On Aug 13, 4:52*am, "Marco Leon" wrote:
"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in messagenews:1JKdnSPZZZ2TLz3VnZ2dnUVZ_t_inZ2d@super news.com...

Well they make many items that could be considered radio/gps combos,
including the 496, 396, 430, and 530 and I'd have to answer that yes those
work well in airplanes.

Yeah, I kind of made a couple of assumptions the 1) that he was referring
to a portable unit

Correct

and 2) that "radio" meant "transceiver."

correct.

Who knows, maybe
he saw a 430/530 WAAS ad for the first time.

Nope, they on't have built in antennas do they?

Cheers