IFR use of handheld GPS

In a previous article, "Robert M. Gary" said:
Yeah, but in a lost comm situation, you'd either have to map read your way
to the destination or aim off to intercept your original airways course or
quickly plot a new airways course.

Lost comm in IMC, just use the handheld. Is your concern a double
failure (handheld and comm)?

It's already been said that you can only go direct when ATC can monitor
you on radar, so how can you go direct in a lost comm situation? If
you're lost comm, how can they vector you around traffic or warn you if
you're off track?


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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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It's already been said that you can only go direct when ATC can monitor
you on radar, so how can you go direct in a lost comm situation? If
you're lost comm, how can they vector you around traffic or warn you if
you're off track?


Then nobody should ever go direct or be vectored.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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It's already been said that you can only go direct when ATC can monitor
you on radar, so how can you go direct in a lost comm situation? If
you're lost comm, how can they vector you around traffic or warn you if
you're off track?


It's no different than losing comm while on a long range vector. Nobody
claims that's illegal, few claim it's hazardous, and many insist that's what
you're really doing while navigating by handheld GPS.