My new 955

**222DBFL** · 11-01-2013, 05:21 AM

Fogdog you have made it hard for me to choose my next radio lol , it's between the stryker 955HP or the RCI2970 from Doug's custom cb shop. I know either radio will work well , just can't make my mind up on which one to get lol . Glad you are having a grand time with your new radio, it is nice to be get good audio reports and make contacts as well. Anyway good thread and keep us posted as to how this radio stands up to being in the mobile. God bless and 73's.

**Fogdog** · 01-02-2014, 11:25 AM

Yesterday I was out in the pickup shooting the skip, and the stock Mic on my Stryker has a very short cord, and it always comes out of my hand or falls off my lap. I had enough of this, so I went in my shop and got out my RF limited 2018 Turbo Extreme and hooked it up. Now we all know that Stryker is known for its loud audio, and usually you don't want to hook up a power Mic to these radios. They will squeal real bad if you don't set them up right.

I set all the knobs to the 0 setting, and turned my Mic gain down to a little over half. I heard this guy in Minnesota #145, so I gave him a call. Before he could answer me , someone came back and said that I absolutely crushed everybody out there. I didn't think that Mic would work that good. I had to laugh. I dropped the hammer on them big time.

I continued to use the Mic for another hour, and everybody was saying the same thing. That I was blowing smoke. I had a bunch of people coming back to me until I finally had to shut it down. I think I'm on to something here.

This mic worked real good with my cobra 29 and a 2 pill heater, but it seems to really work with the 955 if you just tone it down a bit. The other thing is that the Mic cord is twice as long as the stock one and doesn't have so much spring back to it.

Just thought I'd give you all an update on what's going on out here.

**the caveman** · 01-02-2014, 12:53 PM

Awesome FogDog! I'm thinking about getting a duel microphone box for my astatic and a echo/power mic. Bulldog-777 gave me a good idea for that with his review on it. He also had a nice cozy install to. So now the green is trying to escape from my wallet

**Fogdog** · 01-02-2014, 06:42 PM

Ha Ha Ha! I know the feeling.

**the caveman** · 01-02-2014, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Fogdog

Ha Ha Ha! I know the feeling.

If my old galaxy gets sold I'm buying one of those duel mic boxes and then probably the DM1000

**Silverado 996** · 01-02-2014, 08:37 PM

Right on Fogdog. Thing happen for a reason. Short mic cords tick me off too. They generally fall into my lap then tumble under my seat or under my feet while driving. Keep on dropping the hammer Fogdog!

**Fogdog** · 01-03-2014, 10:25 AM

That's exactly what was happening.

**Silverado 996** · 01-03-2014, 12:27 PM

Tallman just handed me a 4 pill amp, and yes it's installed... 300 watt dead key.

need to do a little adjusting on the SSB side of the radio to get it on frequancy, shes a little off. My 949 is in good hands. I'll be trying to break thru that barrier in you neck of the state. Lol!