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Subject: President George II UK PRICE! Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:15 pm
UK price of the George II announced today by Knights Electrocom:
£339 standard £349 expanded Plus £9.95 delivery
So that's £358.95 to get an expanded radio to your door.
Equivalent to €414
That's a lot of money for a CB radio especially one with the same board inside as the CRT 3900, CRT 7900V, ARES II etc.
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 6270 Times Thanked : 389 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: President George II UK PRICE! Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:38 pm
Now that explains why some breakers opt for a Ham radio rig, you could probably get a tidy Icom IC-706 or similar for about the same money!
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4593 Times Thanked : 166 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: President George II UK PRICE! Sun Oct 01, 2023 6:09 pm
Wow! That is expensive, Del.
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Al21 Contributor
Call Sign : 26CT4617, 26TD133 & M7FPX Posts : 64 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2022-09-01 QTH or Location : Malton, North Yorkshire Equipment Used : PMR 446 handset, President McKinley, FT-8900
Subject: Re: President George II UK PRICE! Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:22 am
Wow, and I thought my McKinley was expensive. I can't see them shifting many at that price!
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Northern Crusader Major contributor
Call Sign : M0GVZ / 26CT1760 Posts : 536 Times Thanked : 35 Join date : 2019-11-13 QTH or Location : IO94SA Equipment Used : Icom 7300, TS480, President McKinley, Albrecht AE6110, CRT Mike Age : 54
Subject: Re: President George II UK PRICE! Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:01 pm
President McKinley II a better option if it's that price, I've seen it as low as £259.
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1316 Times Thanked : 85 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: President George II UK PRICE! Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:04 am
It's great for CBers here in the UK these days to purchase new expanded SSB units so openly from shops with a guarantee and have the option to return them if there are issues. A bit different to some years back when you more than often picked up a used one that had passed through many hands and had inherited quirks and issues along its life.
This one looks nice, but very expensive. If I was starting out again and it was the only option, I might save for it, but as there a plethora of new options now though I'd probably opt for the 6900 again at a fraction of the price.
As mentioned already by Victor, it's almost in the HF rig price bracket. If you shop around you can get a brand new G90 expanded which will tx practically the whole of the HF spectrum up to 20W and has more features for literally only a few pounds more.
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Delboy Senior contributor
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Subject: Re: President George II UK PRICE! Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:50 pm
Call Sign : 26-CT-3771 Posts : 133 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2020-08-10 QTH or Location : Weston-super-Mare Equipment Used : CRT Millennium 3v hand sets, President Barry2 Age : 59
Subject: Re: President George II UK PRICE! Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:15 am
Hi Just as a comparison. I bought a NATO 2000 when they first came out in the U.K. (£120) in 1983 (I think) and that was 4weeks wages for me. 17 years old and 40 hours before deductions. So although £350 sounds a lot (it is) that’s probably not so bad considering it’s now 40 years go!�
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