President Mc Kinley USA - fm possible?

[vegfly]

Hello,

I am European and have the opportunity to get a McKinley USA relatively cheaply. Officially it can only do AM and SSB. Is it possible to modify it so that it can also do FM, or is that not available on the board?


Many thanks and best regards
Chris

 

[dave3825]

Can you get this one with FM?

MC KINLEY - AM/FM/SSB - CB Radio / Ham Radio - President Electronics

CB Radio - AM / FM / SSB - MC KINLEY

president-electronics.com

 

[vegfly]

Can you get this one with FM?

MC KINLEY - AM/FM/SSB - CB Radio / Ham Radio - President Electronics

CB Radio - AM / FM / SSB - MC KINLEY

president-electronics.com

This device is only capable of AM and SSB.

It is not clear to me whether it can also be operated on FM by mod.

 

[dave3825]

Not sure but can you get a decent price on the one I linked, that has FM?

 

[vegfly]

Not sure but can you get a decent price on the one I linked, that has FM?

There are a few dealers here. I could also buy it here with FM, of course.

Maybe there's someone else here who can answer my question. That would be great.

 

[dave3825]

There is another thread where it’s speculated that some of the us models are EU models except with a firmware lock on the FM.

There is a site selling FM boards but they don’t have the McKinley listed. Reach out to them and see if they are working on something for that radio

EPR Funkservice - FM-modules - CB-radio modifications - Repairs - Frequency counter - Programming - AVR-firmware - Developement - GSM-switchbox - Rogerbeep - Repeater - PLL - DDS - FM - SSB - module - Transmitter - Graz Steiermark - Österreich

cb-radio repair, avr firmware programming, Elektronic, repeater, modification, frequeny extension, transmitter, rogerbeep, echo module, FM, FM-module, PLL-module, DDS module, ssb-module, ts340

funkservice.at

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

The McKinley model normally sold in Europe already has FM. No need to buy an earlier US McKinley without FM . Edited..

 

[vegfly]

There is another thread where it’s speculated that some of the us models are EU models except with a firmware lock on the FM.

There is a site selling FM boards but they don’t have the McKinley listed. Reach out to them and see if they are working on something for that radio

EPR Funkservice - FM-modules - CB-radio modifications - Repairs - Frequency counter - Programming - AVR-firmware - Developement - GSM-switchbox - Rogerbeep - Repeater - PLL - DDS - FM - SSB - module - Transmitter - Graz Steiermark - Österreich

cb-radio repair, avr firmware programming, Elektronic, repeater, modification, frequeny extension, transmitter, rogerbeep, echo module, FM, FM-module, PLL-module, DDS module, ssb-module, ts340

funkservice.at

I didn't know this site yet. I'll have a look there. Thank you very much.

 

[vegfly]

The McKinley model normally sold in Europe already has FM. No need to buy an earlier US McKinley without FM . Edited..

Well, there was no question of necessity either. My question was (and I'm only asking purely out of interest) whether FM can perhaps be activated by mod.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Well, there was no question of necessity either. My question was (and I'm only asking purely out of interest) whether FM can perhaps be activated by mod.

I would not count on it being restoreable. The hardware might not be present either. I bought a nice ICOM JDM radio and found it was entirely different design than US market and published mods did nothing. The microprocessor and mask, totally different.

 

[vegfly]

I would not count on it being restoreable. The hardware might not be present either. I bought a nice ICOM JDM radio and found it was entirely different design than US market and published mods did nothing. The microprocessor and mask, totally different.

I read that a little later the FCC also approved FM operation. So I thought maybe I'd meet someone here who could help me from experience. Maybe it's just a jumper that needs to be plugged in differently (ideally). Then I would risk the 150.- dollars for the experiment

You can also get rid of exotics from the US here in Europe, I've never worried about that. You only learn from experience

cheers

 

[chief21]

Disregard

 

[chief21]

I read that a little later the FCC also approved FM operation. So I thought maybe I'd meet someone here who could help me from experience.

FYI, I believe that the USA implementation of FM for CB is of a lesser bandwidth than the EU FM standard for CB.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

I read that a little later the FCC also approved FM operation. So I thought maybe I'd meet someone here who could help me from experience. Maybe it's just a jumper that needs to be plugged in differently (ideally). Then I would risk the 150.- dollars for the experiment

You can also get rid of exotics from the US here in Europe, I've never worried about that. You only learn from experience

cheers

Where are you located? I am looking for a HANDIC, radio from Sweden.

 

[vegfly]

Where are you located? I am looking for a HANDIC, radio from Sweden.

I am in Germany. Which device are you looking for exactly?

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Looking for HANDIC MicMan X

 

[vegfly]

Looking for HANDIC MicMan X

If I find something, I can let you know.