------Begin forward message------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10/20/98 19:25:11 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Radio Recommemdations X-Mailer: Netcomplete v4.0, from NETCOM On-Line Communications, Inc.
Jack Lewis, Re: your desire to get a new comm and/GPS com. I just installed a IImorrow SL-40 comm in my Alon, along with a garmin txpdr and an encoder. I have wanted to do a Garmin GPS/COMM, but: I already had the Garmin 195 handheld GPS;I really liked the idea of the SL-40 because it is 8watts and you can monitor the standby channel when no one is transmitting on the primary freq; and I couldn't do all at once. So I got the Sl-40 and I use my handheld GPS. It works great except that the GPS is a handfull. I have seen the new Garmin Pilot III which is smaller then the 195 and will sit on the glare shield. I think that is an ideal situation. Plus, if one goes bad you haven't lost both. I have been really pleased with the Garmin 195 GPS. It seems very accurate and sure beats navigating by VOR or sectional-VFR. The only thing about the 195 is that it is too big to fit on the yoke and strapping it to the panel lets the sun wash out the picture. So I keep it propped in my lap and all to often my nose is pointed down to my lap instead of out the window. But otherwise I am happy with my set-up. I also have an I-com portable radio (it includes VOR freqs too) as a back up. On my distant purchase list is the Garmin Pilot III, unless they come out with new products before than. In fact, that was one of my concerns about getting the Garmin GPS/COMM. I think that technology and the related products may change in the next year or two. Let us know what you end up doing. Kenneth D. Doyle Springfield, Mo Alon N5477E ------End forward message---------------------------
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