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Reference to convert Stryker Sr-655hp 10 Meter radio
You only need to hit that SMD resistor with a 15 watt pencil soldering iron for a millisecond for it to pop off the PC board for the conversion. Try not to use one of those big soldering guns that are like 100 watts.
I have a single Fire Stick antenna on the top of the driver's side western mirror on my bucket truck. I had to put the antenna there so the boom wouldn't hit the antenna when it nests for travel as it protrudes out over the cab. Not sure how far your bucket protrudes over your cab when its down.
If it wasn't for that clearance issue with the boom, I would have preferred to put a good mag mount or permanent mount antenna centered on the roof of the cab for better omni-directional performance. Resist the urge to put two antennas up like you see on the over the road trucks, unless you really only want forward and rearward directional performance. The 655 will have nice sounding AM transmit audio.
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