Magnum 257 Vs Lincoln 1

[stanogs68]

whilst my wife is uber happy lol

[andymuza]

so im geeting back is the magnum 257 or the lincoln 1 exept anndy mussa who thinks i should be shot ,

No not shot, that is too quick and painless. Hung drawn and quartered is more like it.

[andymuza]

I haven't owned a Lincoln 1

These types of members should be banned ! Only joking Andy m8 Saying that you must be one of a minority on this forum

Sammy

Ha Ha, you are probably right. All down to timing, When the first Lincoln came out I was moving away from CB and onto amateur radio. I only came back to CB just over 2 years ago.

[cb4ever104]

Well you've still got time then

My Lincoln is my main radio in the shack just now. I know they're nothing special, but it gives me easy use of both 10 and 11m with no messing about.

S

[Mudslinger]

The Lincoln 1 is decent enough, but as it has the MC3357 for FM and it is only single conversion on AM it is pretty obvious that it was built down to a cost.

In practice they work well enough, but there are plenty of others which will out perform it. I remember a while back I had a Galaxy Pluto which worked better than my Lincoln in everything apart from frequency stability as it warmed up...

[Phoenix]

I have both radios and wouldn't part with either...The 257 or in my case Albrecht 485 always gets great transmit audio reports.

[porky.69]

the lincoln 1 still takes some beating

[Mudslinger]

I found the Lincoln a little deaf compared to the SS-360FM and a lot worse at picking out weak stations out of the noise than the Magnum.

The Magnum has the L1 beaten in every area apart from build quality IMO.

[mof000]

I have both radios and wouldn't part with either...The 257 or in my case Albrecht 485 always gets great transmit audio reports.

My brother owned both also. His 257 though was a first production blue light job and he said it wasn't as well made as the 485.
Can anybody vouch for that?

[Phoenix]

Same radio same factory..If both were second hand the buttons on the bottom seem to wobble a tad after a few years use, i wonder if thats what he thought was the issue..both cracking radios