Portable/back up transceiver

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"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

And using rechargeable NiCad's in the 6xAA battery pack will save the
factory battery life (no need to use) and you can carry spare AA batteries
which will also probably fit your flashlight and other stuff.

My pilot shop has the Icom A6 for under $250 including the optional AA
battery pack and the headset adapter which is really expensive (~$75)
separately.

Happy landings.