Is this the Best CB Radio Ever Made??? Uniden Grant / President Grant 

Yes, the Uniden grant is the best Cb radio ever made!

Nice video and i like the part when you shooting skip with this Grant barefoot. No fancy equipment, stock dynamic microphone this is the very essence of citizen radio 👌 hi from France 😊

Yep. Had one during mid 1980's, I replaced the finals with a bit more power o/p, and replaced the dial for thumbwheels switching. Then not longer after that it got stolen out of my car. And yes, it was my favourite rig, and I still regard it as the best. It had clarity.

I used to run an older President Grant export model in the truck back in the early 1990's and worked great. Had echo and talkback installed as well.

I still have, in a box, a similar version but which also has FM and additional channels but original which is not a modification. It was still working when he retired. One day I'll have to take it out again to see if it still works and if I can still find a use for it.

I havn't had one, but I have the close relative to the Grant, the Uniden AX144 from the same era which I consider a excellent radio.

Very cool! I've never tried CB but might give it a shot sometime.

Great video and the Grant performs well. Back in the day I had a Tristar 747 which had extra channels and I loved it. In sun cycle 21 back in the 1970s, I talked to Florida from Southern England, UK, running barefoot from the car and a Rebel 600 mobile antenna. Happy days!

My favorite is my Realistic Americana 23- Plus which i have had since 1964.

I have a Realistic (Radio Shack) hand-held 40-Channel CB Walkie-Talkie with a Six-Foot Telescoping Antenna that takes 15 batteries, with two dummy slugs. Bought it new in 1978 for $180. I was walking through an orange grove in Lake Mary, Florida one day and I got this call: Hello, Hello, Hello, my name is Eduardo, I am in Bogota, Colombia, South America! Now THAT guy was putting out MORE that FIVE watts!!

I have the same radio with the expanded 10 M channels. I also have a grant export with an fm switch. I haven't used them in a long time and have recently thought finding someone to tune them up.

I have the same radio found it on my loft i used it for 15 years ago so now i only need a power suply for it and antenna.

I had a John Q Am only version and have a Jackson still. Great radios

I've got one of these, mint and unmodified. Super sensitive receive and it just looks cool. Definitely my favourite CB rig of all time.

I've got a SBE Cosole V on the pile to sort through. Nice old rig. Also a Lafayette SSB140, Grant XL, HTX100 and a few more. Always more projects than motivation.

Thanks for sharing. This radio sounds great! I bought a Radioddity QT-60 and did the mod to it. I keep the power low and on days with a lot of skip I have reached a thousand miles. I want to still get a President radio that does all the modes. Not sure if I want the McKinley or the George. Maybe I’m mistaken, but I think the George is the new one with all the modes.

IN 1977 I RECIEVED A LAFEYETTE TELSTAT 140SSB. I STILL USE IT AT HOME. I HAVE A GALAXY 2547DX IN MY OFFICE IN MANHATTAN . IM PLANNING ON BUYING THE PRESIDENT MC KINLEY IN ABOUT A YEAR.

Thanks for the video. What antenna were you using to talk DX? My first base station was the President Dwight D when they first came out and then upgraded to the President Madison. My very first radio was the President John Q. I really liked the Madison with a super penetrator up 80' and used the Turner +2 with it. I never used a heater and talked all over the world on it( no modifications). 73 de North Idaho 753

I personally like the President Adams with the built in scanner. - Charles

Superstar 3900 hp for me 🤩🤩

I have the grant xl and the gray face they are the best radios money can buy,I recapped and had both mine aligned and peeked in and tuned best receiver you can get talked all over the USA and Trinidad Jamaica, Puerto Rico ,these are top of the line radios peroid.

My favourite President Cb Radio still is the good old Jackson

I had the AM version of that a great radio. Then ran through a bunch of others and ended up with a 148 GTL. Wish I still had my 148.

My grant set up same as pc78 to run box ,same dated key same pep puts out way more watts ,the heater loves grant😂

Hi there I'm in west Hartford Connecticut just wondering if you have digital scanners for sale or maybe shortwave radios let me know thanks

Have grant xl still too . meter stuck now tho

Yes Sir Uniden Grant radios are Awesome I have both Versions the Undien Grant Dx,an the Uniden Jackson both radio's hasn't had any mods done to either radio both radio's is just like they are when they came from the factory.

I'm not an 11 meter guy really, but that was certainly impressive. 10 meters has been pretty good for awhile so I'd imagine this would be the time for some skip. 74's de KC2RDU

My favourite cb radio was a President McKinley it looked like that President Grant and that was in 1978

Good radio the grant & other radios same inside on PCB smooth sounding Sidebanders. Look and set up on face is spread out different vs 148gtl but it's same quality mb8719 pll radio. The older mobil & bases presidens & cobra 138xlr radio shack Trc 449 mobile are old uniden- upd958 radios a little different radio on AM mode as always there all are getting old capacitors are going to age but it's great to keep them alive .

Puts my FTdx10 to shame, Rob.

I HAVE THE SAME RADIO BUT MINE HAS FM ALSO

The President Grant Export PC-999 is the best Uniden Chassis ever imo. In Europe we often use FM, so your Grant is not so popular here, but the first Grant "Euro" was the same model with extra FM PCB. Thanks for the nice Video. 👍

I still have my Uniden Grant. Exactly like this one. Yes maybe ne has the frequency mod and it transmitted 20 watts AM dead key. Had a Ham friend of mine do a cap replacement, but something isn't right as he couldn't get it to transmit but a few milliwatts of power. He said what the problem was and I've forgotten, but he explained it would cost a lot to fix it. Still pretty to look at though. Running an Anytone AT-55555n with an A-99 at 48'. I do miss the Grant with the SS whip and the 300 whiskies in my 87 Mitsubishi Mighty Max back in the day. Thanks for the memories. Still a good looking radio. 73's from Big D 107 The Village Idiot North Central Texas

Grant and 148 Cobra good go to mobiles. For a base, the ARF2001 none better. It was made with / without counter.

Uniden 980ssb and cobra 29 ltd classic

I had a silver President Jackson in the 80/90's it was a better radio than the Grant, worked and confirmed over a hundred countries on it before I moved to ham gear on 11

So unded Great , But I'll Take My President George FCC ! Lol !!

Nice radio but Cobra 148 Gtl Dx think is better 73

President Grant, President Washington, and Cobra 2000. The STAPLES of CB...

Good Radio but the export grant was even better it has FM side band and a lot of extra channels cobra uniden Grant Washington all made by the same company

For a second I thought this was a repost of the one were the cop sneakily opened up the door and one tapped the guy

IC7300😂

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I really don't know what to make of this video. I've been a ham for almost 40 years and I guess maybe I'm biased with the etiquette and professionalism that most hams are attuned to having. But I noticed in your voice when talking to people on CB you dumb down how you talk to them. I don't mean they're dumb but you simplify how you talk compared to how you talk to ham radio operators. I have to look into this more and find out what this dichotomy is all about. But it definitely is real.

I love CB radios, old and new. It's just too bad it's such a shit show anymore. 😢 Poly-Comm "Senior 23" 👍