A shame based on the excellent reviews the Grant II has gotten so far. I was looking at the Uniden 980 but the new President models look to be even better. Does this apply to the Lincoln II also? When they say the Grant II has a "EU" channel plan does that mean AM CB or just the FM channels? If you purchase from a European dealer would the warranty service still apply, through obviously it would be a PITA. I'd be hard pressed to lay out $400.USD otherwise.
UPMan: would you be willing to jump in here and expand on this on Uniden's/Presidents behalf?
The Grant II will run like any other export CB, but can also be configured to match the CB bandplan of whatever European country you were operating in. President's warranty is only valid in the country of purchase and excludes any radio that has been modified. Even if it would apply here in the States, they can refuse warranty service if you are not using a President antenna ...WTF ??? :
This device is guaranteed 2 years parts and labour in its country of purchase against any manufacturing
defects validated by our technical department. *The After-sales Service of PRESIDENT
reserves the right not to apply the warranty if a breakdown is caused by an antenna other than those
distributed by PRESIDENT, and if said antenna is at the origin of the breakdown. An extension of 3
years warranty is proposed systematically for the purchase and use of a PRESIDENT antenna,
bringing the total duration of the warranty to 5 years. In order to be valid, the warranty certificate
must be returned within a period of 30 days after the purchase date to the After-sales Service of
the company Groupe President Electronics, or any foreign subsidiary.
If UPMan can expand please do, I am certain Uniden has nothing to do with this radio besides being the manufacturer.