Former Stryker Owner

You can't go wrong with either radio, both have basically the identical features except obviously the 980 has ssb, which is fun to play with when skip is rolling. The only real difference is whether you prefer push button adjustments on the 980 or the traditional knobs on the 29. Performance wise both radios stock are approximately 3 to 4 watts carrier and 12 watts pep and modulation level is good. The receive seems to be a little bit more sensitive on the 980, but that also means a little bit more static/white noise, so I usually set RF gain on level 3 ( 5 being max) and if you are near city lights you can press RF gain button and it will switch to local and filter out some of the static. As with most 29's the receive is really good. The 980 comes stock with a noise canceling mic that is a 6 pin and if you wish to use a standard 4 pin mic there is an included 4 pin to 6 pin adapter. The few differences between the 980 and 880 ( besides ssb) is the 880 comes stock with mosfet final so pep wattage is a little bit higher and the RF gain control is a knob instead if a button.

 

hope you find out who took it and stomp their guts out

 

Probably same Ahole that stole my Predator 10K.

 

Where did it get stolen from? House, truck stop, yard???

 

My antenna or his 955? My antenna was stolen at TA in San Antonio, Tx, with the low mounting position on the Cascadia you can reach it from ground level, ( you know that Mike) just walk up, unscrew, and walk away, dont have to climb up on step.

 

I meant his radio. But yeah, you are right, way too easy to steal the antenna off of a Cascadia!!