arudlang
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@Ensnared definitely take a look at the President Johnny III as that's something I forgot about until my previous post, its in the "compact" class but definitely way better speaker and volume than the President Bill FCC and the other sub-compact radios. I think it meets all the other wants you had listed, it's not horribly priced for what you get.
I have to eventually (this spring) pull my P. Bill FCC out of my car and put it into my wife's car (our main road trip vehicle). The P. Bill is about the only radio that will work for us in her car due to very, very limited space constraints. The type of application where nothing but the sub-compact chassis radios will do. The P. Bill I expect to be the best sounding of the sub-compact class with its only real downside being that lack of RG gain control.
Once I swap that to her car, I am going to need another radio for my car again. I was leaning towards the Luiton LT-298 (because I want the ch changer on the mic vs the Uniden PRO520XL) but since my car is electrically noisy and the LT-298 has no ANL I'm unsure if its the best option. I'm thinking the President Johnny III would definitely be a much better sounding radio with less noise, but at double the price I will have to think on it a while. I also kind of don't want to give up weather now that I have it currently with the P. Bill in my car, its pretty nice and the P. Johnny III would give me weather, scan, roger beep, and much clearer sound so I think that could be a winner for me. Maybe it would be a good option for your friend as well.
I have to eventually (this spring) pull my P. Bill FCC out of my car and put it into my wife's car (our main road trip vehicle). The P. Bill is about the only radio that will work for us in her car due to very, very limited space constraints. The type of application where nothing but the sub-compact chassis radios will do. The P. Bill I expect to be the best sounding of the sub-compact class with its only real downside being that lack of RG gain control.
Once I swap that to her car, I am going to need another radio for my car again. I was leaning towards the Luiton LT-298 (because I want the ch changer on the mic vs the Uniden PRO520XL) but since my car is electrically noisy and the LT-298 has no ANL I'm unsure if its the best option. I'm thinking the President Johnny III would definitely be a much better sounding radio with less noise, but at double the price I will have to think on it a while. I also kind of don't want to give up weather now that I have it currently with the P. Bill in my car, its pretty nice and the P. Johnny III would give me weather, scan, roger beep, and much clearer sound so I think that could be a winner for me. Maybe it would be a good option for your friend as well.