It's 5 years after you made this video and I have just ordered one of these! It is still in a class of it's own when it comes to size, features (especially for 10m use), and power output. I'm looking forward to this one.
thank you for this video. I have searched and searched and couldnt find any answer I had about this radio until now. your video has answered every question I had about this. thanks
MikesRadioRepair yea I was wanting this radio for both cb and some of the 10 meter channels but no one had a good answer on frequency ranges but you showed it and it'd what I was looking for. the only question is using the 10m frequencies 28.3-28.5 can I use my cb antenna or do I need a different one.
It's a long press on the channel selector after choosing the HQ FREQ (or other 2 options) to lock it in - It will say RESETTING MCU and then your good just restart the radio. If you don't do that it will not lock in and default back to the HAM only (10 meter) setting. Thank you for the videos and your channel it's very helpful!
Talked to tech at stryker two days ago , San is in the engineering process now. Should be available within a year. Nice guys ,talked for an hour . Not rushed with my problem at all. Best customer service I've ever encountered. Encoder board is out there now. So they said. It's April 11 2018 now. Not sure when this video was made. These radios are great, not much need to change anything inside. I added a 12volt fan on top for added cooling and getting my stryker a10 antenna in about 6 hours. Can't wait. This will be my starting radio. Just waiting to take my tech test. 73's
The Stryker SR-94 HPC 10 meter radio is one of my favorite radio. I am using the Stryker SR-955HPC in my truck. Using this beast from 4 years and have not faced any kind of problem yet. One of the best radio.I will always suggest you to buy the Stryker. Quality, Incredible sound, perfect echo system, Stunning output. Will never let you down. You can know about more about Stryker Radios here: strykerradios.com
I actually love this radio i got 4 of them for 120.00 and spend a little tuning them and use then with 4 pill boxes and 102 whip and have amazing reports oh also a d104 handmike . I havewell over a 100 radios this stands out for power versus package size. I would like it a little better with ssb.
Good video...as you say the manual is quite poor for radio debutantes...I seem to have accidently stored two channels in the memory and can't for the life of me work out how to erase them. Lots of features but a lot of familiarisation is needed to work out the abbreviations and menus.
Donald D'Egidio Can only fit so much in this little package. Would be the perfect radio if it had SSB and CW modes. Still makes the nice little 10 meter FM rig for little money. Can't wait for them to release the DTMF board and Bluetooth microphone for this radio.
Scott Edick If it had it, it wouldn't be a small radio like this. Can only do so much within a limited size. This is perfect as a 10 meter rig. Add the DTMF encoder board and it's the perfect low buck radio to use on the local repeters.
Donald D'Egidio No, there isn't enough room in that tiny place for all the parts needed for SSB. The crystal filter alone would probably take more room than that.
I’m getting out pretty good on this little radio I talked to another mobile yesterday at almost 13 miles and actually listened to a little bit of skip today on channel 6
Hi MIKE excellent review and I think it's the first one you have really been excited about. LOL Looks to be extremely well designed and built, and NO EDGE CONNECTOR. It would be a top seller with SSB. '73s mate
Mike, Do you think it would hold up in a Jeep for off road communications? Also, how well does it handle strong signals near by ( like another Jeep 25' away transmitting)? I'm using an Uniden 520 now and that radio does well. Other than that, wish it had SSB for 10 meters!
KA5IVR Shock durability should be good. Doesn't have any edge soldered board connections and SMD design is more resilient to shock due to smaller component size. As long as the guy 25 feet away isn't running an amplifier I don't think there would be any problem with front end overload.
That’s a really nice radio. But I’m looking for something classic for my 53 Chevy. I was taking a good luck at your stabilock readings. Is the 30% AM modulation a test standard for Sinad AM measurement. Regards Chris .
Yes, 30% modulation at 1kHz is a standard for AM communications testing. It's the average of human voice modulation. If you look at modulation on a oscilloscope of someone talking there's only a power density of about 30%. Speech is continuously changing and rarely peaks at 100% and the "average" works out to 30%.
MikesRadioRepair That’s great info mike. I will remember that for my future testing. I had been running my initial test on the Kraco at 40%. Regards Chris.
Hey Mike! Enjoy your videos. Should I buy a stock new Uniden 980 or one with "mods" like replaced caps, alignment, unlocked clarifier and a tune? Thanks!
Hey mike I did the Max Mod to my SR-94HPC and it worked grate for about 3 months the out of the blue im getting a transmit err code when i key up and im stuck on what the hell it could be ive checked everything !!!!!! Help a brother out pleases !
Spare radios, my wife gets tired of my "spare" items, doesn't understand how handy backup items are! Nothing like having three RF signal generators, half a dozen broadband all mode radios, multiple soldering irons, oscilloscopes,multimeters etc etc
TheDefpom My problem is the radio collection has gotten over 4 digits. 😨 If one of a specific model is good, two is better, three is great, four your almost there and six or more is perfect.
good review. let me know when you're having an old good customer Appreciation Week. I'd like you to do some work on my equipment. how are all these lucky people getting you to work on their equipment? Are they all family? LOL of course. be good my friend.
If communications get thwarted by rogue idiots it's nice to see you have an ideal back-up tool for resolving most communication issues should they go south:) In the Uk such freedoms were denied us many years ago, such is the way of tyranny once the rot sets in. Also, beautiful rig, punchy too.
if you have time,tell me if there's mods for the sr-25mc,I also have one of these and just wondered if it has upgrades like the sr-94hpc.i also have that radio too
Ive had my eye on this little jewel myself. My last CB in my off rd buggy went kaput and was gonna get a Uniden Pro520 but saw this and started researching. Going off rd is tough on everything! So im not sure if this is durable enough. My O/M has a Pro520 on his Can Am side by side and its held up fine for a few years now. Its a great compact radio! de WW5RM
I have one. Nice little radio, wish it had SSB. Hard to use while driving though. I also get engine noise from a 2009 Explorer and I'm wired directly to the battery. I'm going to move it to my Rav4 EV so that problem will go away (Electric car). Anyone else have this issue?
Hey Mike. I have question regarding a Uniden 980ssb. I Bought a 980ssb but the receive on it is very low. what pods and where is the adjustment at in the radio. The receive is really bad. I have flat swr's on the radio. please help me with this problem. thanks
Where the hell is the mic gain? this radio spec is listing Mic/RF gain controlsFEATURES:Small Size: 5.8"(L) x 4.8"(W) x 1.4"(H) 10 & 12 Meters 45+ Watts PEP RF Power High / Low AM / FM MIC / RF Gain Controls
Nice! Did you see the question on part 1 where I asked if a fan blowing on the board would be enough to keep it cool out of the case while servicing? Thanks Mike
Darryl 603 Must have missed it. Have trouble keeping up with replies. That probably wouldn't be enough. They need more surface area to dissipate heat. Like I said, I'll just have to mill out a test jig for this. Not a problem when you have a Bridgeport milling machine.
I would leave it like it is honestly. You're not going to get much difference in range just buy "tuning" it. You'd be infinitely better off getting a better antenna.
@@ironhead320 OK, great - glad you have a good antenna. I personally still wouldn't waste my money on a "peak and tune" - even if the tech does it correctly it's probably still not worth it considering there's not much difference between 35W and 50W PEP on AM. Maybe half an S-unit if you're lucky.
No I have not. To tell you the truth I completely forgot about that. I just ordered one so I should have it in a couple of days and I will install it and try it out. I will make a video of the install and operation.
If only it used two Tayloe mixers one for TX and the other for RX would really make for a much cleaner signal and need less parts in the transmit and receive.
S Robins Not yet I don't think. I need to contact Stryker and see if I can get the service manual. I have never had a problem getting service literature from them before, will see how it goes with this one.
The reason why they put it like that because if you're not a ham radio operator you shouldn't be operating the radio. If you don't understand any instructions in your ham radio operator something seriously wrong with you.
kf4dcy Absolutely no argument here. Rangers for the most part have horrible adjacent channel rejection and sensitivity. They are also known for horrible SSB operation due to frequency drift.
I beleive asq is as auto squelch. a position of the squelch knob. like that of my emperor ts5010. but that why I hate menu driven radios. let me have full control of my radios. radios as such don't allow it. I have to pick a selection. where a knobs allows me that full feature of control.
kf4dcy If this radio had a knob or button for every function you would probably have 40 or 50 buttons and controls. The radio would be huge. Ultimately you do have full control, you just need to select what you want to control. And another advantage is you can change what each button does so it's customizable.
I just as soon not have so many options for controls. Who needs all those buttons and knob's. The problem with the Stryker 955 is that it's control face is cluttered with stuff you do not need! You could get rid of that huge digital meter on the left and the narrow but long freq. display to the upper right and put in a nice long taller LCD or other display like an RCI or Lincoln and free up a lot of space for the controls to be better spaced and laid out. Get rid of the echo/talk-back/7 color changing display/32 levels of dimming/ 60 roger beeps and that would be a fantastic radio that you could actually use in a mobile environment with out taking your eye's off the road. Their is so much stuff you could add to a radio to make it much better for actual communication especially in a mobile environment. That most real amateur radio's have had at least the last 10 years. I am tired of gimicks and radio's that are a pain in the butt to use in the real world. I am tired of cheap feeling controls and radio's that do not fit in a modern car! I am not driving a 1980's Peter Built or Western Star! Computers, Cameras, Phones, TV's have all changed and modernized and offer more not less. My parents still have some old school rather large expensive tv's int he house and they cost 2X-3X what the generic Chinese flat screens cost and they can nto compete for color, resolution, etc....Only CB radio's and export radio's have moved backwards and offer less in many cases or more gimmicks but less real value.If the white noise in so loud you can not hear the guy you want to talk to what good is the radio? If you can not easily work the controls what good is the radio in a mobile environment? If you can not drive your amp because you can not find a low power radio that has a decent dead key and does not swing widely with modulation like most mosfet radio's today what good is the radio? If you buy a SSB radio and it drifts all over the place or has odd motor boating in it and it can not be adjusted to fix it what good is it? I doubt we will see anything better 10 years from now we will likely have the same garbage because that is what sells in the CB world. Ignorance is bliss and big belt buckles, shiny bass boats with lots of metallic flake and chrome sells. People would rather have a 400 watt chromed out AM only 8 band splater box with a huge meter and a fake freq. display that drifts sad but true. It is like that $1200 85 tool 141 function Swiss Army Knife it is expensive and has a lot of gimmicks but fails as a knife or even as a tool! I like this little radio it is prob. the best AM only radio that you can buy in America right now new not NOS. It's not perfect but it sure does seem to have it where it counts most and seems to have a lot of common sense in it's design and layout! No doubt that is because it was not designed for the CB market at all!!! This radio will likely be skipped over by 99% of the CB market!
buckaroobonsi555 well that's you and what you like. i see that in many people. now you should be happy. I want controls that I can readily get to. like those on my kenwood ts950. but I'm more of a Cadillac operator.
Nothing Stryker sells is truly a "Ham" radio! Most Ham radio's have to many tiny buttons, to many multi-function controls and too many endless menu's of stuff 1/2 of people prob. do not even use. The only way I would spend big money on a real Ham radio would be if it was super simple to use or it had a fantastic computer interface that makes using it intuitive and easy. I would love to have a radio with mechanical movements and heavy switches and really smooth gear reduction vernier dials and such! I generally take a dim view of 99% of electronics today because the user interfaces are total and complete garbage yet all these men with more money than brains keep giving these companies big money! I am fine with SMD boards and insane density or population of those boards. I am not a golden screw driver I know my limits and I know what gear I want to afford and can justify owning in terms of repair equipment and test gear. A lot of these companies have dropped product support from their products that are not that old on equipment that is more software driven than hardware driven by refusing to create updates and patches for equipment forcing user's to either hack the gear and mod it or go out and buy new gear. In some cases they have done this after releasing a limited update that worked just fine but they decided they would lose too much money by updating the older gear compared to forcing user's to buy newer equipment. Where I get pissed is in the user interface. If you are going to make it digital and electronic than you had better go all out and make something worthy of 2017 that is as easy to use as Windows so point and click easy. I think a $200-$700 radio should be able to outperform a $29 tracfone from Walmart in terms of user interface. If you are not going to go all out than give me some killer analog mechanical that will work every day for the next 20 years minimum!!! I want encoders that do not wobble or spin free that give real feedback like a channel selector would!!! I want plastic that is thick high density and feels like quality! I do not want plastic pot's with tin foil thin parts inside. I want a chassis that is thick enough to keep the board from flexing when mounted in the OEM bracket and works as a heat sink. I want high quality crystal or ceramic filter's that work! Like all Americans if I do not die from sever trauma like a car accident of homicide I will die of old age, heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes or cancer before anyone in the CB world or the Amateur world builds a radio I want to own! The problem is that you have to use something and the stuff I would like to use is just plain wearing out and often does not have a replacement part so what choice do you have? No one builds a radio with kick but electronics a great mechanical analog user interface at any price today. No one builds a radio with gear reduction vernier dials with ball bearings and really heavy duty stacked switches and really solid ceramic, brass and nickle rotary switches with analog needle movements and a PC interface. A $7,000.00 Amateur radio has a user interface that reminds me of a 1990's Mercedes with all kinds of tiny little buttons with more than one function that will require the wealthy old retired fart that owns it to put his bifocals on to operate it. By the time he learns how to fully use all of it's functions and settings he will be ready for a nursing home or his mind is failing him! So really we can not turn back the hands of time and too many old men have more money than brains and will keep paying top dollar for junk! The only time a company really listens to customers and leaves a lot of money on the table is when they are getting ready to go out of business. As long as everything is going well they will keep taking money out of the product any place they can until the costumer complain and vote with their wallet. Once a company goes to China it normally is all down hill not because it is China but because once they start thinking a certain way no amount of profit is enough! They start looking for a way to shave cost constantly. Look where Cobra, Uniden, Galaxy, Connex, RANGER are today with quality control, parts used, design elements and execution of design!!! Enough said!
buckaroobonsi555 with the striker brand and past radios, that's fact. but in a way this radio come so close to being a real ham readio. if only they had provided the two options that must be purchased. I've owned old rigs that didn't come with any tone boards, the kenwood tr7950. so I'll never buy a new rig without all the options. the radio with all those menu driven functions. it like a qrp rig if icom had made a ic706 in qrp only. or even like my yeasu ft857d.
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It's 5 years after you made this video and I have just ordered one of these! It is still in a class of it's own when it comes to size, features (especially for 10m use), and power output. I'm looking forward to this one.
thank you for this video. I have searched and searched and couldnt find any answer I had about this radio until now. your video has answered every question I had about this. thanks
Your Friendly Neighborhood Fireman
Glad I could help. I tried to cover everything, it does have a lot of features.
MikesRadioRepair yea I was wanting this radio for both cb and some of the 10 meter channels but no one had a good answer on frequency ranges but you showed it and it'd what I was looking for. the only question is using the 10m frequencies 28.3-28.5 can I use my cb antenna or do I need a different one.
I like that tool on the bench for those stubborn solder joints. Loosens them up real fast!
It's a long press on the channel selector after choosing the HQ FREQ (or other 2 options) to lock it in - It will say RESETTING MCU and then your good just restart the radio. If you don't do that it will not lock in and default back to the HAM only (10 meter) setting. Thank you for the videos and your channel it's very helpful!
Very informative sir, thank you. I had a CRT2000H arrive today
Just got mine in the mail today!
Thanks for the review.
Thanks I just put on in my 2009 pontiac G3 I needed a small radio but did not know how to change bands your video really helped me. thanks
I hope they do an SSB model. Nice piece of test equip in the holster. God Bless America. Carry on.
Brilliant. from the future .... May 2020 ... I have just ordered one. :-) Cheers Brother. Great video.
Talked to tech at stryker two days ago , San is in the engineering process now. Should be available within a year. Nice guys ,talked for an hour . Not rushed with my problem at all. Best customer service I've ever encountered. Encoder board is out there now. So they said. It's April 11 2018 now. Not sure when this video was made. These radios are great, not much need to change anything inside. I added a 12volt fan on top for added cooling and getting my stryker a10 antenna in about 6 hours. Can't wait. This will be my starting radio. Just waiting to take my tech test. 73's
Ssb is in process now. Sorry, early morning, can't find my readers .lol
That antenna you mentioned is as much as i paid for the radio. Is it that good?
Hey Mike
I like your video's. Very informative.
love your vid's- hate those complicated transceivers , like a smart phone smarter than me, keep up the great work
The Stryker SR-94 HPC 10 meter radio is one of my favorite radio. I am using the Stryker SR-955HPC in my truck. Using this beast from 4 years and have not faced any kind of problem yet. One of the best radio.I will always suggest you to buy the Stryker. Quality, Incredible sound, perfect echo system, Stunning output. Will never let you down. You can know about more about Stryker Radios here: strykerradios.com
I actually love this radio i got 4 of them for 120.00 and spend a little tuning them and use then with 4 pill boxes and 102 whip and have amazing reports oh also a d104 handmike .
I havewell over a 100 radios this stands out for power versus package size.
I would like it a little better with ssb.
Good video...as you say the manual is quite poor for radio debutantes...I seem to have accidently stored two channels in the memory and can't for the life of me work out how to erase them. Lots of features but a lot of familiarisation is needed to work out the abbreviations and menus.
Sorry Mike I am talking about the 94 hpc I have not heard till I just read it . Thank you for your time
Thanks for the thorough review.....
Hay Mike been watching your vids for a little bit I see u add a tone board where did you get the board .
Mike,
Nice review and so many features for such a little guy. If it only had SSB. :-) 73 WB3BJU
Donald D'Egidio
Can only fit so much in this little package. Would be the perfect radio if it had SSB and CW modes. Still makes the nice little 10 meter FM rig for little money. Can't wait for them to release the DTMF board and Bluetooth microphone for this radio.
ya' i agree this model really needs a SSB version. if it had. i would get one.
Scott Edick
If it had it, it wouldn't be a small radio like this. Can only do so much within a limited size. This is perfect as a 10 meter rig. Add the DTMF encoder board and it's the perfect low buck radio to use on the local repeters.
Mike,
Do you think that un-populated area of the board might be used for a SSB detector?
Donald D'Egidio
No, there isn't enough room in that tiny place for all the parts needed for SSB. The crystal filter alone would probably take more room than that.
I’m getting out pretty good on this little radio I talked to another mobile yesterday at almost 13 miles and actually listened to a little bit of skip today on channel 6
Mike would you recommend having this radio tuned or left stock?
the encoder board, I'm taking, that means ctcss sub audible tones and digital codes too.
kf4dcy
Yes, for use with 10 meter repeters.
Hi MIKE excellent review and I think it's the first one you have really been excited about. LOL
Looks to be extremely well designed and built, and NO EDGE CONNECTOR.
It would be a top seller with SSB. '73s mate
How much would you charge to put a DTMF board in both of mine? Great video and thank you
Those Bench Cookies sure are handy!
Nice Gun on your Bench......
nice review !
Great review Mike. Did you need to do any adjustments to AM modulation pots?
Thank you Ryan
Mike, Do you think it would hold up in a Jeep for off road communications? Also, how well does it handle strong signals near by ( like another Jeep 25' away transmitting)? I'm using an Uniden 520 now and that radio does well. Other than that, wish it had SSB for 10 meters!
KA5IVR
Shock durability should be good. Doesn't have any edge soldered board connections and SMD design is more resilient to shock due to smaller component size. As long as the guy 25 feet away isn't running an amplifier I don't think there would be any problem with front end overload.
That’s a really nice radio. But I’m looking for something classic for my 53 Chevy. I was taking a good luck at your stabilock readings. Is the 30% AM modulation a test standard for Sinad AM measurement. Regards Chris .
Yes, 30% modulation at 1kHz is a standard for AM communications testing. It's the average of human voice modulation. If you look at modulation on a oscilloscope of someone talking there's only a power density of about 30%. Speech is continuously changing and rarely peaks at 100% and the "average" works out to 30%.
MikesRadioRepair That’s great info mike. I will remember that for my future testing. I had been running my initial test on the Kraco at 40%. Regards Chris.
That little radio would be great on a touring bike....I just may look into one of these . Top of the line reviews, and repair lingo.
Excellent review Mike! I think that I will pick one UP. Probably run it totally stock just as your video model. Is it the same size as a Uniden 510 ?
M28443
It's about 5 x 7 x 1 1/2. It's a very small radio.
Part number for the tone board?
What about 12 meters?
How hard is it to cut the frequencies unlock wire I can't find the video
Do you need to cut the wire to get cb channels?
Hey Mike! Enjoy your videos. Should I buy a stock new Uniden 980 or one with "mods" like replaced caps, alignment, unlocked clarifier and a tune? Thanks!
Hey mike I did the Max Mod to my SR-94HPC and it worked grate for about 3 months the out of the blue im getting a transmit err code when i key up and im stuck on what the hell it could be ive checked everything !!!!!! Help a brother out pleases !
Hi can i put in the Team expert 1 the Others 2 transistors and have 40 Watt? In Team expert 1 only one Transistor.
Seems to have good audio as a bone stock radio. I have been intrigued by it and think I will dive in!
Spare radios, my wife gets tired of my "spare" items, doesn't understand how handy backup items are! Nothing like having three RF signal generators, half a dozen broadband all mode radios, multiple soldering irons, oscilloscopes,multimeters etc etc
TheDefpom
My problem is the radio collection has gotten over 4 digits. 😨 If one of a specific model is good, two is better, three is great, four your almost there and six or more is perfect.
good review. let me know when you're having an old good customer Appreciation Week. I'd like you to do some work on my equipment. how are all these lucky people getting you to work on their equipment? Are they all family? LOL of course. be good my friend.
Digital squelch? CTCSS?
If communications get thwarted by rogue idiots it's nice to see you have an ideal back-up tool for resolving most communication issues should they go south:) In the Uk such freedoms were denied us many years ago, such is the way of tyranny once the rot sets in. Also, beautiful rig, punchy too.
Dang it you just sold me on one
I just purchased one on this review !! :-)
No SSB Pass....
on sec though this might work well in my wife's car for camping...
Any updates on this radio ?
Hey Mike . Is that gun there to shot any radios that are to far gone ?
@mikesradiorepair where is your shop and how can I contact you?
Rk M good luck lol he’s like Bigfoot u hear all about him and see him on the internet but contacting him is impossible lol he’s an allusive creature
Anytone Apollo II
Will this radio do side band
You and This Old Tony sound just alike 😂
I forgot one question... Will it still receive without the Mic being plugged in?
KA5IVR
Yes, do not need the microphone for receive.
Is this made by anytone?
Are these tunable
Hello. Great video. Can this radio be modified for GMRS?
This would be perfect for my jeep..
Whats watts power full on fm 27mhz
if you have time,tell me if there's mods for the sr-25mc,I also have one of these and just wondered if it has upgrades like the sr-94hpc.i also have that radio too
Ive had my eye on this little jewel myself. My last CB in my off rd buggy went kaput and was gonna get a Uniden Pro520 but saw this and started researching. Going off rd is tough on everything! So im not sure if this is durable enough. My O/M has a Pro520 on his Can Am side by side and its held up fine for a few years now. Its a great compact radio!
de WW5RM
remember it not a cb radio it a ham radio ten meter
@@knowles217 it has the cb channels
🎉
Cb Fm simplex freq: Channel 31 fm
(now that fm is legal!)
I have one. Nice little radio, wish it had SSB. Hard to use while driving though. I also get engine noise from a 2009 Explorer and I'm wired directly to the battery. I'm going to move it to my Rav4 EV so that problem will go away (Electric car). Anyone else have this issue?
How does one enable Bluetooth on this guy? I can’t find it in the menu.
Could this be made to do the 40 watts on am ???
On AM set at 10 watts does the pep swing to 40watts or is all your putting out 10 watts total
Hold the mic 18 to 24 inches from your mouth. I don't know why but keeping the mike closer makes it transmit at only 10 watts pep.
The noise blanker on this radio is a big fat lie. Zero ignition noise blocked. Cheap Uniden with noise blanker on, and ignition noise is gone.
Absolutely. Stryker should be sued for this radio. I had to add a 220uF capacitor to the power leads to remove the pops, crackle and sizzling noise.
Hey Mike. I have question regarding a Uniden 980ssb. I Bought a 980ssb but the receive on it is very low. what pods and where is the adjustment at in the radio. The receive is really bad. I have flat swr's on the radio. please help me with this problem. thanks
Adjust your RF power all the way up. They come in the center position from the factory. Hope this helps.
nice radio for ham radio mike I'm impasse for ham 10m on received
Hey mike I have a few radios I'd like to send out to you for some repairs for my dad. Is there an email or number I can contact you at? Thank you.
Bet Mark will get this thing to sing and dance the funky chicken. 4/40 Watts AM would be nice.
Where the hell is the mic gain? this radio spec is listing Mic/RF gain controlsFEATURES:Small Size: 5.8"(L) x 4.8"(W) x 1.4"(H)
10 & 12 Meters
45+ Watts PEP
RF Power High / Low
AM / FM
MIC / RF Gain Controls
Are you expecting company?:
Darryl 603
Called being prepared. Have had my concealed carry permits for over 20 years. Never out of arms reach from a firearm.
Nice! Did you see the question on part 1 where I asked if a fan blowing on the board would be enough to keep it cool out of the case while servicing? Thanks Mike
Darryl 603
Must have missed it. Have trouble keeping up with replies. That probably wouldn't be enough. They need more surface area to dissipate heat. Like I said, I'll just have to mill out a test jig for this. Not a problem when you have a Bridgeport milling machine.
The right tool for the job! Thanks for getting back to me and see you in the next one
Darryl 603
You never know.
I like it great for limited space but they claim 45+w out of box mine does 30-35w not to many people that work or enhance these.
I would leave it like it is honestly. You're not going to get much difference in range just buy "tuning" it. You'd be infinitely better off getting a better antenna.
@@Sui778 I have a good antenna
@@ironhead320 OK, great - glad you have a good antenna. I personally still wouldn't waste my money on a "peak and tune" - even if the tech does it correctly it's probably still not worth it considering there's not much difference between 35W and 50W PEP on AM. Maybe half an S-unit if you're lucky.
The 10 meter is useless without SSB. FM is only used above 29Mhz
did you have the opportunity to add the DTMF?
No I have not. To tell you the truth I completely forgot about that. I just ordered one so I should have it in a couple of days and I will install it and try it out. I will make a video of the install and operation.
ok, Thanks!!
Nice little radio for $150.00. Just too bad it isn't SSB.
Do they make a car stereo that has a cb built in?
They used to do. Kraco, I think. GM also had some OEM units, so you may search ebay. None worked very well...
@@chriszonie2444 nice thank you
what would you recommend for a magnetic mount antenna thats not real big so can take it off when not using Stryker SR-94HPC ?
If only it used two Tayloe mixers one for TX and the other for RX would really make for a much cleaner signal and need less parts in the transmit and receive.
DAVID GREGORY KERR
Probably not used because Motorola owns the patent on it.
Is there a schematic???
S Robins
Not yet I don't think. I need to contact Stryker and see if I can get the service manual. I have never had a problem getting service literature from them before, will see how it goes with this one.
The 100 KHz offset is standard for 10 Meter FM repeaters.
Dieter Hauer
It is nice they made the offset adjustable. Not sure if it's standardized in all countries.
Such a nice Radio yet no ssb ..complete showstopper
Show me more information thankz
The reason why they put it like that because if you're not a ham radio operator you shouldn't be operating the radio. If you don't understand any instructions in your ham radio operator something seriously wrong with you.
SSB?
John Ryding no
make a nice 29.600 radio
No workbench is complete without a revolver handy. LOL.
zombieresponder
For those pesky radios that refuse to be fixed. :-)
Just add tannerite. :-D
I kept waiting for Mike to show us the radio was "bullet - proof" lol
rci 2950's/70's Rangers had bad side channel selectivity. junk as I see it. yes an opinion. but there's fact to back it up the opinon.
kf4dcy
Absolutely no argument here. Rangers for the most part have horrible adjacent channel rejection and sensitivity. They are also known for horrible SSB operation due to frequency drift.
k
I beleive asq is as auto squelch. a position of the squelch knob. like that of my emperor ts5010. but that why I hate menu driven radios. let me have full control of my radios. radios as such don't allow it. I have to pick a selection. where a knobs allows me that full feature of control.
kf4dcy
If this radio had a knob or button for every function you would probably have 40 or 50 buttons and controls. The radio would be huge. Ultimately you do have full control, you just need to select what you want to control. And another advantage is you can change what each button does so it's customizable.
I just as soon not have so many options for controls. Who needs all those buttons and knob's. The problem with the Stryker 955 is that it's control face is cluttered with stuff you do not need! You could get rid of that huge digital meter on the left and the narrow but long freq. display to the upper right and put in a nice long taller LCD or other display like an RCI or Lincoln and free up a lot of space for the controls to be better spaced and laid out. Get rid of the echo/talk-back/7 color changing display/32 levels of dimming/ 60 roger beeps and that would be a fantastic radio that you could actually use in a mobile environment with out taking your eye's off the road. Their is so much stuff you could add to a radio to make it much better for actual communication especially in a mobile environment. That most real amateur radio's have had at least the last 10 years.
I am tired of gimicks and radio's that are a pain in the butt to use in the real world. I am tired of cheap feeling controls and radio's that do not fit in a modern car! I am not driving a 1980's Peter Built or Western Star! Computers, Cameras, Phones, TV's have all changed and modernized and offer more not less. My parents still have some old school rather large expensive tv's int he house and they cost 2X-3X what the generic Chinese flat screens cost and they can nto compete for color, resolution, etc....Only CB radio's and export radio's have moved backwards and offer less in many cases or more gimmicks but less real value.If the white noise in so loud you can not hear the guy you want to talk to what good is the radio? If you can not easily work the controls what good is the radio in a mobile environment? If you can not drive your amp because you can not find a low power radio that has a decent dead key and does not swing widely with modulation like most mosfet radio's today what good is the radio? If you buy a SSB radio and it drifts all over the place or has odd motor boating in it and it can not be adjusted to fix it what good is it?
I doubt we will see anything better 10 years from now we will likely have the same garbage because that is what sells in the CB world. Ignorance is bliss and big belt buckles, shiny bass boats with lots of metallic flake and chrome sells. People would rather have a 400 watt chromed out AM only 8 band splater box with a huge meter and a fake freq. display that drifts sad but true. It is like that $1200 85 tool 141 function Swiss Army Knife it is expensive and has a lot of gimmicks but fails as a knife or even as a tool!
I like this little radio it is prob. the best AM only radio that you can buy in America right now new not NOS. It's not perfect but it sure does seem to have it where it counts most and seems to have a lot of common sense in it's design and layout! No doubt that is because it was not designed for the CB market at all!!! This radio will likely be skipped over by 99% of the CB market!
buckaroobonsi555 well that's you and what you like. i see that in many people. now you should be happy. I want controls that I can readily get to. like those on my kenwood ts950. but I'm more of a Cadillac operator.
Nothing Stryker sells is truly a "Ham" radio! Most Ham radio's have to many tiny buttons, to many multi-function controls and too many endless menu's of stuff 1/2 of people prob. do not even use. The only way I would spend big money on a real Ham radio would be if it was super simple to use or it had a fantastic computer interface that makes using it intuitive and easy.
I would love to have a radio with mechanical movements and heavy switches and really smooth gear reduction vernier dials and such! I generally take a dim view of 99% of electronics today because the user interfaces are total and complete garbage yet all these men with more money than brains keep giving these companies big money! I am fine with SMD boards and insane density or population of those boards. I am not a golden screw driver I know my limits and I know what gear I want to afford and can justify owning in terms of repair equipment and test gear. A lot of these companies have dropped product support from their products that are not that old on equipment that is more software driven than hardware driven by refusing to create updates and patches for equipment forcing user's to either hack the gear and mod it or go out and buy new gear. In some cases they have done this after releasing a limited update that worked just fine but they decided they would lose too much money by updating the older gear compared to forcing user's to buy newer equipment.
Where I get pissed is in the user interface. If you are going to make it digital and electronic than you had better go all out and make something worthy of 2017 that is as easy to use as Windows so point and click easy. I think a $200-$700 radio should be able to outperform a $29 tracfone from Walmart in terms of user interface. If you are not going to go all out than give me some killer analog mechanical that will work every day for the next 20 years minimum!!! I want encoders that do not wobble or spin free that give real feedback like a channel selector would!!! I want plastic that is thick high density and feels like quality! I do not want plastic pot's with tin foil thin parts inside. I want a chassis that is thick enough to keep the board from flexing when mounted in the OEM bracket and works as a heat sink. I want high quality crystal or ceramic filter's that work! Like all Americans if I do not die from sever trauma like a car accident of homicide I will die of old age, heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes or cancer before anyone in the CB world or the Amateur world builds a radio I want to own! The problem is that you have to use something and the stuff I would like to use is just plain wearing out and often does not have a replacement part so what choice do you have?
No one builds a radio with kick but electronics a great mechanical analog user interface at any price today. No one builds a radio with gear reduction vernier dials with ball bearings and really heavy duty stacked switches and really solid ceramic, brass and nickle rotary switches with analog needle movements and a PC interface. A $7,000.00 Amateur radio has a user interface that reminds me of a 1990's Mercedes with all kinds of tiny little buttons with more than one function that will require the wealthy old retired fart that owns it to put his bifocals on to operate it. By the time he learns how to fully use all of it's functions and settings he will be ready for a nursing home or his mind is failing him!
So really we can not turn back the hands of time and too many old men have more money than brains and will keep paying top dollar for junk! The only time a company really listens to customers and leaves a lot of money on the table is when they are getting ready to go out of business. As long as everything is going well they will keep taking money out of the product any place they can until the costumer complain and vote with their wallet.
Once a company goes to China it normally is all down hill not because it is China but because once they start thinking a certain way no amount of profit is enough! They start looking for a way to shave cost constantly. Look where Cobra, Uniden, Galaxy, Connex, RANGER are today with quality control, parts used, design elements and execution of design!!! Enough said!
buckaroobonsi555 with the striker brand and past radios, that's fact. but in a way this radio come so close to being a real ham readio. if only they had provided the two options that must be purchased. I've owned old rigs that didn't come with any tone boards, the kenwood tr7950. so I'll never buy a new rig without all the options. the radio with all those menu driven functions. it like a qrp rig if icom had made a ic706 in qrp only. or even like my yeasu ft857d.
This unit needs to have SSB in it.
anytone radio... one radio many names. junk..