Yes, they don't make them like they used to. My old CDMA Nokia would have survived 2500 or 5000' depending on which way you look at it. The 6120 is not too bad except the screen and buttons are too small for anything bigger than a spider monkey and you can't read the screen in daylight.
An HG pilot borrowed an Ikon 40 G (?) from a mate. He took the radio out to use it at some height like 5000' and dropped it. He watched the radio fall all the way to the ground... From experience, it is amazing how long this takes, and just how far you can see the thing before it disappears from sight. He did not land and look for the radio though. Instead, he bought a new one and returned it to the owner without the box etc so it looked the same as the old one and without any comment in case his mate thought that he was untrustworthy or careless. Some days later, a farmer was in this paddock sowing oats etc. as they do, and heard a squawk from the ground, and found the radio... working fine, but with an almost flat battery. The radio had the owner's name engraved on it, so he talked to the local hangies, found the owner and returned the radio by post. Then the owner rang up his mate and said "I've now got two radios... which one do you want?" There is a moral to the story. Not sure what it is though. Probably "make sure the thing is charged fully before you drop it from an aircraft." D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
