods or how to access it is given but the info is online with some research. I found it myself and performed the frequency calibration easily myself.
The on-board CTCSS and DCS features are useful but are only selectable as either decode or both decode /encode only. It should give the encode only option for 10 meter repeater access but it doesn't. This maybe a good thing to keep a non-licensed radio user from screwing around and illegally using a 10 meter repeater. Also the owners manual doesn't tell you how to make this selection in the radio's user menu but I eventually figured it out myself.
The good points? I like the VOX feature since I use a wireless earset mic for hands free mobile use. This is the only glorified CB I know of that has VOX and another reason why I chose this model..
I also like the color screen and lighted buttons with color options, BUT, the frequency display is too small and the channel display is too big. I would like it reversed or the menu option to change it. Then again, it was designed more the the average CBer who tunes by channels not by frequency.
On the air? the reports are good for what that's worth and the receiver seems to be average for these types of radio's with a good antenna system. No real issue there. It's not going to be as good as a real mobile HF radio but I never expected it to be.
Overall? If you have a aging Lincoln or HR2510 I would recap it and take good care of it since I believe these radio's fall short of the original Uniden made ones and cover up that fact with on-board toys and gimmicks.