One of the biggest troubles for me was always the receive of the Lincoln II at my home. Always S5 noise on SSB, AM and FM. But always in the car, the receive was superb. This radio just returned from President after a power set error was resolved. It is an early, early V3 and now mobile it receives as well as the TS480SAT

This radio I used most of 2014 from islands and it seemed to get tired, not sure how but power internally was an issue and so it went to President Balaruc to be checked out. This was done and now it has returned it is better, stronger, issue resolved and boy can it receive. In the mobile today, antenna was President ML145 as a children festival stopped any other antennas being used on the island and where there was voices they were clear, non robotic sound, sharp and well balanced and where the frequency was clear the s-meter never moved.

Haters will always hate but the radio worked today well and I mean WELL beyond how it did before it was sent away. I have here now 3 version 3 thanks Markus and 1 version 2 and 1 version 1 and now the V2 that was in my eyes the best has been eclipsed. We have seen those review the radio initial v1 and talk of its greatness only to get it fixed as soon as possible.

My house the radio is done for, noise S5 all modes.. THIS IS A QIXIANG THING, do not cry at President as here now today I have AT5555n, CRT 6900N, AT6666, AT5555, CRE 8900 and Lincoln II and ALL have this self same issue. People shout loud and moan about President, sure it is CB1 and that is that. But nobody moaned about V4 AT5555 they sold it and got new. The simple no bullshit fact is the Lincoln II in my car works as well on receive as TS480SAT and IC718. Nothing really different to say.

People who don’t own one still comment. Your comments mean nothing. Just as you do not own, you have no right to moan. Various people have shown how well the radio works, for me I have two old style original Lincolns and a broken one (needs a service? Anybody can offer?) AND it is better than the original. I used President stuff since 8 years old, did chores to earn cash to get another one as years went onwards. I think the following: Grant II could have been better, 12w export is joking to export mode men. V3 Lincoln in the houses of many it gets noise, many it does not. For me it is not ok at home, signal drops below S5 am done. IN the car, straight radio power have worked the world.

Summing up: If something is bad then I say it. President did not like me many and I mean many years because am straight no punches man. If something is junk then people deserve to know it. V1 was poor, less than poor. V2 they fixed errors in a heartbeat. Skilled engineers in France, Germany solved it. V3 those who have it know it works well. It is NOT the same as the original. I looked up my log, spoke to 66 countries in 2014 on 27/26mhz with radio, no amp and mobile antenna. Asia to West Indies and South America to Africa. Works for me. So do not see why people still hate when they don’t try.

Watch the video you hear someone say QSY 27.747 and only voice, no signal at all. So do you see my meaning? And this has poor receive? Also 26RD001 with low signal but listen to the sound, sounds superb

I call it BALARUC Version 3 due to the fact it returned from there this week after power issue solved. Works top class, THANK YOU all involved. If it was another radio I’m not sure it would be fixed so easily, I owned many a 5555 with errors and not any single company wanted to help. Just advised buy the new revision.

Sure can be expensive radio and Qixiang inside so sometimes not as expected. But difference is “warranty” you pay for a warranty with the radio and President honour there’s. No piss off story, they collect, they fix, and then deliver it back. That’s the key, when something is wrong there is no need sell it for a loss on eBay, you can ask for it to be fixed and then carry on again using it.