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I did test it on 10 meters prior to any modifications and it was doing a solid 75 watts output.

After modding it for expanded frequency operation but doing nothing else I tested output on 10 and 11 meters and on two different meters I found the radio to be putting out more wattage on 10 than 11.

After making adjustments the radio is showing 85 watts peak on USB 10 meters and 75 watts peak on 11 meters. When talking on 11 meters SSB I'm seeing around 50-70 watts during normal talking with the peaks hitting around 70-75. AM is lower with the peaks during talking hitting around 65. I'm running through a low pass filter and then into the active peak reading meter. I don't have spectrum scope but prior to the tune I did check numbers with and without the low pass filter in line and they remained fairly consistent. After turning up the AM mod and AM/SSB adjustments they remained consistent on SSB but on AM without the low pass filter in line I am seeing higher peak by 15 watts (around 80 peak).

Stryker told me around 80-85 watts with a tune is what people will most likely be seeing for wattage, they didn't specify if that was AM or SSB. If you start hearing 100 watt claims I might be a little skeptical. I did try pushing it on AM and when I did crank everything up I ended up with higher numbers but some distortion so I backed it down and found a nice setting with peak around 65 on AM with clearer audio.

The radio has a TSQ switch on the front which is supposed to be used to enable the optional CTCSS module, but I'm not sure how the CW Key/PA jack thing is supposed to work or what their plan was. I'll be sure to ask Stryker about that.

<blockquote data-quote="cbradiomagazine.com" data-source="post: 372264" data-attributes="member: 2524">I did test it on 10 meters prior to any modifications and it was doing a solid 75 watts output.After modding it for expanded frequency operation but doing nothing else I tested output on 10 and 11 meters and on two different meters I found the radio to be putting out more wattage on 10 than 11.After making adjustments the radio is showing 85 watts peak on USB 10 meters and 75 watts peak on 11 meters. When talking on 11 meters SSB I&#039;m seeing around 50-70 watts during normal talking with the peaks hitting around 70-75. AM is lower with the peaks during talking hitting around 65.&nbsp; I&#039;m running through a low pass filter and then into the active peak reading meter. I don&#039;t have spectrum scope but prior to the tune I did check numbers with and without the low pass filter in line and they remained fairly consistent. After turning up the AM mod and AM/SSB adjustments they remained consistent on SSB but on AM without the low pass filter in line I am seeing higher peak by 15 watts (around 80 peak). Stryker told me around 80-85 watts with a tune is what people will most likely be seeing for wattage, they didn&#039;t specify if that was AM or SSB. If you start hearing 100 watt claims I might be a little skeptical. I did try pushing it on AM and when I did crank everything up I ended up with higher numbers but some distortion so I backed it down and found a nice setting with peak around 65 on AM with clearer audio. The radio has a TSQ switch on the front which is supposed to be used to enable the optional CTCSS module, but I&#039;m not sure how the CW Key/PA jack thing is supposed to work or what their plan was. I&#039;ll be sure to ask Stryker about that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cbradiomagazine.com, post: 372264, member: 2524"] I did test it on 10 meters prior to any modifications and it was doing a solid 75 watts output. After modding it for expanded frequency operation but doing nothing else I tested output on 10 and 11 meters and on two different meters I found the radio to be putting out more wattage on 10 than 11. After making adjustments the radio is showing 85 watts peak on USB 10 meters and 75 watts peak on 11 meters. When talking on 11 meters SSB I'm seeing around 50-70 watts during normal talking with the peaks hitting around 70-75. AM is lower with the peaks during talking hitting around 65. I'm running through a low pass filter and then into the active peak reading meter. I don't have spectrum scope but prior to the tune I did check numbers with and without the low pass filter in line and they remained fairly consistent. After turning up the AM mod and AM/SSB adjustments they remained consistent on SSB but on AM without the low pass filter in line I am seeing higher peak by 15 watts (around 80 peak). Stryker told me around 80-85 watts with a tune is what people will most likely be seeing for wattage, they didn't specify if that was AM or SSB. If you start hearing 100 watt claims I might be a little skeptical. I did try pushing it on AM and when I did crank everything up I ended up with higher numbers but some distortion so I backed it down and found a nice setting with peak around 65 on AM with clearer audio. The radio has a TSQ switch on the front which is supposed to be used to enable the optional CTCSS module, but I'm not sure how the CW Key/PA jack thing is supposed to work or what their plan was. I'll be sure to ask Stryker about that. [/QUOTE]

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