I have a King KX-99 handheld and I have communicated with a plane in the pattern at an airport 20 miles from me and I was standing on my back porch. I have installed an antenna in the vertical stabilizer and also have a 10 watt amplifier which will increase the power of the handheld from 3 watt output to 10 watt output. With the KX-99 connected to the plane's antenna, I have received planes reporting forty + miles away. Not too shabby for a $75 radio. The KX-99 is no longer manufactured by King but if you can get your hands on one, you will have a great handheld. Yes, it has VOR. eBay is a great place to find these.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <skp...@charter.net> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:13 AM Subject: KR>Hand helds > I want to hear more on hand-helds. > I was told to "just purchase a hand held and save money" > I fly with a garmin III and love it. As for communication > I want to be able to contact the tower at 20nm out at 3000 > AGL. A push to talk button that works would be good. > > For those with experience please advise. > > Steven Phillabaum > Auburn, Alabama (KAUO) > skp...@charter.net > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
