Icom A-24 Transciever: Any thoughts about it?

Anyone here have an Icom-24? If so how do
you like it? What are some things that you
dislike about it?

Thanks
Matt

Matt -

I purchased one from Sporty's about 3 months ago. I haven't had an
opportunity to use it while airborn, but use it for ATIS, getting my IFR
clearance, etc.

My biggest complaint is that there is no battery status indicator. It
only shows a Low-Battery indicator when, you guessed it, the battery is
low. How stupid is that??? Maybe I'm just missing a setting somewhere,
but it drives me nuts.

I'm making a longer trip this weekend and plan to fool around with the
VOR capability. We'll see how it goes.

Charlie

Matt no email wrote:
Anyone here have an Icom-24? If so how do
you like it? What are some things that you
dislike about it?

Thanks
Matt

Charlie Derk wrote:
Matt -

I purchased one from Sporty's about 3 months ago. I haven't had an
opportunity to use it while airborn, but use it for ATIS, getting my IFR
clearance, etc.

My biggest complaint is that there is no battery status indicator. It
only shows a Low-Battery indicator when, you guessed it, the battery is
low. How stupid is that??? Maybe I'm just missing a setting somewhere,
but it drives me nuts.

I'm making a longer trip this weekend and plan to fool around with the
VOR capability. We'll see how it goes.

Charlie

Matt no email wrote:

Anyone here have an Icom-24? If so how do
you like it? What are some things that you
dislike about it?

Thanks
Matt

Ok thanks Charlie, those little things can drive me crazy. You would think
that it would be a standard, like how cellular phones display a battery status
bar.

Let me know if there is anything else enlightening about the radio on your
long flight.

Have a good flight,
Matt

The flight went well... 3.5 hours of actual. It was my first trip in IMC
since I got my rating in January. It was awesome. Went IMC at 1000' MSL
and broke out at my destination at 700' MSL. I visited the Potomac TRACON
for an ADIZ seminar and tour of the facility.

The NAV receiver in the radio worked, but it seems like to get the most use
out of it, you'd have to hook it up to an external antenna... the range just
wasn't what I thought it would be.

I could see how it would be useful though if my radios failed in IFR
weather. I had to make a decision as to whether I should get an handheld
radio or GPS. I think I'd rather navigate with VORs and have a radio then
no radio and a VFR GPS unit...

Charlie
"Matt" " no email wrote in message
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Charlie Derk wrote:
Matt -

I purchased one from Sporty's about 3 months ago. I haven't had an
opportunity to use it while airborn, but use it for ATIS, getting my IFR
clearance, etc.

My biggest complaint is that there is no battery status indicator. It
only shows a Low-Battery indicator when, you guessed it, the battery is
low. How stupid is that??? Maybe I'm just missing a setting somewhere,
but it drives me nuts.

I'm making a longer trip this weekend and plan to fool around with the
VOR capability. We'll see how it goes.

Charlie

Matt no email wrote:

Anyone here have an Icom-24? If so how do
you like it? What are some things that you
dislike about it?

Thanks
Matt

Ok thanks Charlie, those little things can drive me crazy. You would
think
that it would be a standard, like how cellular phones display a battery
status
bar.

Let me know if there is anything else enlightening about the radio on your
long flight.

Have a good flight,
Matt

Charlie Derk wrote:
The flight went well... 3.5 hours of actual. It was my first trip in IMC
since I got my rating in January. It was awesome. Went IMC at 1000' MSL
and broke out at my destination at 700' MSL. I visited the Potomac TRACON
for an ADIZ seminar and tour of the facility.

The NAV receiver in the radio worked, but it seems like to get the most use
out of it, you'd have to hook it up to an external antenna... the range just
wasn't what I thought it would be.

I could see how it would be useful though if my radios failed in IFR
weather. I had to make a decision as to whether I should get an handheld
radio or GPS. I think I'd rather navigate with VORs and have a radio then
no radio and a VFR GPS unit...

Charlie
"Matt" " no email wrote in message
...

Charlie Derk wrote:

Matt -

I purchased one from Sporty's about 3 months ago. I haven't had an
opportunity to use it while airborn, but use it for ATIS, getting my IFR
clearance, etc.

My biggest complaint is that there is no battery status indicator. It
only shows a Low-Battery indicator when, you guessed it, the battery is
low. How stupid is that??? Maybe I'm just missing a setting somewhere,
but it drives me nuts.

I'm making a longer trip this weekend and plan to fool around with the
VOR capability. We'll see how it goes.

Charlie

Matt no email wrote:


Anyone here have an Icom-24? If so how do
you like it? What are some things that you
dislike about it?

Thanks
Matt

Ok thanks Charlie, those little things can drive me crazy. You would
think
that it would be a standard, like how cellular phones display a battery
status
bar.

Let me know if there is anything else enlightening about the radio on your
long flight.

Have a good flight,
Matt




Ok I'll keep that in mind when I'm flying. I'll see what works
and what doesn't. Its always good to know the limits of your equipment.

Take care,
Matt