Stryker 955

[Cahtrina]

I’ve just bought a sr 955 and i have a question with the fine tune adjustment. When i turn the fine adjustment knob, the frequency counter isn’t showing it. If there are adjustments of .5k, 1.5k and 2.5k for the fine tune, shouldn’t it display on the counter when rotating the knob? The course knob works fine..... and when i was running the rci 69 ffb4 both the fine and course knobs showed the frequency moving when rotated so I assumed that the sr 955 would be the same. Any ideas or is this how it was made?

 

[NightThumper]

The coarse adjustment moves both transmit/receive and fine tune only moves receive. The frequency display doesn’t show the minor changes in receive. Technically speaking the display only shows transmit....the fine tune doesn’t move the transmit frequency.

 

[Cahtrina]

That makes sense however according to the manual this is written.
FinM- This features allows you to select when you want the fine clarifier control to be active. Options are: R which means the fine clarifier will only change the rx frequency, T means the fine clarifier only changes the TX frequency and R&T means it will change both the RX and TX frequency.

 

[NightThumper]

Doesn’t RIT show up in the upper right of the display indicating receiver freq change?

 

[Cahtrina]

Yes it does.

 

[undertaker]

It is a great radio just kinda hard to figure out at first....

 

[Cahtrina]

Oh I’m in love with it. I constantly get great feedback on how it sounds. Its just this damn fine tuner, if you can use it for both rx and tx, you would think as when you’re adjusting the knob you would see how far off frequency you really are.

 

[NightThumper]

Most export 10/11 meters radios don’t have a frequency counter....it’s a frequency display. Hence the reason why the display doesn’t indicate what you’re doing with the fine tune.

 

[Cahtrina]

That’s pretty freakin stupid (not with what you said)
Why on earth would you make a radio where when using the coarse adjustment knob you get the actual frequency you just changed it to but not do the same with the fine turner...... ranger did, which i probably should of gotten..........

 

[NightThumper]

Yes Ranger did (Ranger RCI-69VHP). The Stryker has more bling and is probably louder on AM. It has echo, rodger beep, colors, programable, variable talk back etc....just a few of its appealing features. Not to mention it probably doesn’t drift on SSB. In addition the mic plug is on the front not the side.

 

[Cahtrina]

I have yet experience any drifting on sideband. I do love this radio and will i let this fine turner issue turn me away from this radio??.....absolutely not. As undertaker said as i get more familiar with the radio i will understand how the radio works. I appreciate the feedback night thumper.

 

[NightThumper]

You sir are welcome! Welcome to the forum...lots of good people here.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

If the display had one more digit, you would see it change when you use the fine adjustment.

 

[Cahtrina]

If the display had one more digit, you would see it change when you use the fine adjustment.

Its has 6 digits just like the ranger does. That last number which is a zero changes with the coarse but not the fine, which i thought it would of like the ranger does.

 

[Hurricane145]

Doesn’t RIT show up in the upper right of the display indicating receiver freq change?

Even the most state of the art ham rig only does it that way. When you turn on RIT and /or Delta Transmit the main display stays the same and an additional display pops up that show how far off the main display that you are tuning.
For myself it would be strange for it to work any other way. I am used to always having the main frequency as is displayed and also knowing just how far I have gone with the RIT/XIT from that frequency.

With a CB radio that happens to have a digital channel display that displays the frequency, it doesn't matter to me whether the "clarifier" tells me how far I tuned off the main channel or not.

The Stryker has both a "channel" mode (band mode) and a VFO mode. In band mode it would only show the channel frequency and the clarifier controls would not show any change with the main display as I understand it.
In VFO mode the coarse does but not the fine. I would guess that the fine is too fine to show any difference on the display as it is. As mentioned, it probably would if the display went out one more digit to 10 Hz tuning instead of stopping at 100 Hz increments.
The Stryker display shows for instance 27.1950 when it could go out to 27.195000 (most recent ham gear does) but there just isn't that much room for it and it wasn't designed that way. They even left out a decimal point to get it all in as it is!
In the end, it sounds like the Stryker coarse control is very coarse, and the fine tune control is very fine! You'll get used to it. It just takes some time.