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Solid red while keying the mic means you're transmitting. On/off red (blinking) means high swr. You should have that checked. What kind of antenna are you using?

The company I work for has installed a computer in all of their trucks that tracks a lot of different things--idle time, instances of hard braking, log book information (it does our log books for us), etc. That computer puts out quite a bit of RF noise. I finally was able to reduce that noise by...

I also have a Cobra 150 and sent it to Justin for the conversion, tuneup, and front end mod. After some initial problems with the modulation cutting in and out, it seems to be working fine. Everyone likes the way it sounds and I can hear great.

Rant away. I was pretty sure that I was hearing the same (or more) than I was used to. I told myself that I needed to just give it a chance for a solid month or so and see. I can't stand to hear my Magnum now. It hears so much trash compared to the Stryker, there's no comparison. My FedEx buddy...

A follow up to my earlier comments on the Stryker's receiver not being as sensitive as my S-6. I now run my Stryker full time and the Magnum is my backup radio. The Stryker is much quieter, but still will pick up many things the Magnum might not hear because of the level of background noise...

No doubt about it, Kale is the best. I switched tractors from a 2002 International 9100 daycab (mostly fiberglass) to a 2006 International 8600 daycab (mostly steel). I had to shelve the 10K, unfortunately. When I hooked everything up, my swr reading was way too high and I couldn't get the 10K...

I'm just a truck driver (so I don't know this from a technical point of view), but I have read that if your SWR is too high, the radio's power is reduced. I do know that if your antenna is not matched correctly, you don't "get out" as well. I think it all comes down to efficiency. The better the...

This career is the result of a long list of bad choices. What do you do? Besides put down truck drivers, I mean.

Rocky, I don't know about any of the other truckers on this board, but I have about a 145 IQ and am currently carrying a 3.9 grade point average in college (finally had the money and resources to go back). Please refrain from stereotyping. Thank you.

My Stryker is doing fine. The only question I have is, what should the low/high deadkey supposed to be? I bought a Dosey meter (TR-1000 mobile w/lit face) and I know that they are not dead-on accurate, but it should be in the ballpark. Mine shows 2 watts on low (normal, I think), but on high, it...

Don't these devices just fool your radio into thinking that you have a better swr match than you really do?

That sounds good. I have the original box and all to send it in. Does the price of the Mosfet mod include making sure that the radio is set up correctly? I know shipping from you to me is a little over 12 dollars, please contact me with the total I will need (IM or e-mail). Thanks Justin.

Okay, I just bought my buddy's SR440 (he unexpectedly needed the money). Sounds great, looks great (especially at night), hears. . . .good? I was ready for an out of this world receiver, but it seems like it doesn't hear as well as my Magnum S-6. Is it just me, not being used to the radio not...

A friend of mine just bought one and loves it. He now has quite a problem: which radio to run, the new Stryker or his almost new Magnum S-6. I also have the S-6 and am looking forward to getting my hands on a Stryker. I can say this: His Stryker sounded fantastic.

Thank you, sir for an informative, well thought-out reply.

Okay, I took the truckstop coax back and got my money back. I checked my swr reading on the dual antenna setup (factory coax), and it had jumped from 2.1:1 to over 3. I disconnected the driver side antenna from the factory coax and ran the single 18' RG8X to it. When I took an swr reading, it...

Could the new radio be compared side by side with othe radios in its price and/or feature range? I would definitely be interested in seeing such a comparison. I already have a Magnum S-6, used to run a Galaxy 66, and have been thinking this would make a nice new toy. Just have to put up my...

Was it Cadillac Man? I hear him, Papa Smurf and Diamond Jim advertising that trip into Mexico all the time. I'm in Ohio and hear C.M. up here. It's funny, a couple of years ago, I drove from Cincinnati to New Mexico (by way of Louisville Ky--had to pick up something there) and picked up Cadillac...

I'm pulling 53' van trailers. The Wilson 5' I had on the back was tall enough to "hear" over top of the trailers and did a great job. I'm still trying to figure out the "plan of attack" for this type of tractor. Unfortunately, it will probably have to wait for spring and warmer weather. Also...

Okay, sorry I didn't explain correctly. The CB guy said that I had a 2.1:1 across about 4 and a half bands of channels. Without hardly rising at all. I just tried connecting a single antenna with a new 18' RG8X on each mirror arm (one at a time) and I got a 1.3:1 on channel 1 and a 1.4:1 on...