2 comments for you -
1. I don't need an external antenna on my Icom A23 - it works fine -
even for homing in on elt's in Search and Rescue training.

The Nav may help in an emergency but don't expect too much from it.

Do you have a gps yet? That would be my first buy

HTH

Tony

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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

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"almostthere" wrote:

Just got my ticket and I plan to purchase a handheld Nav-Comm for back-up
but it is said that they're useless at altitude without an external antenna
connection. What connector do I use (BNC?) and how do I go about doing this
on rented C172s? Any alternatives/suggestions? Thanks in advance.