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February 12th, 2003, 20:40
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Birmingham AL
Posts: 1
|  Transciever I'm a CFI in Birmingham, and am looking for a decent backup nav/comm to have in my flight bag. I had a minor event tonight that really illustrated the need for one. Do any of you have any suggestions? I'm just looking for a no-frills, reliable and easy to use one that has both radio comms and a localizer/CDI function. Thanks, Scott Blair |
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February 12th, 2003, 21:18
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal
Posts: 5,639
| Re: Transciever I would go with an Icomm, and make sure that the buttons are big enough so keying in frequencies is easy even if it is getting bumpy! |
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February 12th, 2003, 21:38
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 620
| Re: Transciever Scott, Sporty's has one for $275 that seems pretty nice. It says "for a limited time only", but its been advertised like that more months and months... |
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February 12th, 2003, 23:15
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: SoCal
Posts: 296
| Re: Transciever Hey, I have the Icom A-22 nav/comm and have had to use the comm. function twice. I've been happy with it. As I recall it's kind of expensive (I bought it while I was still working full-time). Surf |
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February 13th, 2003, 01:10
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Coloradan in Orange County, CA
Posts: 3,233
| Re: Transciever I got the Icom A-5. its just a com but it is awesome. long batt life, and very rugged i think. check out www.marvgolden.com i researched these things a while back pretty good and they had the best prices on all the net. Tim |
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February 13th, 2003, 07:04
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| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 87
| Re: Transciever I have the Sporty's model and have been very pleased with it. Had it for a year so far and just now changed the batteries for the first time (8 AA). I've had to use it once so far "for real" when the radio in the 152 I was flying went south. |
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February 13th, 2003, 07:19
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: BHB - Maine
Posts: 2,717
| Re: Transciever I have an Icom A-23. Its a great little unit. |
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February 13th, 2003, 14:05
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| Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: chicago
Posts: 4,123
| Re: Transciever A-22; bigger but cheaper than the A-23; the quality is outstanding; if you're really serious about get the headset adapter and the aircraft antenna connection. |
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