Which handheld transceiver?

On 2008-07-14, Vaughn Simon wrote:
Vertex and Icom are the "Honda & Toyota" of the aviation portable radio
world. For your own reasons you may prefer one brand or the other, but
you
won't go wrong with either.
For the record, I have a Vertex and love it.

Vaughn's got it exactly right. I'm sitting next to a big stack of Icom ham
gear, and have an A-24 in my flight bag. Even so, if it weren't for reasons
not having anything to do with aviation, I'd have looked long and hard at
the Vertex radio that does both the air band and the 2-meter ham band.
Either way, you'll get a good, solid radio.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!)

Jay,

I'd have looked long and hard at
the Vertex radio that does both the air band and the 2-meter ham band


That radio doesn't exist anymore. The FCC...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Jul 13, 4:41*pm, B A R R Y wrote:

I've never used the NAV functions, but have been happy with the radio
overall. *I don't have extensive experience with lots of different
radios. *I find the ICOM easy to use and dependable and would buy it again.

Yea, I wouldn't recommend anyone pay for the nav functions. I've never
found them to have much of any range and nowadays we all have battery
backup GPSs on the yoke which are a million times better than the 2
mile range VOR receivers that came with the transceivers.

-Robert

Yeah. The story I got from HRO in Denver about a year ago was that pilots
were using the 2m band -- or was it the amateurs were using the aviation
band. Either way, how is that the radio's fault? Anyone can buy a 2m HT and
anyone can buy an aviation band HT. I wonder what the real story is.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Jay,

I'd have looked long and hard at
the Vertex radio that does both the air band and the 2-meter ham band


That radio doesn't exist anymore. The FCC...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Yeah. The story I got from HRO in Denver about a year ago was that pilots
were using the 2m band -- or was it the amateurs were using the aviation
band. Either way, how is that the radio's fault? Anyone can buy a 2m HT and
anyone can buy an aviation band HT. I wonder what the real story is.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Jay,

I'd have looked long and hard at
the Vertex radio that does both the air band and the 2-meter ham band


That radio doesn't exist anymore. The FCC...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

The story I got was that to do both the aircraft AM modulation and the 2m FM
modulation, they were using some cockamamie modulation circuit that wasn't
quite up to specification. That was just a story I heard; I've never put my
Vertex on the spectrum analyzer to see if they are inside the envelope or
not.

Jim

--
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it."
--Aristotle


"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
...
Yeah. The story I got from HRO in Denver about a year ago was that pilots
were using the 2m band -- or was it the amateurs were using the aviation
band. Either way, how is that the radio's fault? Anyone can buy a 2m HT
and anyone can buy an aviation band HT. I wonder what the real story is.

Hi Michael,
Both Icom and Vertex Standard are excellent radios. Save your money
and get the Comm only version. You will probably never use the Nav
feature.

The VXA-220 is the Comm version from Vertex. I sell it for $199. The
220V charger sells for $29.
http://www.airportpilotshop.com/inde...ROD&ProdID=410
The Icom A6 is selling for $248. The 220V charger is $40.
http://www.airportpilotshop.com/inde...PROD&ProdID=21
Both are in stock.
Shipping to Australia will cost $45 via US Postal Express Mail Intl.
Let me know if you are interested in placing an order.
Thanks
David Rochin
Airport Pilot Shop
239-263-9121
www.airportpilotshop.com

At least that makes sense.

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
The story I got was that to do both the aircraft AM modulation and the 2m
FM modulation, they were using some cockamamie modulation circuit that
wasn't quite up to specification. That was just a story I heard; I've
never put my Vertex on the spectrum analyzer to see if they are inside the
envelope or not.

Jim

Airbus wrote:
They using 8.33 spacing in your neck of the woods?

No, Australia has 25kHz spacing.

Its use is currently "cosmetic" in many regions, but is moving toward full
on implementation. This narrows the field of handhelds considerably, and
may be a useful"future-proof" consideration.

All the models I've seen support 8.33 kHz spacing. (Icom, Vertex
Standard, Sportys).

Thanks to everyone for your responses!

"Michael Henry" wrote in message
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Airbus wrote:
They using 8.33 spacing in your neck of the woods?

No, Australia has 25kHz spacing.

Its use is currently "cosmetic" in many regions, but is moving toward
full on implementation. This narrows the field of handhelds considerably,
and may be a useful"future-proof" consideration.

All the models I've seen support 8.33 kHz spacing. (Icom, Vertex Standard,
Sportys).

Thanks to everyone for your responses!

The Sporty's model is the only one I know of that supports 8.33. As far as
Icom and Vertex go, perhaps some of their models support 8.33, but I'm
pretty sure at least their basic models don't unless something has changed
recently.