I don't know of a slide in replacement for a Genave.
I do believe in having a backup COMM for sure. The ICOM IC-A200
would work fine for that.
For VFR also, it would be nice to have some kind of backup NAV. The
Michels, KX-155, and SL-30 are good choices and this would take care of the
extra COMM needed. Everybody doesn't have problems with KX-155s.
Get a comm with 760 channels. Also, a King KX 125 is available. Cost less
and has an internal cdi.
If you use the ICOM, a single VOR-NAV could be installed to provide some
VOR course guidance such as a King KN-53 with remote head.(kinda expensive
though)
Or, use the ICOM with a VFR Loran. It would give more features than a VOR.
And they are not expensive. I remember reading about a COMM/LORAN
once. Some Lorans don't have recent card update services available anymore.
One would have to inquire.
I "was" going to try to upgrade my Cessna each year by adding some new
equipment in a piece-meal fashion to spread the costs out over a longer
period
of time.The radio shop said don't bring them one radio at a time for them to
install.
It would cost me a lot more than getting everything at once because they
wouldn't
have to take everything out of the panel each time to connect all the
features
and components for each radio added later. Sounded like good advice.
The GX-65, by the way, is not merely a VFR version of the GX-60. It is an
IFR
approved unit, too, but for enroute and terminal operations only. It's just
can't be
approved for IFR approaches.
Visit Eastern Avionics site at http://www.avionix.com/aindex.html and view
the
Upgrades and Value Stacks pages for some ideas about panel upgrades and
radios to use.
Tom

"JJS" jschneider@REMOVE SOCKSpldi.net wrote in message
...
I wasn't clear at all, sorry. I've kinda unintentionally hijacked
this thread. My first comments were directed to the support for
Garmin / UPS / Apollo gps / coms, and they were on topic. Then I
mentioned possibly replacing a fried radio with a used audio panel and
King KX-155 and asked for guidance. My Apollo / Garmin is a GX65
which is the vfr version of the GX60. I like it and it works fine and
there is still support available to the tune of sending it in for a
blanket charge of $400. (Sounds like Garmin is pulling a Narco trick,
too).
The radio that fried is an old Genave 200 nav/com that was illegal to
transmit on but I kept it as a second radio because it all worked and
the nav portion was usable and the com portion might have helped out
in an emergency. It finally gave up the ghost and in the interest of
keeping the airplane in decent shape and upgrading a little at a time
I thought now might be the time to invest in either just a com radio
such as an ICOM IC-A200 or in some used equipment like a KX155. So,
what say yee wise ones? I doubt there is a slide in replacement for
the Genave.

You are asking if you should install a KX-155 instead of what? Is
the Garmin
GPS/COM kaput, or do you have another nav/com that died? In
general, I agree with the
concensus that you don't want to upgrade avionics that you don't
need or intend to
use. You can go cheaper routes than a KX-155 w/ GS if you never
plan on using the
GS. The extra cost of that will most likely not be made up in
resale. If you have an
inkling to get your rating, it tips the scales more. Need more
information for real
advice.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Graduate Student
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* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *

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