Radio recommendations

Looking for some advice on a basic radio installation. Sport flying only.
Probably just a comm and x-ponder though a nav reciever oculd be included
if the cost difference isn't too much.
I've been looking around the net and am only getting confused.
VFR day flying only, no altitude reporting is neccesary and I want to go
cheap. Second hand preferred, but if it's a flase economy, then new.
Most of all I don't want th eairplane living in the damned radio shop.
Icoms OK? They seem to be good value for money..

F1

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 04:07:56 +0000 (UTC), Fortunat1 wrote:

Looking for some advice on a basic radio installation. Sport flying only.
Probably just a comm and x-ponder though a nav reciever oculd be included
if the cost difference isn't too much.
I've been looking around the net and am only getting confused.
VFR day flying only, no altitude reporting is neccesary and I want to go
cheap. Second hand preferred, but if it's a flase economy, then new.
Most of all I don't want th eairplane living in the damned radio shop.
Icoms OK? They seem to be good value for money..

F1

icom A-200 would be the gold standard in aircraft radios.
they are lovely little things. simple and reliable.
they work well with Jim Weir's intercom.

Stealth Pilot

Stealth Pilot wrote in
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 04:07:56 +0000 (UTC), Fortunat1 wrote:

Looking for some advice on a basic radio installation. Sport flying
only. Probably just a comm and x-ponder though a nav reciever oculd be
included if the cost difference isn't too much.
I've been looking around the net and am only getting confused.
VFR day flying only, no altitude reporting is neccesary and I want to
go cheap. Second hand preferred, but if it's a flase economy, then
new. Most of all I don't want th eairplane living in the damned radio
shop. Icoms OK? They seem to be good value for money..

F1

icom A-200 would be the gold standard in aircraft radios.
they are lovely little things. simple and reliable.
they work well with Jim Weir's intercom.

Excellent. Thanks. Just what I wanted to know. I wasn't so sure about the
ICOM, thinking it was too cheap to be wholesome


F1

Fortunat1 wrote:
Stealth Pilot wrote in
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 04:07:56 +0000 (UTC), Fortunat1 wrote:

Looking for some advice on a basic radio installation. Sport flying
only. Probably just a comm and x-ponder though a nav reciever oculd be
included if the cost difference isn't too much.
I've been looking around the net and am only getting confused.
VFR day flying only, no altitude reporting is neccesary and I want to
go cheap. Second hand preferred, but if it's a flase economy, then
new. Most of all I don't want th eairplane living in the damned radio
shop. Icoms OK? They seem to be good value for money..

F1
icom A-200 would be the gold standard in aircraft radios.
they are lovely little things. simple and reliable.
they work well with Jim Weir's intercom.

Excellent. Thanks. Just what I wanted to know. I wasn't so sure about the
ICOM, thinking it was too cheap to be wholesome

I have an A-210 on order and it should be here
soon. 2 receivers, built-in 2-place intercom
and auto frequency change from GPS data.

ICOM stuff in general is reliable and cost-
effective.

I'll let the group know how it works out.

Fortunat1 wrote:
Looking for some advice on a basic radio installation. Sport flying only.
Probably just a comm and x-ponder though a nav reciever oculd be included
if the cost difference isn't too much.
I've been looking around the net and am only getting confused.
VFR day flying only, no altitude reporting is neccesary and I want to go
cheap. Second hand preferred, but if it's a flase economy, then new.
Most of all I don't want th eairplane living in the damned radio shop.
Icoms OK? They seem to be good value for money..

F1


KX 135 gives you Com with VFR GPS. Not a bad package.

Jim Stewart wrote:

I have an A-210 on order and it should be here
soon. 2 receivers, built-in 2-place intercom
and auto frequency change from GPS data.

ICOM stuff in general is reliable and cost-
effective.

I'll let the group know how it works out.

Who do you have it ordered from. I found it he
http://www.icomradiosdirect.com/a210.html but it is not listed at ICOM's
website.

Jim Stewart wrote:

I have an A-210 on order and it should be here
soon. 2 receivers, built-in 2-place intercom
and auto frequency change from GPS data.

ICOM stuff in general is reliable and cost-
effective.

I'll let the group know how it works out.

I picked up an A-200 this year as a slide-in replacement for my old King KY-
97 ($800 for the TSO'd version). Great radio! As a matter of fact, I'm
thinking of buying another one to replace my #2 radio, which is a Narco
Escort II nav/com. The nav side hasn't worked in years, so all I really need
is a backup com.

I checked out the specs on the new A-210. Many of the bells and whistles
on the new model wouldn't help (already have an intercom and my old GPS won't
transmit frequency data). I don't think I could justify the extra $500.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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