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You ran a radio shop?....so you never repaired a radio? How did you
make any money??

I ran a radio shop for a municipality. These were public safety radios that
lives depended on, more that a thousand of them. Yes, a few broke (or were
broken or drowned by their users). Most we never saw again except when they
needed to be reinstalled or reprogrammed. They were damn reliable gadgets, even
though they are far more complicated than an aviation radio.

Radios aren't perfect, but neither is the rudder wag signal. Occasionally
miscues from that signal seems to kill a perfectly good pilot. and/or wreck a
perfectly good glider. If you don't see that as a problem, then we can agree to
disagree and get on with our lives.

But don't worry about safety...the radio will save you!

That really doesn't do much to advance the discussion does it?

Vaughn