slowmover
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slowmover
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PRESIDENT specs own components and other details. They’re not the same. The edge is with President.
Back to topic, the reviews for AT900 show a radio that’s more than it first appeared. (Details in video). Freeband among them.
Being able to easily modify RF Gain while on-road beats using a menu (button settings) for those interested in AM-only.
FM is a low value addition. RF Gain, isn’t.
Adding an RFX-95HD amp with its low-pass filter is maybe possible . . another point of existing familiarity.
I’m not interested, per se, but there are those who will be. Comparing it to QT-40 + KL-203 & 27/586 Low Pass will be that game. (NRC + clean Power).
QT60 or QT80 with CMC-130S-3K “level” is a hard sell to those who think they already “know” What is CB? in mobile as it’s existed the past 50-years.
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Back to topic, the reviews for AT900 show a radio that’s more than it first appeared. (Details in video). Freeband among them.
Being able to easily modify RF Gain while on-road beats using a menu (button settings) for those interested in AM-only.
FM is a low value addition. RF Gain, isn’t.
Adding an RFX-95HD amp with its low-pass filter is maybe possible . . another point of existing familiarity.
I’m not interested, per se, but there are those who will be. Comparing it to QT-40 + KL-203 & 27/586 Low Pass will be that game. (NRC + clean Power).
QT60 or QT80 with CMC-130S-3K “level” is a hard sell to those who think they already “know” What is CB? in mobile as it’s existed the past 50-years.
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Yeah.... they pretty much are the same. They are made in China just like every other radio these days. Basically you are paying for a familiar "name brand". Nothing more. Gone are the days of the President brand we grew up with. Only a few of the high end models are still made in Vietnam.
While i tend to agree with my liking of knobs over menus, the at500m/cb500 has a programmable "PF" button on the mic that can be set for RF gain (or many other options). You don't even have to take your hand off the mic to turn a knob. Just hit the PF button and use CH up/down buttons on mic to adjust on the fly.
Anyway, now that they dropped the price to $119.99 it's a much better deal. They'll sell. It's just too big for many of todays vehicles. That's where the at500m/cb500 shine, and still offer more than any comparable President radio at that price point and size. An example is the Bill II. It's way over priced for what it is.
slowmover
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Same manufacturer does not mean same exact radio. PRESIDENT has its own take on circuitry design and components plus overall quality. It’s not a rebadge as with AT and RadiOddity.
Will the cheaper ones last? PRESIDENT has skin in that end of things, the others don’t.
Value is not dimes and nickels.
Size is a problem idiosyncratic.
Desire is where it will play out.
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Will the cheaper ones last? PRESIDENT has skin in that end of things, the others don’t.
Value is not dimes and nickels.
Size is a problem idiosyncratic.
Desire is where it will play out.
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The old Presidents are in a class of their own. The new Presidents... who knows. I can say there are plenty of people still running their original decade+ old AT-5555's. In other words... 10+ years on a budget radio seems pretty decent to me. Will they last 30, 40, 50+ years like the radio's of our youth? Doubt it, but neither will the current generation of Presidents.
slowmover
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The truck drivers with the older AT5555 I’ve met aren’t so impressed.
