I wouldn't have made the comment if it hadn't actually happened. Both in the P
static and icing encounters I lost comm but not nav. The p-static made the
Loran unusable, but not the VORs. GPS is great, but as I and Mr Kaplan have
said, we prefer to not put all the eggs in one basket. I'll be keeping the ADF
and Loran in my panel as long as there are stations to use them on. I also
carry handhelds as backups for the electrical system.



C J Campbell wrote:

I especially am tired of the 'what-if' games, such as Andraka's comment that
you have no out if you also lose your comms. Get real. We are beginning to
talk about scenarios where you have complete failure of the electrical
system here. Do you realistically expect your VORs to continue working under
such conditions? If you have static or ice building up on your comm
antennae, you have static or ice building up on your VOR antennae as well.


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