In article ,
Rich wrote:
You overlooked one more option...
Purchase a used, yellow tagged KX170 for maybe $500. Cheapest easiest
solution. A KX170 will work as good as it ever did and is a
well-respected radio.

The SL30 is a good radio (I have one) as is the KX155, but the KX170
will do anything they can do (maybe a few more steps, like finding a nav
radial).


My non-working 170B is physically in near-mint condition; many of the
used 170Bs look like they've been through a couple tours in Iraq.
Nevertheless, the problem with a working 170B would be the same as the
problem I have now--if the unit dies tomorrow, repairs are going to be
uncertain at best. I really do like the 170B radios despite the lack of
some modern conveniences (like flip-flop), but if you can't get parts,
that's a huge problem.

The local avionics shop with the used KX155 is claiming that my existing
indicators are compatible, but I'm not convinced. I don't want to let
them get halfway through an install, only to find out that they're going
to stick me with an outrageous price on a new indicator.



JKG