I just got a new Sporty's SP200 handheld radio yesterday. At first I was impressed with it because I could receive a VOR from five miles away in my office which is a metal building. On the way to the airport I tried to get ATIS and I couldn't get anything and I couldn't squelch the radio. After playing with it for a while and the squelch unlocking on any frequency I thought tht it might be getting some kind of interference so I shut off my XM radio in my truck and the radio would squelch. I have had the radio in my plane and had no problems with interference on my Narco Escort radio. I also could hear the clicking from the turn signal in my truck and I had some popping in the plane.
Does anyone else have experience with this radio? Do they just have crappy receivers or did I get a reject? I would have gone with an Icom or a Vertex and I could have even gotten a discount on one because I am a dealer for their marine radios, but I wanted the Sportys radio because of the ILS localizer feature. Also, the Sportys radio won't receive a VOR at the same time that you have in a com frequency. Does anyone know if there is any handheld that will do a nav and com frequency at the same time?
