President keeps leading the way when it comes to introducing innovative features. You can find below a snapshot of our historical industry firsts & current market leading features.

For a more complete list of President technical features, click here.

FM Mode (frequency modulation)

President was one of the brands solicited by the FCC for their perspectives on the introduction of FM in the US market. President’s decades of FM experience in worldwide markets was a significant contribution to this discussion. President received the very first FCC assigned product number for FM in November 2021, and introduced its first FCC approved CB radio with FM, the Thomas FCC AM/FM, in the US market in December 2021. Today President has the most comprehensive portfolio of CB radio models with FM.

It was in April 1996 that Albert Bertrana, technical director of the PRESIDENT Group, presented to the specialized press worldwide an automatic adjustment device called "Automatic Squelch Control" (ASC). The ASC "Automatic Squelch Control" is a squelch setting device that constantly monitors the received signal and automatically adjusts it to block the background noise. CB users used to do this manually, which was impractical and even dangerous when done while driving.
Thanks to the President's ASC invention, CB users no longer have to make manual squelch adjustments, or check the noise level. The ASC does this for them. CB radios, which have always been a security element in vehicles, are now safer to use.

The VOX function allows handsfree use of the CB. With VOX enabled, you can transmit by speaking into the original microphone (or in the optional vox microphone) without pressing the PTT switch.

12/24V operation

President offers several models that provide seamless 12 and 24V operation. This unique feature allows the user to use a 24V power source (e.g., in heavy construction equipment) to power the CB without the use of an additional 12/24V converter.

Several President radios provide USB ports allowing users to charge other electronics, like cell phones, via the port.

Scan/Scan Skip

The Scan Skip feature allows you to skip one or multiple CB channel during a SCAN. The user can avoid unwanted channels and focus the scan only on channels of interest.

P Channels are Pre-configured memory Channels set by President. There are 5 such channels labeled P1, P2, P3, P4, P5. They use the FM mode, the frequency of an existing CB channel and a fixed CTCSS/DCS code allowing targeted communications with other users.