Out of all my modern rigs the Radioddity QT40 has the best receive in my opinion.
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Which newer radios have the best receive?
- Thread starter Lkaskel
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My Quad 6 Pro has great receive. Especially since I played around with the noise reduction. I finally made up a 1/8" to1/4' adapter so I can use my headphones on the Q6. Hear a lot more stations than with the stock or an external speaker. Clearer too. Now to tackle the audio.
- J.J. 399
- J.J. 399
I am not biased against Stryker. I am stating a fact. Stryker sells radios that are designed and built by Qixiang, with their name on them.
The best recieve in CB is actual 1980-1990 CB radio's based on Uniden and Cybernets radio's. All of the best exports are cheap copies of these radio's in their export form.
So Cobra 138XLR, Cobra 148GTL, Uniden Grant XL, XLT, and all of those that proceded them electronicly are what you are looking for if you main goal is CB+/- a narrow range.
If you want more than that you want true export versions of those radio's.
Galaxy and RCI are cheap clones of those radio's with each generation getting cheaper and cheaper but they do have some advancment in design when looking at just bandwidth and audio bandwidth so long as clean singal and without spurious emission is not a concern.
I had a a Taiwan made RCI2950 that I bought through HRO in 1991 that was fantastic. Sadly each time they changed production location Mysalisa, China and it's popular grew it got worse ad worse. Sadly today they have managed to milk the design and make it so cheap that it is not a POS. Imagine if you will that someone managed to figure out a way to make a fullsize V8 truck for $1000 the design does not matter at that point because the parts and execution are so bad that no good can come from it. That is the state of Galaxy and RCI. The same is true though for all the major brands today only an ignorant fool would pay what people want for any of them including Stryker!
The best part of every design you can purchase today is related to Cybernet and Uniden of the past their circuits copied and rendedered in smt. IN terms of CB and Expert radio.
If you where my son I would not ask you pay a fortune for old tech that needs work to be put back in order. I would tell you purchase a Radiodity or Anytone radio. Purchase as much base antenna as you can manage. 18'+ of wood and some cement and a 5/8 ground plane can do wonders. Add a few dipoles and a 250w rms amp driven to not more than 100 watts and you can talk to the world.
If you have a good technician nearby and can afford to recap a radio and replace any other parts that need to be replaced go for vintage. That said I would not go much older than Uniden of Cobra 1980's or 1990's.
Great antenna and coax are always a fantastic investment.
So Cobra 138XLR, Cobra 148GTL, Uniden Grant XL, XLT, and all of those that proceded them electronicly are what you are looking for if you main goal is CB+/- a narrow range.
If you want more than that you want true export versions of those radio's.
Galaxy and RCI are cheap clones of those radio's with each generation getting cheaper and cheaper but they do have some advancment in design when looking at just bandwidth and audio bandwidth so long as clean singal and without spurious emission is not a concern.
I had a a Taiwan made RCI2950 that I bought through HRO in 1991 that was fantastic. Sadly each time they changed production location Mysalisa, China and it's popular grew it got worse ad worse. Sadly today they have managed to milk the design and make it so cheap that it is not a POS. Imagine if you will that someone managed to figure out a way to make a fullsize V8 truck for $1000 the design does not matter at that point because the parts and execution are so bad that no good can come from it. That is the state of Galaxy and RCI. The same is true though for all the major brands today only an ignorant fool would pay what people want for any of them including Stryker!
The best part of every design you can purchase today is related to Cybernet and Uniden of the past their circuits copied and rendedered in smt. IN terms of CB and Expert radio.
If you where my son I would not ask you pay a fortune for old tech that needs work to be put back in order. I would tell you purchase a Radiodity or Anytone radio. Purchase as much base antenna as you can manage. 18'+ of wood and some cement and a 5/8 ground plane can do wonders. Add a few dipoles and a 250w rms amp driven to not more than 100 watts and you can talk to the world.
If you have a good technician nearby and can afford to recap a radio and replace any other parts that need to be replaced go for vintage. That said I would not go much older than Uniden of Cobra 1980's or 1990's.
Great antenna and coax are always a fantastic investment.
I must say, that this post is so correct, it is gospel. The Stryker radios, are Anytone, with some trucker bling. Hardly worth the stupid money that people seem to pay for them.
I also bought a RCI-2950 in 1991 or so, and that radio worked really well, in respect to functionality, but I hated the RX, it was just too noisy.
I have a resurrected Uniden Washington, that I spent too much time on bringing back from the dead. The RX of that radio is crazy good, so much so, that I had it in service for almost a month, because I really didn't want to stop using it. I like to change radios often, because I have a lot to choose from and I get bored.
So like you say and I said, as long as it wasn't made by Ranger, it is probably good.
73,
SL
Ok Men,
Lets keep the responses specifically to the question in hand regarding the best receive. There are some interesting points about the "export" radios and the fact that most do not seem to have great receivers especially in comparison to radios built 40-50 years ago. It's also an interesting fact about operators that focus mostly on output power and never question or mention thier receive. I am interested in some of the newer radios that have DSP. I've not had a chance to use one at this point but a local operator has one and told me that he may never use another radio without it. He is a very good operator so thats saying a lot.
Lets keep the responses specifically to the question in hand regarding the best receive. There are some interesting points about the "export" radios and the fact that most do not seem to have great receivers especially in comparison to radios built 40-50 years ago. It's also an interesting fact about operators that focus mostly on output power and never question or mention thier receive. I am interested in some of the newer radios that have DSP. I've not had a chance to use one at this point but a local operator has one and told me that he may never use another radio without it. He is a very good operator so thats saying a lot.
Tell you what I can add here. Some users here know, Pez in AU and myself in the US, were involved with the beta testing of the latest QX 10m radio platform, the AT-6666 Pro. I have also tested the 5555NII long and short chassis as well.
As far as new radios go, nothing current touches the newest QX radios in respect to RX. A lot of testing and time went into the development of this platform, prior to its release. This is the reason why it excels against the others out there. Real experienced people, that are both users and technical in nature, had input to the development of this platform. Some of the feature set in this platform, was implemented as a direct result of the input to QX, from both Pez and myself.
The RX and feature set was the primary focus, as QX seemed to have the TX down from previous iterations. The most significant improvements to RX, are SSB AGC time constant selection, S Meter calibration, DSP NR etc. QX also introduced at this time, TX BW selection, DC-DC boost converter, to increase the final amplifier drain voltage, to achieve over 100 Watts PEP, from a pair of IRF520's. Pretty ingenious I must say.
Much to my chagrin, there is my flex.
73,
SL
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I don't know what it is about this model radio. I found the same thing going on with the QT-40. It is just dreamy to listen to.....some kind of mojo going on in that one. I found it to be similar in the QT-60 (not pro, aka AT-5555NII long), with the beta firmware that has not been released yet. QX denies that they changed anything related to RX, but it sounds more like the QT-40 to me after the FW update.
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Can you elaborate on the AT models if you have any experience with them? Like, the 5555 Plus vs the 5555N2? Or the Q6 vs the Q6 Pro? What really changed? On the Q5 Plus I like the extra digit that shows the 10th Hz on the frequency display vs the 6 digit display on the N2. That's just a feature though. I am curious if they changed the TX or RX circuity or left them the same. Like many radios manufactures tend to only change the feature set or look and not so much under the hood. Is that the case with the AT's?
Thanks!!
I don't want to sound condescending, but there are many threads on WWDX , that specifically address your post. Just search on the radio models, all the info you seek is there.
73,
SL
i must say many newer radios are better.
i had a version 1 stryker 955 ,was ok. i got a new version 2 955 and it has great recieve. i call the version 2 a balanced radio. it hears about as far as it talks.
if wre to buy another new big radio id save my pennys for another latest version stryker. but thats my opinion. im sure the others are pretty darn good also. ive got a q 6666 i have dislikes for but it works fine hears very well also.
i had a version 1 stryker 955 ,was ok. i got a new version 2 955 and it has great recieve. i call the version 2 a balanced radio. it hears about as far as it talks.
if wre to buy another new big radio id save my pennys for another latest version stryker. but thats my opinion. im sure the others are pretty darn good also. ive got a q 6666 i have dislikes for but it works fine hears very well also.