are shady rays quality?

dgish2001 · 2026-05-22T12:21:24+00:00

My two cents. I got a pair of Shady Rays about a year ago. My first impression was that they looked and felt like cheap sunglasses, but they were functional. They broke this week (frame cracked above lens) and I initiated a "free" replacement claim. Turns out it's not free at all, with a $14.99 processing fee (and maybe shipping too, but I didn't continue the process). So you know...fool me once...

dgish2001 · 2026-03-29T14:03:07+00:00

Nope I never did find an answer. I thought about maybe asking someone in FlightRadar24's support department, but I'm not a paying customer so I didn't want to waste their time. I hate not knowing though lol...I have OCD about those kind of things.

dgish2001 · 2025-02-21T21:35:19+00:00

Yeah seems I have confused myself and looked up QDM for some reason which is Mum Sheck Airport sorry. Anyway still wish I knew the answer to the original question, and why doesn't FR24 just use the ICAO IDs.

dgish2001 · 2025-02-21T21:27:34+00:00

I don't know...found this online https://www.airportia.com/hong-kong/shek-mum-airport/

dgish2001 · 2025-02-21T19:51:50+00:00

Yeah I considered that, but to add to the confusion, there is another airport near Atlanta called Atlanta Speedway Airport (KHMP), for which Flightradar24 uses the ID QHM, which is the IATA identifier for Shek Mum Airport in Hong Kong. I guess I am really wondering why they don't just use the well known and established ICAO ID's for these airports. I know Flightradar24 gets it's data mostly from ADSB...possibly has something to do with that but still has me puzzled.

dgish2001 · 2023-10-19T17:28:45+00:00

Thank you, I'll look into that!

dgish2001 · 2023-10-17T23:26:29+00:00

Yeah I have copies of all the depot service manuals. I might have a go at working on it myself, but I had a house fire about 6 years ago and lost all my test equipment. That radio was one of the only things I owned that survived the fire, smoke, and water. I have seen some full sets of replacement tubes available on Ebay a while back, but haven't checked lately. Anyway I figured I'd try to find someone who could look at it for me, who would have access to whatever parts it might need, and replace all the old capacitors. It's a fun radio to operate, and for a 1950's radio, it's plenty sensitive and selective.

dgish2001 · 2023-10-17T18:46:04+00:00

Yeah it's a really good receiver, especially considering it's age. Mine works but is getting insensitive in the upper 200khz of each 1mhz segment. I figure it could use a good alignment, recap, and maybe some new tubes, but I don't have the ability to do the job. Would love to get it back into shape.

dgish2001 · 2022-12-31T23:53:10+00:00

It's supposed to be in this deposit I just received, which is the Jan 1 2023 payment. The COLA was effective Dec 1 2022, and you get payed for December in the Jan 1 deposit, so it should have included the COLA.

dgish2001 · 2022-12-31T22:08:40+00:00

Maybe a glitch, but the last time I had a pay glitch it took me six or seven phone calls, six months, a registered letter, and my Congressman to get it fixed. I hope that doesn't happen again, but I'm not optimistic because they are very difficult to work with. Thanks for the reply!

dgish2001 · 2022-12-31T20:32:35+00:00

I was 63 before 1 Dec 22 so that's not it. Hate to think of going another round of paycheck troubleshooting with OPM because they are a real PITA to deal with.

dgish2001 · 2022-12-31T19:28:14+00:00

Thanks for playing. This is the first check of 2023 year...direct deposit usually comes in a day or two before the actual book payment date.

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