On May 30, 1:45*am, Charles Talleyrand wrote:
I have a KX-170 that's *sometimes* just not working right in my VFR
Cessna 150.
For the same price (about $1,300) I could get either

A McCoy MAC-1700 as a slide in replacement for the 170b
* -or-
An Icom 200 as an additional radio (with the flaky KX170b as backup).

Any recommendations?

-Charles Talleyrand

P.S. *I did look intowww.kx170.com. *But he does not give yellow tags
with his repair and chooses not to be certified, so I don't think I
can go that way.

There is a guy who advertises a flat-rate exchange for KX170s on eBay
for $199. He has a current listing - check it out (he is user
stainless004). I don't think he is the same as www.kx170.com, but
can't be sure (the link didn't work for me).

Like others have said, make sure you don't have a contact problem with
the mounting tray first. I would take the radio out and spray it's
connector and the receptacle in the tray with contact cleaner as a
first step (been there, done that).

Dave