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I guess it just goes to show you that everyone's ear is different when it comes to receiver preferences. I've had an FTDX10 and Elad FDM-Duo (in addition to many other high end receivers like Kenwood TS-890S, Anan 7000 DLE MKII, Flex 6500, FTDX101D, etc.) Loved the SSB receive on the FTDX10 (and...

All good points. I don't think anyone NEEDS ESSB RX/TX in the mobile. But I will say even 100hz-3khz (FT-891 on "wide", I know I know $650 Yaesu triple conversion receiver vs. $260 dual conversion "export") sound so much better than these Quixang radios to me. Even just listening to the...

Nope - didn't take it that way. Appreciate you sharing that video, I hadn't seen it.

I saw that. Maybe it's switching in some different AF filtering caps for less top end cutoff? I didn't think a $260 radio would be doing anything more elaborate like separate physical filters. Did you see Pez's AF analysis of RX audio before/after making the change above? I had planned to route...

Probably to prevent people from accidentally changing settings without realizing it. I cranked RXBPF to 255 and I like the sound better. To me the sound on this radio feels kind of thin and "far away" even with the volume up. Still could use some more low end but definitely an improvement...

Thanks for the testing & info, Pez! That's encouraging. I wonder why they choose not to add much lower end frequencies when you widen up the receive? I guess to make receive more intelligible. I would prefer a low end closer to 100hz but hey, at least this is something! Opening up the low end...

I don't have a V2 955. What are the settings and do you know if the same ones are available on the 5555N II?

No, I'm not certain what the settings are actually doing on the 955v2, just that initially it was advertised that you could bring TX/RX out to 4k. Could be that it's more of an EQ - which I personally would still like to have. I've been using Amateur HF transceivers & SDRs for years so I much...

Anyone figure out if you can increase the RX & TX bandwidth on the 5555N II's like you can on the Stryker 955v2? Engineering menu option maybe?

That many 9 ft whips would be impractical. But what about small base loaded antennas? Compromise antennas for sure, but finding one of these systems you could mod for 27mhz would be nice. Would certainly make locating the local CB terrorist easier :D

Kind of leaving us hanging on details... What kind of antenna? Let's see some pics.

Eldorado, I have one of the antennas in your top picture - bought it off e-bay a few years ago to stash away as a temporary/emergency antenna. Recently tried it out hung vertically about 25 ft. from a tree and it performed great on 11m & worked about 70 countries and made 300 contacts on 10m...

99n2 is same board

Anyone remember a CB radio operator that went by Chicken Stomper? I used to watch his YouTube videos. Guy was really funny. Liked to goof around on the radio but also made videos about his radio projects like antennas, amplifiers, home brew hifi transmitters, etc. I went to dig up one of his...

You might see a big rig with an antenna on the mirror and assume there's a Cobra or Connex tuned to channel 19 inside... Not this guy! Try a mobile mounted IC-7300 operating FT8 on 40 meters...

Yes, MMM's latest gates show him using an SDR Play with SDR Uno software. Great software. If you bought an SDR Play RSP1a: https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015965 (nice SDR receiver dongle) and used one of these: https://mfjenterprises.com/products/mfj-1708b-sdr you could split the...

Can't go wrong with an SDR Play with SDR Uno software or an AirSpy HF+ with SDR Console. The latter combo (my favorite of the two) will rival the receive on the most expensive HF transceivers & Flex radios IMO - all for under $200. I'm not sure if either software package is available for Android...

What a find and deal! I used to think 'one day' I'd walk up to a garage sale/estate sale and find radio stuff - but nope, never have.

Maybe we all just need to pay attention.