I ordered a sirio 5000 from h&y and it was shipped loose and rolling around in a taped up, smashed up long box. No padding inside the box.. Just the antenna. It was bent every which way, had some paint missing off the base from it rolling in the box.. When I received the box, it was actually flat from being crushed. pretty crappy. I sent them and email and got no response. Never shopping H&y and their ghetto operation again. Also, this was after I heard they were using long tubes to ship.
Oh-- Grant 2; great radio, have it in the mobile and no complaints at all. Solid reports all the time and am actually quite happy with the ssb receive. I put it side by side a 980 and couldn't believe I had been listening to the 980 for so long. Also during that test, it was hearing stations that the 980 had no grip on. The electrical pops -- this is what everyone's talking about. Realistically I think that the ssb receive is just super sensitive to interference. Do I hear the pops? Yea, sometimes but it's always just when I'm around power lines/at an intersection and such.. It's not all the time. All in all, great unit.
Oh-- Grant 2; great radio, have it in the mobile and no complaints at all. Solid reports all the time and am actually quite happy with the ssb receive. I put it side by side a 980 and couldn't believe I had been listening to the 980 for so long. Also during that test, it was hearing stations that the 980 had no grip on. The electrical pops -- this is what everyone's talking about. Realistically I think that the ssb receive is just super sensitive to interference. Do I hear the pops? Yea, sometimes but it's always just when I'm around power lines/at an intersection and such.. It's not all the time. All in all, great unit.
