.
INTR
ODUCTION
Congr
atulations on y
our pu
rc
hase
of a Stryk
er SR
-440
HP 10 meter
mobile amateur
tr
ansc
eiv
er
. Y
our Stryk
er S
R-440HP i
s d
esigned to pr
ovide y
ears
of enjoyment
and
tr
ouble-f
ree
service.
Ther
e
ar
e man
y f
eat
ur
es and f
unc
tions de
signe
d into this
tr
an
sc
ei
ve
r.
To
e
ns
ure
t
ha
t
yo
ur
inves
tme
nt
is
e
nj
oy
ed
to it
s f
ullest
exten
t, ple
ase tak
e
a
fe
w moments and thor
oug
hly r
ead this
manual
.
LIMITED WARRAN
TY
Stryk
er Am
at
eur
Radio
w
ar
rants this pr
oduct to
be f
re
e of d
ef
ects f
or a
period
of
one
(1)
ye
ar f
rom th
e original date
of pur
chase.
This
warr
ant
y is non-tr
an
sf
er
able.
This li
mited
w
arr
ant
y is
su
bject to r
epair
or r
eplacem
en
t of
def
ecti
ve compon
ent
s only
. Thi
s
w
arr
ant
y
is v
oid if the r
adio has been tamper
ed with or misused. If y
our Str
yk
er
Radios n
eeds
re
pair an
y ti
me during the (1) y
ear w
arr
ant
y period please vi
sit our website:
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w
w
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tr
yke
rRa
di
os.
co
m
to obtain an
RA number or
call 910-221-1086 between the
hours
of 10 a.m. – 5 p
.m.
eastern
stand
ar
d time.
IMPOR
TANT
: RET
A
IN Y
O
U
R
SALES RECEIPT
Yo
u will need
to include
a c
opy of
y
our
ori
ginal sal
es r
eceipt al
on
g
with y
our r
adi
o when
sending it in f
or w
arr
ant
y r
epair
.
INST
ALLA
TION
1.
Contents
Unpack
and inspect y
our S
tryk
er SR
-440
HP f
or missin
g or damaged
componen
ts.
Quantit
y
D
es
cr
ip
tio
n
1
Stryk
er
SR
-44
0HP
Tr
an
scei
ve
r
1
Micr
ophon
e
1
DC P
ower Cor
d with I
nline Fuse
1
M
ou
nt
in
g B
rac
ke
t w
ith
H
ar
dwa
re
1
Micr
ophon
e Hanger with Har
dwar
e S
et
INST
ALL
A
TION
CONTINUA
TI
ON
Electrical Co
nnec
tions
The S
tryke
r SR44
0-HP
is d
esig
ned to work
o
n any 13
.8volt DC, ne
gative grou
nd
electri
cal
sou
rce.
Th
e co
nd
ition of a vehi
cle’
s ele
ct
ric
al
sy
st
em can
have a profo
und
ef
fect on the perfo
rman
ce
of the radio.
A
lo
w battery
, worn gen
erator/alternato
r, or poo
r
volt
age re
gul
ator will seri
ou
sly imp
ai
r th
e perfo
rman
ce of the transceive
r.
Any of the
above conditi
ons
coul
d re
sult in a high level of receiv
er noi
se ge
ne
ration o
r a su
bst
antial
loss of the tra
nsmitter
’s RF
output. Make
sure th
at all of these com
pone
nt
s of yo
ur
vehicle’
s ele
ctrical sy
stem
are in go
od c
ondition p
rior
to inst
allin
g the transceive
r.
CAUTIO
N!
VO
LT
AGE
EX
CEEDING 1
5
VDC WIL
L DAMAGE TH
E RADIO
. MEASURE
VOLTAGE A
T
BATTERY
TERMINALS, WI
T
H
VEHICLE RU
NNING, PRIOR
TO
INSTA
LLATI
ON!
Bef
or
e makin
g an
y elec
tric
al connec
tion
s mak
e sur
e
the v
olume (VOL) contr
ol i
s in the
“OFF” position. Connect the positiv
e (+) r
ed
wir
e of the DC power
cor
d to a p
osi
tiv
e
13.8-
vo
lt sour
ce at th
e v
ehi
cle f
use block
. If connec
tin
g to the f
use block, it is
re
commende
d that a switc
hed power sour
ce be used so th
at the power to the tr
ansceiv
er
is disconn
ected when the v
ehicle is of
f. This will eliminate the p
ossib
ilit
y of the tr
ansceiv
er
dr
aining the v
ehicle’
s bat
ter
y.
Connect th
e
negativ
e
(-) b
lack wir
e to
a metal part
of
the v
ehicle’
s
fr
ame, or ch
assi
s
gr
ound.
Ma
ke sure that t
h
is is a goo
d
ground co
nnection.
The Stry
ke
r S
R
440-HP power cor
d may also be c
onnec
ted dir
ectly to the bat
tery
.
Connecting dir
ectly to the battery has sev
er
al
bene
fi
ts, th
e f
irst
of
which is t
o m
aximiz
e
RF outpu
t. Secondly
, the b
attery is a
ve
ry
lar
ge capaci
tor and will help eliminate
certain
ty
pes of ambient and v
ehicle noise. If connecting dir
ectly to the
ve
hicle’
s battery
,
additional power cable m
ay be r
equir
ed. On r
uns of 8
feet
or
less use14-g
auge str
anded
wir
e. Use 12
-gauge wir
e on longer runs.
Antenna Co
nnections
The Stryk
er
SR440-HP has a jack in the r
ear f
or a standar
d PL
-25
9 antenna plu
g.
I
f yo
u
ar
e looking f
or the most r
ange f
or y
our tr
ansmi
ssi
on,
use a
ve
rtic
ally polariz
ed,
quarter
-wa
ve
length antenn
a. If an
tenna
height is a pr
oblem, y
ou m
ay use a
shor
ter
,
loaded-t
ype
whip antenn
a although y
ou
can ex
pe
ct s
ome lo
ss
of tr
ansmi
ssi
on r
ange. T
o
impr
ov
e perf
ormance,
yo
ur
antenn
a sh
ould be
match
ed to y
our r
adio. Y
our an
tenna can
be adjusted so that it matc
hes y
our r
adi
o.
T
o adju
st y
our antenna f
or best perf
ormance
yo
u must use
a SWR meter
, these c
an be pur
cha
sed
separ
ately f
or at little as $12
.95 f
rom
va
riou
s r
etail
ers. F
ailur
e to pr
operly ad
just y
our
anten
na(s) will dim
inish y
our op
er
ation
al
ra
nge and could r
esult in damage to y
our r
adio
.
Improper R
adio Adjust
ments
Service by un
qualif
ied tech
nicians c
ould
re
su
lt in dam
age to
yo
ur r
adio
. Nev
er
allow
any
one to disable y
our r
adio’
s modulation lim
iting cir
cuitry
. W
e’v
e d
esigned y
our r
adio
for
optimal pe
rformance and d
urability
. Di
sa
bling the
se d
evice
s co
uld
damag
e you
r r
ad
io
and poten
tially v
oid y
our f
actory w
arr
ant
y.
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er se
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ion plea
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