"Tom Nery" wrote:
Anyway, it now longer points to the NDB (actually the needle never
moves) but can successfully tune am radio stations. So my choices
a 1 Fix it, 2 Replace it, 3 Remove it.

My plane is currently certified for instrument operation (and I plan
on starting my IFR training shortly). ...

Given the fact that ADF is (someday) being phased up (maybe), what
is the collective wisdom of the group? Which of the three choices
should I pursue?

Remove it and get a certified-for-approaches GPS installed. It would be
silly to train for the rating without a GPS in today's world. Many small
airports now have *only* GPS approaches. If you do much IFR traveling, you
will find the GPS useful. I have found mine essential on two recent
occasions; without it I simply wouldn't have been able to get where I needed
to go when I wanted to go there.

The ADF still may be necessary in some instances, but they are dwindling. I
have an ADF in my airplane that I will keep using as long as it still works,
but I when it breaks, it's gone.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM