Stryker 447HP Good or Bad

[ctvanover]

Anybody know if the Stryker 447HP is any good or not? I have found one on eBay for $399 or best offer and the auction says that there are only suppose to be 100 in the US. Is this a good deal or a bad one?

New stryker 447 free galaxy or connex cb mic 440 490 - eBay (item 220649343304 end time Sep-04-10 12:37:17 PDT)

Any and All help will greatly appreciated! Thanks

Chris

 

[Robb]

Might be the only ones in the US of A.

Does it support any better features than these radios - selling at/nearly half of the price?:
GI JOES CB RADIO - STRYKER RADIO - 10 METER RADIO
???

 

[Chop]

"100 in the entire country", he's full of poo.

 

[NorthStar]

Changes light colors 7 different ones I believe same as 440HP other than that. I have one of the first ones in the country sittin on my desk. makes a nice night light in the radio room !!

 

[Carl]

http://www.gijoesradioelectronics.com/Images/strykerSR447HPC.jpg

$259, man he is really trying to bend someone over.

 

[NorthStar]

No thats a fair price for the radio. It's a nice radio.

 

[Carl]

my comment was in regard to the auction listing in the first post you must not have clicked on. he wants $399 on ebay when the regular retail is just over $250. 250 isn't a good price for that radio any way you look at it. its a am/fm mid powered radio. might as well spend $120 and buy a superstar 121 as it goes the same places for much less. i have a very low opinion on the strykers myself, all in all they are not a very good radio.

 

[NorthStar]

Carl,

What are you basing this opinion on??

 

[9C1Driver]

You would have to be a complete idiot to pay 399 for a radio thats not even tuned and converted. This is right off the front page of Sparkys cb Shack.


Stryker SR-447 HPC 10 Meter Transceivers are In Stock....$249.95.

**NEW***

The Stryker SR-497-HPC 10 Meter Radio has Arrived! The Big Brother to the 447 with 125 Watts Plus PEP Power PLUS 7 Color Changing Face. Limited Quanties Available. Ready for Immediate Shipment. Call to Order....$349.95



*these prices are tuned,aligned, and converted. Ready to talk.

 

[DTB Radio]

Pricing aside, the 447 seems to be every bit as good as the 440. One thing you may need to watch out for over the long term is the 5-volt regulator used on the channel selector/display board. The original regulator was a 7805 IC, but the new one os some kind of miniaturized swithcing regulator circuit plugged in to the three holes where the 7805 used to be. I've already seen one of these switching regs go bad. Just replace it with a 7805 if it does go on you. Symptoms include no display, and no tx/rx operation.