Recommended Handheld Transceiver?

At 00:28 18 December 2010, Tony V wrote:
Free Flight 107 wrote:
I agree with all the above, Icom is the best. I've owned or used
several other brands, Icom head & shoulders above them all.


I bought the early Icom A-20 in 1985 because of the rock solid
reputation the brand had with the ham radio crowd. The only real
competition at the time was the (long gone) King handheld and the (also
long gone) Narco. I was not disappointed - the radio still works well
today and all I had to do was replace the NiCad pack every decade or so.

I finally replaced it with the Icom A-6 *only* because the A-20 was
comparatively large and that sometimes made it a bit when I was climbing

in the back seat of gliders all day long.

Tony V.

I still have my Icom 1C A-20 mainly because it is more robust and to my
mind the best that Icom produced. I remains the only approved airband
handheld radio that ICOM produce.