Hi Oscar It interests me if your you have some place where I can buy that ICOM , since you can mount it in the front of the board. Thaks Eduardo
----- Original Message ----- From: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildr...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: KR>handhelds > Howdy, Netters; > > The question about the Sporty's handheld may have already been answered, in > which case I apologize- but for those studying the market, here's an > excellent and detailed comparison site: > http://www.avshop.com/transceiverroundup.html > > The Sporty's unit did not fare well. And while I'm an AOPA member and > really like Sporty's service (and buy from them regularly), there's no sense > in buying a product when there is something better available for the same > money. > > And FWIW- my own handheld is the rock-bottom cheapest there is... the Icom > unit with no numeric keypad (it's tuned using the arrow keys). It's slow; > it's clumsy; but for local fun flying- it works and it's cheap. My own > handheld GPS is an old Magellan GPS 2000... it's simple and cheap and it is > light-years ahead of what a VOR and ADF, even DME, could do in the best of > IFR panels not that many years ago! > > Oscar Zuniga > San Antonio, TX > mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com > website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > > _________________________________________________________________ > Frustrated with dial-up? Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month > (depending on the local service providers in your area). > https://broadband.msn.com > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]