New President Jerry fcc handheld

[Eldorado828]

Maybe this is old news to some but I just found out about it. Maybe the coming of the Washington has kind of overshadowed thos little guy.

It's kind of redundant really. Slightly less function options with different hardware accessories at a lesser cost.

Bring us an ssb model!

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

I saw that a while back, I guess they needed something to compete in a lower price category? I never gave it a second look once I saw that it didn't have SSB. Unfortunately the 11m handheld radios with short antennas don't do that good. GMRS beats it when It comes to short antennas. Now put an 11m handheld on a base station antenna and it will out talk GMRS all day long. It all just depends on who you need to talk to and how far.

 

[whiteastro]

I saw that a while back, I guess they needed something to compete in a lower price category? I never gave it a second look once I saw that it didn't have SSB. Unfortunately the 11m handheld radios with short antennas don't do that good. GMRS beats it when It comes to short antennas. Now put an 11m handheld on a base station antenna and it will out talk GMRS all day long. It all just depends on who you need to talk to and how far.

I snooped around out of curiosity and the the price at Walcott Radio is $130 bucks but like you said no SSB the antenna connection doesn't appear to be a BNC connector so a President specific add on antenna unless someone finds hidden info I'm not aware of. Only appears the battery can only be charged from a cigarette lighter outlet. President Radio flooding the market with more of the same old POO ! LOL

 

[Brother DXer]

I snooped around out of curiosity and the the price at Walcott Radio is $130 bucks but like you said no SSB the antenna connection doesn't appear to be a BNC connector so a President specific add on antenna unless someone finds hidden info I'm not aware of. Only appears the battery can only be charged from a cigarette lighter outlet. President Radio flooding the market with more of the same old POO ! LOL

A brand new turd! We should all buy one.
Even if it works decently, I honestly don't understand what market they're targeting.

 

[TM86]

A brand new turd! We should all buy one.
Even if it works decently, I honestly don't understand what market they're targeting.

Maybe there's a market for people who want to get rid of their old Richard, but aren't quite ready for the Jimmy.

 

[Eldorado828]

A brand new turd! We should all buy one.
Even if it works decently, I honestly don't understand what market they're targeting.

I've got the first handheld randy the one before the more recent fm version. It's a neat little radio but more of a novelty than anything. As @Shadetree Mechanic stated, it's pretty anemic with the little stubby so I just keep it around for the weatherband.

If they would hear us and release an ssb version would be great, this scaled down Jerry might be a flop imo

 

[whiteastro]

Maybe they should join some forums to do some research work to see what people want !

 

[whiteastro]

Even if it works decently, I honestly don't understand what market they're targeting.

Maybe the brain dead because it isn't a challenge 1 LOL

 

[whiteastro]

If they would hear us and release an ssb version would be great, this scaled down Jerry might be a flop imo

Maybe I'll sneak them a email and tell them they better listen to the market but I doubt that will do any good because they are ( Engineered To Be The Very Best )

LOL But I will say they are trying but just a little Ms-Guilded.