Stryker SR-497HPC

Is this thing worth putting the money into or are they junk?
Way too much white noise
Volume/Squelch on same dial, and they spin together very frustrating
Now when I turn radio on in the mourning, I can't hear guys talk until I wiggle the channel selector. Like it is falling off frequency. I get noise if I back the squelch back, but it must be on the wrong channel.

Any pointers? Should I just trade this in and look for something new.

This radio has been a disappointment after my 20 years of running my old Mirage 9900.
Maybe I should find a good surgeon to go through my Mirage and get it back to work.

 

Thanks for the advice. I will see if I can find a radio shop that I can trust to open this thing up.
I have not used this radio very much at all. It has spent most if its time back in the box for the last 5 or 6 years. I just use it for my spare while the Mirage is down.