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Old July 25th 09, 10:32 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Portable/back up transceiver



"jan olieslagers" wrote in message
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Steve Hix schreef:
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bobengr wrote:

Looking to buy a protable/backup transceiver. Any recommendations?


I've got an Icom IC-A6 that's pretty nice.


Same here. Don't know where you are but here in Continental Europe it's
often worth a train ticket to England to buy it there. Typically 400 € vs.
200 GBP.

Mind you a true back-up must cover all radio-failures, meaning it should
not be powered from the aircraft power bus. But making sure the batteries
are fully charged is one more point on the already too long pre-flight
checklist.


Buying the optional extra alkaline battery pack will make that point moot.
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Jim in NC