I purchased this Antenna installed it and immediately shot skip a 1000 miles away. Did a radio test 15 miles away on AM no problem. I’m amazed ho w well this works for its size. The magnet is extremely strong. I was skeptical about the coax size but it’s actually a big plus running the coax through a door. No issues. I’m so impressed with their product line I became a President dealer.
I have that antenna on my 2014 Mustang GT and never had any problems with it holding. I put it on the trunk with a flat match. I love the little thing and it works surprisingly well. Also run it with a KL 203 and a McKinley radio. I’m a ham but in my 20 plus years of haming and hiway driving I’ve never heard anyone give traffic reports on ham radio. I started in radio at 10 years old with a side band cb I got at a yard sale and still like to listen to 38 LSB from time to time.
I use a Firestick Firefly antenna that is 4' long and it does a pretty good job of bringing in the skip on 38 LSB and it even gets out pretty good. It is thinner than the Firestick II so it isn't as heavy or bulky. I still am going to get a 7' firestick, but when you are driving around the Firefly works really good. I just think a the Pres antenna is too short to be very useful for much.
I use this antenna right now and since about 4 years or longer on my car. Great signal, it hears gras growing and sending is amazing, better than you think about the lengh. President does a real good job with this antenna. Even DX is possible with this. I made good connections with it over long distance with regular 4 Watts on FM Channels with an Albrecht AE6110. I often think of putting a larger antenna on my car and then I remark that this antenna performs as well as the other ... So I stayed with it.
Interesting yeah I have one of these and haven't used it yet mainly to get my extended warrenty Michael so good to know all this you've mentioned very nice.
Hello and thanks for the awesomeness. Two questions; first how do I get more info on the electronics classes, secondly could you sweep the antenna to show us the frequency response relative to reflected power?
Great review Mike. I own & use the antenna and yes it has limitations but, great for switching vehicles and local talking. Great match quick easy worry free setup and gets you on the air. I ALWAYS run a CB in every vehicle. I am very impressed with the innovation and technology that President is bringing to the CB world! The small coax is incredible for convoying and car switching!
Nice little antenna for a small mobile, Hey Mike, I sent ya an email awhile back on a radio I’d like worked on , was wondering if I had the correct email address from here ? Great videos love the information you provide very thorough on the explanations you give 👍👍
It certainly is stealthy. I wouldn't know that that was a CB radio antenna on top of your Impala, and I wouldn't know that you had a CB in the vehicle. If that's what someone's looking for this antenna definitely fits the bill. I guess it's the size that would lead most to believe that it was for another use, something besides CB radio. Excellent review. 73's
Hello ! The 2 Year warranty is a European Union standard for electronic equipment, so being President based in Europe it is not strange that it has that period of warranty. Also it would not be very professional to have different warranty periods for the same equipment in different parts of the world being all made in the same place. Nice video, keep up the good work.
I'd love to put one on my fiancé's Fusion but the factory antenna looks just like it. An adjustable trunk mount would be sweet. We drive from Houston to Colorado all the time and I'd like to put my PRO-520 in there. This is the guy with the Utica T&C, BTW. Did you ever find a power connector or schematics for the power supply?
A good antenna is the most important thing about CB. For Good distance and have good modulation.Tn, The more metal Antenna you got outside does the best Like the old 102 inch whip antennas for CB. Are those new Wilson R hustler magnet mount antenna’s. I am a Old CB from the 50s now I Am A ham operator Tennessee. I Run A galaxy Dx 99 V, For 10 maters and CB.
Like it. Wish there was a surface mount version. I re-purposed the XM antenna hole on my mobile with an NMO mount for a dual band ham antenna or a Larsen 27 base load for 11m. The Larsen hits the carport roof so it's only for highway use. One of these would be nice on the roof of the SUV. The Impala would look classy with 2 of them, one on either side of the trunk. Co-phase them things.
Yes, it will need some sort of ground plane or "counterpoise" wire. I've seen a couple of TH-cam videos discussing this. Hopefully you can find them or some basic ones on antenna theory to understand more as it is not difficult to build a home-based antenna with some wire.
+B Blod Brand and model isn't important. What you want is something useable to 60MHz. Dave Jones on the EEVBLOG here on youtube did some good videos covering scope basics and what to look for in a used scope.
Hello Guys. I have one of these President antennas ant it is a very weak antenna. I put it on the roof of my car and calibrated it. I got 3/4 of a mile up the road and could not talk to my base radio!!! Bummer
Thank you Mike , good review , Extremely nice looking antenna and light weight , normally most of manufacturers tell everything about the antenna , SWR , Bandwidth, input impedance , Still they always escapes the Big question , The ERP , I meant the “Efficiency” , in other words how much power you deliver to Antenna element Vs How much power the Antenna would delivered into the Air and the Radiation Angle , I had experience some High Grade / High Quilty manufactures , just as long as this one , and in CB band , The results are 4 Watts CB AM transmitters yield on Half a mile range ...
+Suhail Abdulaziz Talked to someone on it a few days ago with a President McKinley in the Impala and he said I was coming in loud and clear. Was around 4 miles away.
yes but I will convert it to scanner due to its very appealing design. will change connector to BNC and the top part can be exchanged to various other sizes since it is the same design used by VW nissan bmw toyota vehicles goo.gl/DgiVdR
The ONLY feature that attracts me to this antenna IS, the smaller cable. CB radio needs all the help it can get to make it actually usuable, esp the antenna. Nice positive review. Look for these on your Walmart shelf.
What about using an UNUN to match a long wire to a Citizens Band Transceiver if you have a Mobile Home you know suspending the long wire between the front and back of your Mobile Home, what about a an antenna like what was found on fighter bombers designed for Citizens Band.
I would like to see a shootout between this antenna and the Wyoming. I think the Wyoming could be a big hit also. Longer, should have better performance. Still has a stealth look to it. And 280 watts PEP
Hello, I don’t know if you know anything about this but I want to ask about a radio I received from my great grandpa. It is labeled on the box that it is a Robyn R/T 700, two watt transmitter.. I can’t find any information and I need help
+Jacob Pung Haven't seen one of those for a loooooong time. 2 channel walkie talkie correct? Dont think there is any published service info on them. Last one i worked on i just had to repair without service literature.
MikesRadioRepair because I have two of them, in perfect condition, just no battery pack in either. My grandpa said that they worked but both battery packs got lost... any way you could help with that?
MikesRadioRepair thank you for your time and knowledge, I’m just at such a loss due to just finding out about these and not being able to find any information on the internet. I cannot find anyone who knows about these radios, so if you know anyone else could you please let me know? Would you by any chance know a value of these walkie talkies?
I have used the president antenna the whip broke off at the base, top of the chrome tall nut within two weeks. A friend sent me this link: strykerradios.com/best-cb-antennas/ then I bought Stryker SR-A10 CB antenna its a Quality unit paired with SR-955-HPC. Magnetic mount is strong and will not dislodge during movement. The SR-A10 CB antenna folds down enough that I can secure my truck in the garage without removing it from the roof. I put an SWR meter inline and the unit required no tuning. Reception and transmit is very acceptable for a compact unit. I've purchased a second unit too. The SWR on 1 and 40 is around 1:1 and on channel 19 my meter hits a perfect 1. Will buy more. These work great on trucks, pickups, jeeps and cars. Highly recommended product your ears will never miss it.
That stuff is something else. I think Heathkit used it or some version of it inside their HW-16. I am in the process of restoring one and that's what I used to replace some coax that they used. Good stuff.
Did I miss something what happened to the review all you did was spend 30 minutes talking about nothing actually doesn’t matter what the radio or what the antenna looks like it’s not for a museum piece it’s supposed to be practical how old did it work as an antenna being used what happened to that portion of the interview
I bet my Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna will perform better than this garbage. Two of my friends have bought this junk and were so upset. And I've suggested them to buy the Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna. And now you know what, they always say "thanks" to me. One has bought the magnetic mount and other one have bought the center loaded. Trust me, the Stryker SR-A10 CB antenna will never let you down. Works great dropped my swr by . 4 just putting it on. If you want to know more about Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna can go here: strykerradios.com/best-cb-antennas/
I agree with you, Michael. Here is "How I tested the Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna". I was in my pickup truck with a (70+ watt) SR-955HPC with a Stryker SR-A10. My wife parked on a hill about 200' above the valley with a 6- year-old Stryker SR-497HPC (70+watts) connected to the Stryker SR-A10 mounted on her Corolla. We were on channel 22 and I started to drive away from her. We were loud and clear for 10 miles!!! At 20 miles we were still communicating. For what it is, I will highly recommend the beast Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna.
SWR's were: 1.150 on channel 1; 1.3-1.4 on channel 40; 1.25 on channel 20. Decided to just leave it alone and not play around with it! Excellent reception - in the city - at 15-20 miles.
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I purchased this Antenna installed it and immediately shot skip a 1000 miles away.
Did a radio test 15 miles away on AM no problem. I’m amazed ho w well this works for its size.
The magnet is extremely strong. I was skeptical about the coax size but it’s actually a big plus running the coax through a door. No issues.
I’m so impressed with their product line I became a President dealer.
Ron Edwards
Yep, works amazingly well for such a small antenna. Everyone I know that has gotten one has been impressed with how well it works.
And it doesn’t scream I have a CB radio. Looks just like antenna’s you see on many vehicles.
I have that antenna on my 2014 Mustang GT and never had any problems with it holding. I put it on the trunk with a flat match. I love the little thing and it works surprisingly well. Also run it with a KL 203 and a McKinley radio. I’m a ham but in my 20 plus years of haming and hiway driving I’ve never heard anyone give traffic reports on ham radio. I started in radio at 10 years old with a side band cb I got at a yard sale and still like to listen to 38 LSB from time to time.
That's nice. I have to park in parking garages a lot, so a large antenna just does not work. So I take it off during the week. Thanks for the review.
I talked to a station in Germany on 10 meters today while on the parkway using my Xiegu G90 at 20W SSB. It shoots skip! Great review.
Can't wait for a President Trump radio >:0
Great video Mike
I use a Firestick Firefly antenna that is 4' long and it does a pretty good job of bringing in the skip on 38 LSB and it even gets out pretty good. It is thinner than the Firestick II so it isn't as heavy or bulky. I still am going to get a 7' firestick, but when you are driving around the Firefly works really good. I just think a the Pres antenna is too short to be very useful for much.
I use this antenna right now and since about 4 years or longer on my car. Great signal, it hears gras growing and sending is amazing, better than you think about the lengh. President does a real good job with this antenna. Even DX is possible with this. I made good connections with it over long distance with regular 4 Watts on FM Channels with an Albrecht AE6110.
I often think of putting a larger antenna on my car and then I remark that this antenna performs as well as the other ... So I stayed with it.
I drive a Fiesta with a Wilson AM-2. I think it looks great. Like a RC car.
Interesting yeah I have one of these and haven't used it yet mainly to get my extended warrenty Michael so good to know all this you've mentioned very nice.
Hello and thanks for the awesomeness. Two questions; first how do I get more info on the electronics classes, secondly could you sweep the antenna to show us the frequency response relative to reflected power?
Good info Mike 73s..
Great review Mike. I own & use the antenna and yes it has limitations but, great for switching vehicles and local talking. Great match quick easy worry free setup and gets you on the air. I ALWAYS run a CB in every vehicle. I am very impressed with the innovation and technology that President is bringing to the CB world! The small coax is incredible for convoying and car switching!
Nice little antenna for a small mobile, Hey Mike, I sent ya an email awhile back on a radio I’d like worked on , was wondering if I had the correct email address from here ? Great videos love the information you provide very thorough on the explanations you give 👍👍
It certainly is stealthy. I wouldn't know that that was a CB radio antenna on top of your Impala, and I wouldn't know that you had a CB in the vehicle. If that's what someone's looking for this antenna definitely fits the bill. I guess it's the size that would lead most to believe that it was for another use, something besides CB radio. Excellent review. 73's
Hello !
The 2 Year warranty is a European Union standard for electronic equipment, so being President based in Europe it is not strange that it has that period of warranty. Also it would not be very professional to have different warranty periods for the same equipment in different parts of the world being all made in the same place.
Nice video, keep up the good work.
Mine cooked after two minutes with my Anytone quad 6. Worked great right up until it fried.
Merry Christmas Mike!
I love it, is there a perma-mount for a pre drilled hole?
I just bought one to use for my base station. Wondering if I will be able to pick up anything.
I'd love to put one on my fiancé's Fusion but the factory antenna looks just like it. An adjustable trunk mount would be sweet. We drive from Houston to Colorado all the time and I'd like to put my PRO-520 in there.
This is the guy with the Utica T&C, BTW. Did you ever find a power connector or schematics for the power supply?
RG316 coax ? Like Diamond or Comet uses ? Good !
nice. Will it stay vertical or will the wind blow it back? i'm thinking about mounting this on a engine hood
Hi Mike! I have a Uniden 980 SSB radio (Factory). How does this radio work with the President New York USA antenna, or will it?
Will this work with a Cobra 29 NW LTD Classic
I’d like to see something about the split function on the Lincoln 2+ 🙏
A good antenna is the most important thing about CB. For Good distance and have good modulation.Tn, The more metal Antenna you got outside does the best Like the old 102 inch whip antennas for CB. Are those new Wilson R hustler magnet mount antenna’s. I am a Old CB from the 50s now I Am A ham operator Tennessee. I Run A galaxy Dx 99 V, For 10 maters and CB.
Would this work with a president McKinley and Italy Kl-203p for my car?
Do u know if u have too tune the
New Virginia
Like it. Wish there was a surface mount version. I re-purposed the XM antenna hole on my mobile with an NMO mount for a dual band ham antenna or a Larsen 27 base load for 11m. The Larsen hits the carport roof so it's only for highway use. One of these would be nice on the roof of the SUV.
The Impala would look classy with 2 of them, one on either side of the trunk. Co-phase them things.
very nice
Could this somehow be used indoors as a cb receive antenna ? Would it need to be grounded or need a ground plane ?
Yes, it will need some sort of ground plane or "counterpoise" wire. I've seen a couple of TH-cam videos discussing this. Hopefully you can find them or some basic ones on antenna theory to understand more as it is not difficult to build a home-based antenna with some wire.
Off topic question: What brand and model oscilloscope would you suggest for a student/amateur electronics dabbler? Not too expensive please.
+B Blod
Brand and model isn't important. What you want is something useable to 60MHz. Dave Jones on the EEVBLOG here on youtube did some good videos covering scope basics and what to look for in a used scope.
MikesRadioRepair
Thanks and Happy New Year.
How long is the cable?
While it looks good for what it is i'd like to see how it performs swr wise as most similar antennas seem to be useless
It might be good for a bone-stock 3.8 watt radio, but if you're running something with balls, it won't last very long.
Hello Guys. I have one of these President antennas ant it is a very weak antenna. I put it on the roof of my car and calibrated it. I got 3/4 of a mile up the road and could not talk to my base radio!!! Bummer
Would this work with a basic Midland cb antenna?
What? It is an antenna, that's like asking will the rawlins baseball glove catch a wilson ball?
Thank you Mike , good review , Extremely nice looking antenna and light weight , normally most of manufacturers tell everything about the antenna , SWR , Bandwidth, input impedance , Still they always escapes the Big question , The ERP , I meant the “Efficiency” , in other words how much power you deliver to Antenna element Vs How much power the Antenna would delivered into the Air and the Radiation Angle , I had experience some High Grade / High Quilty manufactures , just as long as this one , and in CB band , The results are 4 Watts CB AM transmitters yield on Half a mile range ...
+Suhail Abdulaziz
Talked to someone on it a few days ago with a President McKinley in the Impala and he said I was coming in loud and clear. Was around 4 miles away.
On these little antennas, it's going to be pretty bad. It's that darn laws of physics thing.
Nice looking antenna Mike. Should be good for general talk a round.
How is the car the groundplane when you use it with the rubber protection on the magnet?
Magnetic mount antennas are capacitively coupled
MikesRadioRepair oh, thank u for the education , I did not know that 👍
@Nicotine Dean There's really nothing to expand on, it's capacitively coupled to the sheet metal roof.
does this antenna have a loading coil ? I am planning to use it with a scanner 37 - 460 mhz
This is a CB antenna, not a scanner antenna.
yes but I will convert it to scanner due to its very appealing design. will change connector to BNC and the top part can be exchanged to various other sizes since it is the same design used by VW nissan bmw toyota vehicles goo.gl/DgiVdR
I will stay with my Wilson 1000.
The ONLY feature that attracts me to this antenna IS, the smaller cable. CB radio needs all the help it can get to make it actually usuable, esp the antenna. Nice positive review. Look for these on your Walmart shelf.
Earnie B j
What about using an UNUN to match a long wire to a Citizens Band Transceiver if you have a Mobile Home you know suspending the long wire between the front and back of your Mobile Home, what about a an antenna like what was found on fighter bombers designed for Citizens Band.
Lafayette CB radios in the seventies had a warranty as long as you were on the car
I would like to see a shootout between this antenna and the Wyoming. I think the Wyoming could be a big hit also. Longer, should have better performance. Still has a stealth look to it. And 280 watts PEP
I cooked mine with less than 90 watts. The antenna specs are pretty optimistic.
Get on with it, guy. How GOOD is it paired with a President radio?
Hello, I don’t know if you know anything about this but I want to ask about a radio I received from my great grandpa. It is labeled on the box that it is a Robyn R/T 700, two watt transmitter.. I can’t find any information and I need help
+Jacob Pung
Haven't seen one of those for a loooooong time. 2 channel walkie talkie correct? Dont think there is any published service info on them. Last one i worked on i just had to repair without service literature.
MikesRadioRepair because I have two of them, in perfect condition, just no battery pack in either. My grandpa said that they worked but both battery packs got lost... any way you could help with that?
MikesRadioRepair yes it’s a 2 channel walkie talkie
Jacob Pung
Unfortunately it's been so long since I worked on one I don't remember what they take. Sorry
MikesRadioRepair thank you for your time and knowledge, I’m just at such a loss due to just finding out about these and not being able to find any information on the internet. I cannot find anyone who knows about these radios, so if you know anyone else could you please let me know? Would you by any chance know a value of these walkie talkies?
Can you tune the New York?
No
The top of your car is the ground plane
Good enuff for a stealthy CB ant, and short to moderate range use.
I have used the president antenna the whip broke off at the base, top of the chrome tall nut within two weeks. A friend sent me this link: strykerradios.com/best-cb-antennas/ then I bought Stryker SR-A10 CB antenna its a Quality unit paired with SR-955-HPC. Magnetic mount is strong and will not dislodge during movement. The SR-A10 CB antenna folds down enough that I can secure my truck in the garage without removing it from the roof. I put an SWR meter inline and the unit required no tuning. Reception and transmit is very acceptable for a compact unit. I've purchased a second unit too. The SWR on 1 and 40 is around 1:1 and on channel 19 my meter hits a perfect 1. Will buy more. These work great on trucks, pickups, jeeps and cars. Highly recommended product your ears will never miss it.
The coax looks like RG-174. That's rated for 0.2kW (200W) at 28MHz and 15' in length. I forget which LMR is around the same size
+Michael Lloyd
It is RG174. It's printed on the cable.
That stuff is something else. I think Heathkit used it or some version of it inside their HW-16. I am in the process of restoring one and that's what I used to replace some coax that they used. Good stuff.
that coax doesn't look very inspiring
You made too many assumptions in your review. I was hoping you would test the performance too.
Sorry but I don't have a few million dollars laying around to build a antenna test chamber and all the associated equipment.
Who saying you need that? Just test it out DXing with others. Simple.
Way too many variables in that situation to give a good comparison. Mike is right.
flexairz he didn’t even check if the swr is right on the antenna.
bet my 102 will last a lot longer then 10 years and it doesn't even know my 2970n4 is even transmitting in to it.
Bet you don't park in parking garages.
Andrew Sommers no sir i don't but i do have a hustler quick disconnect it works very well
I haven't seen one of those on a car in many many years. I don't think I could even buy one locally.
spikey911usa Dx engineering sells them for 25 bucks
I have some radios i like to get work on
Can you use a randy fcc on it
Did I miss something what happened to the review all you did was spend 30 minutes talking about nothing actually doesn’t matter what the radio or what the antenna looks like it’s not for a museum piece it’s supposed to be practical how old did it work as an antenna being used what happened to that portion of the interview
I want to feed it with 4kw. Smoke then solder to put lmr 600 on it. LOL,,, YEA, MY SADISTIC, A LITTLE.
It won't even take that much to cook one. 75 watts turns this thing into Jello.
I bet my Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna will perform better than this garbage. Two of my friends have bought this junk and were so upset. And I've suggested them to buy the Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna. And now you know what, they always say "thanks" to me. One has bought the magnetic mount and other one have bought the center loaded. Trust me, the Stryker SR-A10 CB antenna will never let you down. Works great dropped my swr by . 4 just putting it on.
If you want to know more about Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna can go here: strykerradios.com/best-cb-antennas/
I agree with you, Michael. Here is "How I tested the Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna".
I was in my pickup truck with a (70+ watt) SR-955HPC with a Stryker SR-A10. My wife parked on a hill about 200' above the valley with a 6- year-old Stryker SR-497HPC (70+watts) connected to the Stryker SR-A10 mounted on her Corolla. We were on channel 22 and I started to drive away from her. We were loud and clear for 10 miles!!! At 20 miles we were still communicating.
For what it is, I will highly recommend the beast Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna.
What's the SWR?
SWR's were: 1.150 on channel 1; 1.3-1.4 on channel 40; 1.25 on channel 20. Decided to just leave it alone and not play around with it! Excellent reception - in the city - at 15-20 miles.
Great.
Wow. That's rare.
Looks as cheap as their presidents...