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***rant warning*** I’m seeing list prices of nearly $600 for this radio. Of course, in typical Yaesu fashion, it will be discounted by hundreds of dollars after the first year or so of production, screwing all the people that buy in early. And I suspect Yaesu will continue it’s convoluted...

DSP in the FT-891 is great for the mobile environment. I can filter out noise and just hear voice. Almost like listening to FM ! Ran an 857 for (more than 10) years in the mobile with the ATAS-120A and it worked well, but the 891 is even better. Don’t care about 2m/70cm anymore, since there is...

I used to run a TS DX500v from the shack and powered it with an Astron 75 amp power supply. Not cheap, but it provided plenty of current with sufficient headroom to power the DX-500v without any problems. IIRC, I would see a current draw of between 40-45 amps on the front meter, at full output...

Mike’s Radio Repair did a video on the President wireless mic, which is very similar to the Unden mic, but the President mic has a provided connector for receive audio to make connecting to a different radio a bit easier, however that mic is not offered for sale in the US at this time. (Guess...

I had a suggested video pop up on YT this morning from Bell’s CB on a “tune up report” for a 980. Video was recorded in July of 2012 and that radio has a dual clarifier. I’m not sure when Uniden started selling the radio, but this certainly has to be an early one.

Ok, I did some research and the SSB power output control was disabled if you removed the “mod limiter” Q32 in the old radios. Not sure if thats the same with the newer radios and I would not recommend removing that circuit, but that’s what I was trying to recall. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Does the RF Power knob adjust SSB output ? It’s been a long time since I had a 2950 (first on I had was labeled Mirage) and I seem to recall the SSB output power was not affected by that knob...only AM power. Do you see less SSB power output with the RF Power control throttled back ?

I’ve been running the VOIP networks for over three years (Wires X node, DV4 Mini, OpenSpot, DVMega, MMDVM ZUM board repeater), and have had almost all the devices that have been offered. Currently running a DVMega on a Raspberry Pi 3 with Pi-Star image, DVMega on BlueStack board for mobile ops...

The mic has up/dn channel buttons, but the front channel display of the radio is pressed either on the top or bottom of the display, to change channels as well, so it can be done at the radio.

Man, I guess I am getting old (I am). I remember back in the days when a fellow with the handle CW Morse used to be on the forums (this one, Grumpy’s Olde Time Radio Forum, etc) and bashing CB operators about their “Leenyar amplifiers” and trashing “export” radios. Nothing changes...except the...

Despite the name and the size, I have a President Bill FCC radio and find it to be a decent radio...for what it is. I got it on Amazon a few weeks ago when they were selling for $90 shipped. While I am a sideband operator, the small footprint of the AM-only Bill was really interesting to me. I...

I have owned a few 980SSB radios since they were first introduced, including the earlier boards and later redesigned boards. They all have dual clarifier controls, as have the radios that friends have owned. I had noticed the difference in the stock cover photo several years ago and I believe...

The EU version (which has FM, as well as the various European band configurations) lists for £99,50, and that converts to around $127 US. President radios are not priced cheap, so the Anytone Smart CB will probably half the price of the President. I would anticipate the Bill FCC to sell for at...

President Electronics will release their micro CB radio in the next few weeks. https://president-electronics.us/CB-Radios/AM-transceivers/BILL-FCC It has the smaller President mics, which have good audio, and the 6 pin jack, which will accept the Uniden wireless mic.

There was a story some years ago about a Sheriff’s Dept in Florida (IIRC) that had provided a radio to a local media outlet, so they could monitor the encrypted police activity and report it. At some point, the Sheriff’s Dept got p*ssed at the media outlet for some reporting they did on the...

I have a Lincoln II (ver. 3, bought in 2014), a Lincoln II +, and a pair of Grant II radios. I think they are decent for a modern day radio of this price point. For my needs (ragchewing with a couple of friends on 10 or 11m), they work, and sound good over the air. Between the Lincoln II and...

I have done it to my radio. It works. I was confused by some of the pictures posted online because the shorted solder pads did not resemble mine. I figured the pictures were from European models, but the two pads indicated are the correct pads to short. It is a tight space, so use a very fine...

I don't speak German, and I don't know if they ship to the US, but this is the optional (now included) board... http://www.pmr-funkgeraete.de/Funkgeraete/Zubehoer-PMR/Freenet/Mikrofone-sonst/Team-CTCSS-DCS-Modul-fuer-Ham-MobileCom-1011::8745.html The more recent AT-6666 radios come with the...

Battery consumption may be a big issue for these radios. I have an FT1D, and barely get 8 hours of monitoring time (with the GPS turned off), using the supplied 1800mAh battery. I ordered a 2000 mAh battery and rapid charger from Batteries America, because I definitely needed the spare battery...

A local club in Pottstown Pennsylvania just put a Fusion repeater online, currently operating in mixed mode (AMS- automatic mode switching). As of late July 2015, it is a temporary install to do testing/shake down, and will come offline to do final tweaking before permanent installation. I have...