Deciding between two radios

[Turboomni]

[QUOTE=1911 guy;15486]Sounds like I need to look seriously at the 980 then, since i do plan on getting into side band.
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The only thing I worry about getting the 980 is I have read quite a few customer reviews complaining about the same 2 things over and over when there is a complaint. Many rave reviews too but,,

1 LED display parts of it stop working and for some stops completely and goes black.
2 LED display when working properly is hard to see in some daylight conditions in a car.
This doesn't bother me as it will be inside at a base station.

There were a few complaints about warranty time limit etc. I guess the best thing is burn it in for a good long time when you get it to make sure. Don't know if the LED problem was mostly in cars, trucks or Jeeps [rough rides etc] or base stations.

[whiteastro]

[QUOTE=Turboomni;15499]

Sounds like I need to look seriously at the 980 then, since i do plan on getting into side band.
/QUOTE]


The only thing I worry about getting the 980 is I have read quite a few customer reviews complaining about the same 2 things over and over when there is a complaint. Many rave reviews too but,,

1 LED display parts of it stop working and for some stops completely and goes black.
2 LED display when working properly is hard to see in some daylight conditions in a car.
This doesn't bother me as it will be inside at a base station.

There were a few complaints about warranty time limit etc. I guess the best thing is burn it in for a good long time when you get it to make sure. Don't know if the LED problem was mostly in cars, trucks or Jeeps [rough rides etc] or base stations.

The plastic they use on the 980 display screen scratches easy or at least the early ones did, don't know if they fixed it. I see it in my 1st version. I never heard of the display going out but you might have read more reviews than.me. I have used thin aluminum flashing material to make a sun screen to block the sun from blocking my view of the display. That can happen with any radio. Flashing material bends easy and is flexible.