A friend had a Sproty's and the only downside was the viewing angle of
the display. Could not view it straight on. Saw others that did the same
thing. I have a ICOM transciever only. When you get one GET the headset
adaptor. I tried to use mine in a J-3 since it didn't have radios and we
were going into a towered field. Almost impossible to use. Glad the
owner was flying and I was talking and yelling at him instructions.

Ross
KSWI

Greg Copeland wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:17:30 +0000, 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.


My old CFI had a Sporties unit. He loved it. Even the nav function was
usable, but I don't recall the range the said. I bought one for my father
for Christmas; shortly after he got his IFR ticket. He also says it works
very well. Again, I don't remember the range but I do remember him
talking about it working fairly well in the plane; again, including the
nav feature.

Right now, it seems like the Sporties handheld is the best bang for the
buck in handheld nav/coms. And reports from two people I know, plus
others I've read here, all have good stuff to say about it.


Greg