Actually Paul, I'll be shopping for a new handheld at OSH. Hate to get rid of the old King 99 but I want to lose a few pounds in the pilot bag. I saw a Vertex today but I'll probably pull the trigger at the show if the price is right.
I think our comm freqs are pretty close to 2 meters, but Yeasu always made great stuff. Those darn Sporty's radios (JRC) are fabulous! ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul M. Anton To: Daniel Arditi Cc: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re:handheld Hi Daniel: I was tripped up by the internet. :-) I was trying to thrown a stone at Vertex. The chap had an aviation band radio that suffered from front end overload as soon as he got off the ground. When he complained to the manufacturer, they said their radio was only intended to be used on the ground. In my opinion a great number of these radios are purchased as backup radios and even primary radios. I myself have a Sportys handheld which I have used in flight as a backup when I lost electrical one night. I think vertex should design more selectivity into their front ends or perhaps stick to 2 meters. I would have really been angry if when I grabbed my handheld when I lost all electrical at night if all I heard were commercial broadcast stations instead of ATC. So my apologies I was just venting. Cheers: Paul N1431A 2AZ1
