Jeff,

I bought a VXA-210 about a year and a half ago and I love it. It's
worked great. My only complaint is the SMA style antenna connector (vs.
BNC). Requires an adapter to convert to BNC for plugging in an external
antenna.

I have friends with ICOM radios and they like them a lot. I've never
used one myself nor have I compared side by side ICOM with Vertex Standard.

You might want to google the newsgroups for information as I recall
several similar threads.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, soon-2-B-IA Student, airplane partnership student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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