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jan olieslagers wrote:

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

Central California.

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.

Now if I can just find the AC adapter ...