If the right combination comes along from your recommendations I'd buy very soon but I haven't bought new in a long time so I need some help finding what I want.
To start with, I'm a truck driver. I drive a 2017 Kenworth so I only have room for something that is no bigger than a Cobra 29 w/ front mic. The cubby hole is just not big enough for anything else so a 148 or 959 is out of the question.
I'd love to have 100w but 50w would be ok too. Not big on echo or talk-back but I do want a solid SSB radio with good modulation on AM. I do like the bigger meters in the Galaxy radios but that's not a deal breaker. I was looking at the new President radios but not sure if this radio is as solid/good as it used to be or if you can still find them. I do CW and SSB as much as possible but when in the city I need to be able to chat on AM.
I drive a lot in large metro areas so I have to deal with blead-over from adjacent channels so a radio that can cut this out would be a bonus.
The audio on the Stykers is killer and the SSB on the 2510 was the best I've seen besides a real Ham Rig. But the styker wont fit in the hole and I no longer have a 2510 or a 2950. The last 2950 I had had a big heat sink on the bottom (N2 model) and that wont even come close to fitting in the hole. So no heat sink on the bottom of the radio but a small fin on the back should be ok as I managed to get the 706 in there. Barely! LOL.
I put my Icom706 in the truck and was happy but now I'm sharing my truck with a guy that knows nothing about radio and wont leave it alone. I got in this morning and found the rit on, mode on CW and freq on 80 meters and I know he was keying it up saying this radio dont work. Last thing I need is for him the blow the finals out of a great radio because I only have Wilson 2000 antennas on the truck and he wont leave things alone.
So, what do you recommend for me a new radio? Help a brother out to find the right one.
To start with, I'm a truck driver. I drive a 2017 Kenworth so I only have room for something that is no bigger than a Cobra 29 w/ front mic. The cubby hole is just not big enough for anything else so a 148 or 959 is out of the question.
I'd love to have 100w but 50w would be ok too. Not big on echo or talk-back but I do want a solid SSB radio with good modulation on AM. I do like the bigger meters in the Galaxy radios but that's not a deal breaker. I was looking at the new President radios but not sure if this radio is as solid/good as it used to be or if you can still find them. I do CW and SSB as much as possible but when in the city I need to be able to chat on AM.
I drive a lot in large metro areas so I have to deal with blead-over from adjacent channels so a radio that can cut this out would be a bonus.
The audio on the Stykers is killer and the SSB on the 2510 was the best I've seen besides a real Ham Rig. But the styker wont fit in the hole and I no longer have a 2510 or a 2950. The last 2950 I had had a big heat sink on the bottom (N2 model) and that wont even come close to fitting in the hole. So no heat sink on the bottom of the radio but a small fin on the back should be ok as I managed to get the 706 in there. Barely! LOL.
I put my Icom706 in the truck and was happy but now I'm sharing my truck with a guy that knows nothing about radio and wont leave it alone. I got in this morning and found the rit on, mode on CW and freq on 80 meters and I know he was keying it up saying this radio dont work. Last thing I need is for him the blow the finals out of a great radio because I only have Wilson 2000 antennas on the truck and he wont leave things alone.
So, what do you recommend for me a new radio? Help a brother out to find the right one.
