slowmover
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Looks like the older version (non-DSP), but Stryker audio is sure pleasant.
He’s parked using an antenna on a tripod.
Looks like he might need to upgrade wiring or run the engine, huh?
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Version II of Stryker 955 AM/SSB
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Looks like the older version (non-DSP), but Stryker audio is sure pleasant.
He’s parked using an antenna on a tripod.
Looks like he might need to upgrade wiring or run the engine, huh?
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slowmover
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The last thing I need in my life is another radio. So WTF, I just bought an Anytone 5555N II 60w version and this thing rocks! The receiver is very good and transmit audio is ok with stock mic but I tried an amplified D104 and it really comes alive. It gets really loud and punchy but no splatter or other bad stuff comes out, its really clean on a spectrum analyzer. This radio is a winner.
slowmover
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Brand/Model with new circuit board:
K-Po DX 5000+,
CRT SS 6900v with NRC,
Stryker SR955v2,
CRT SS7900v Turbo
Anytone AT5555Nii.
K-Po DX 5000+,
CRT SS 6900v with NRC,
Stryker SR955v2,
CRT SS7900v Turbo
Anytone AT5555Nii.
My anytone will be here tomorrow. Wired up the truck with a 40 amp relay fed off the ignition, all wires in place, just waiting now! Let me claify, battery fed with the ignition pulling the relay in.
slowmover
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I’m ready to try one.
slowmover
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http://forums.radioreference.com/threads/version-ii-of-stryker-955-am-ssb.442214/post-3779305
Dimensions differ. Some features differ.
I’d want adjustable DSP (NRC circuit), both in TX & RX.
The ANYTONE ARES is getting interest as it’s a conventional appearing radio. Not to my taste, I like a big S-Meter.
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Dimensions differ. Some features differ.
I’d want adjustable DSP (NRC circuit), both in TX & RX.
The ANYTONE ARES is getting interest as it’s a conventional appearing radio. Not to my taste, I like a big S-Meter.
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You won't be sorry! At the price point this radio is truly outstanding. Unlike other Anytone branded radios the AM audio is very good with a N/C mic (I use a 636) and SSB is rock solid as usual with Anytone. The receiver is very good and with the adjustable DSP NR is very pleasant to listen to. No need for your trusty WM ClrSpkr! Once you have the appropriate adjustments set in the menu the front controls are very easy to work with while piloting the diesel car. The amber display is easy on the eyes at night and easy to read during the day. The display will be unhappy when first fired up in a cold truck but settles down in a few minutes. The weather band is a nice feature as it will switch on when a weather alert is issued.
I recommend this to anyone that has been looking at the Stryker 955, but doesn't want to pony up $4-500 for one. It's a better mobile radio, easier to operate than a 955 and the DSP NR is adjustable unlike the 955.
JD
BTW...............this is how I mounted the antenna on the new truck............remember I do strictly open deck........
5 foot Skipshooter with a Top Gun Z-Perch mount available from Bob's CB, Walcott, etc. No issues with grounding and readings on the AA-35 are pretty good! A standard Bird Perch will work in the available bolt holes in the back of the cab(and on Freightliners too). The standard Bird Perches tend to be a little on the skinny side for my taste. The Z-Perch has a very beefy perch!
Just a little tidying up to do with the coax and avoiding 13'8" bridges at speed (Skipshooters are rugged though)!
JD
5 foot Skipshooter with a Top Gun Z-Perch mount available from Bob's CB, Walcott, etc. No issues with grounding and readings on the AA-35 are pretty good! A standard Bird Perch will work in the available bolt holes in the back of the cab(and on Freightliners too). The standard Bird Perches tend to be a little on the skinny side for my taste. The Z-Perch has a very beefy perch!
Just a little tidying up to do with the coax and avoiding 13'8" bridges at speed (Skipshooters are rugged though)!
JD
El_Kabong
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You will like the 5555N II a lot. Getting good reports with mine. FM DX is a pleasure.
slowmover
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There’s more flex with that mount than you might think. Spring
In your case the direction of travel is in your favor re mount orientation.
I’ve used the Z-perch on a curb mirror door mount which is 45-degrees to yours once mounted. They’re well made.
I run SkipS antennas to 14’. Not been a problem. 90k miles or a year on a set of 7’.
slowmover
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“ . . At the price point this radio is truly outstanding . . . .
I recommend this to anyone that has been looking at the Stryker 955, but doesn't want to pony up $4-500 for one. It's a better mobile radio, easier to operate than a 955 and the DSP NR is adjustable unlike the 955.
JD
A $470 Stryker?
Or an ANYTONE Quad 5 V-2 plus an RM ITALY KL-503hd 300W for the same money in a big truck?
Getting amp & radio to work together is best left to a tech, and mobile power needs to be 30A (preferably, 40A) capable. 6-AWG at 15’ -25’ big truck.
Keep it turned down a bit, yet see 200W+ divided in two for a big truck radio rig with tallest top load “cophase” antennas. (100W each). Ck dimensions as it’s long.
DSP means one can hear to the limits of how far one can transmit. Match them up.
A typical set of mirror mounts needs the help in a big truck. (Need plenty of correct RF Bonds).
AT Quad 5 with car or pickup center-roof mount antenna ought to be fine with radios 60W. Amps are a lot more work. It’s the antenna that’ll matter.
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The AT-5555N II has plenty of power do drive my favorite mobile amp, the SGC SG-500 and you can turn the radio down to about 35w to drive the amp to full output. You will need upwards of 75A to feed a 500w amp so short runs of 4ga or larger is needed.
slowmover
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Have two of these three. Time to get “the newest”
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