Thomas J

Same as the old President Grants, only AM, where the Grants had SSB, and I think extra channels...80's radio...

You can see videos of that radio on YouTube.

 

Pretty good radio, basically the same as the older Cobra 29 GTL/LTDs IIRC.

 

Same as the Grant???? Only in looks.

 

My suggestion would be to have it set to stock. That series of radios were nice performers, which I believe led to their long popularity. When they've got limiters left intact, modulation set to 100% maximum, power where it should be, receiver sensitivity checked and touched up as necessary with a measurable signal generator, you'll know you've got a good reference when you put it on the air. If you have a decent antenna that's installed correctly, and still *need* a tad more range, an external amplifier will fix that. But the idea of wringing 6 or 7 watts out of a 4-watt radio will never be heard on the air, but it will shorten the life of your classic radio. And if it's done without a spectrum analyzer, the extra power probably won't be on the channel you've got dialed up, anyway.
Hope that helps some.
73,
Handlebar

 

Excellent post.

 

"What?" You mean to tell me that Look's ain't everything?

 

many of those older radios were easily modified for extra channels. most of those president radios had the 8719 pll chip in them if i remember right.