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

I have owned dozens of President radios since the 80s; their quality cant be beat (currently have two of this model).

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.

This radio works well, provided you can take it to a professional to have it properly tuned, aligned and cleaned. Make sure you purchase the DNC520 mic as well because the stock DNC520 that comes with the radio will keep trying to change channels when you push to talk due to poor circuit design.

Good ham radio!!!

I use this as a base radio. Excellent SSB, DX contacts all over the U.S. barefoot. I dont care for all the multifunction buttons, you cant switch from SSB to AM without cycling through all options. When using channel scan, most button functions do not work. Audio quality is very good, recieve is somewhat noisy. Dead key out of the box can be turned down to 4 watts, may need to be tuned to use most solid state amps. Overall a very nice unit.

When I got this radio I wasnt impressed with the power. Dont get me wrong, it does what it says it does, but the modulation and swing was lost getting those numbers, and swing is what I was wanting. I like it over my Stryker 955, Galaxy 959 and my 148. I took it to my local shop and removed the mod limiter and had it tuned to not be a complete splatter box and now I LOVE it. Its almost doing the same as my barefoot Stryker 490 if I run the President with a KL203. There are plenty of YouTube videos on this radio for real feedback.

This is the next step from the HR2510/2600/Lincoln. The Lincoln II + has far more features and everything has adjustability through the menu. 50 watts on SSB is plenty with a decent antenna for this coming solar cycle maximum. Under/over voltage protection AND SWR protection is a huge plus! The stock microphone is designed for the radio and has good TX audio. This version of the radio Is not as easy to use as the older radios and is not for beginners. This radio is designed for amateur radio frequencies and operated by amateur radio operators. 73

Good SSB Radio for Amateur and Cb radio more for side band does play well on AM with stock Mic nice radio though

Paid full price for what I suspect was opened box unit. The mic didnt work and fuse blew first time it was keyed up. During further inspection I discovered the power cord in the box contained a 2 amp fuse with a fuse holder labeled for 2 amp fuse! Radio draws 6 amps on transmit. Replaced fuse and mic, now all is well. Havent repaired the shorted box mic yet but will just for a spare. Nice radio but beware of seller. May have been honest mistake of someone putting opened return in the wrong bin.

Overall a good radio. I actually like it better than my galaxy 99v that i had good transmitt and receive...but the ASC is useless so i dont use it if someone is putting a full signal on you it will work fine anything less than a 9.5 and you wont hear a thing So thats something that president needs to address and fix but if you dont mind using the squelch i would recommend this radio to anyone