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I second the A-22 with regular batteries. If you buy good batteries it will serve you well. Pete Brown wrote: > I have had an Icom A-22 for about 5 years and it still works flawlessly > in spite of the fact that I have dropped it on pavement a few times. I > use a NI-mh after market battery that has considerably better capacity > than the Nicad that came with it. > > I use it for about 6 hours a day of constant use on the weekend at a > glider operation and the extra battery capacity to me is well worth the > extra bulk. If you are only going to use it to get clearances before you > start the engine, then perhaps one of the new smaller micro handhelds > might work better. Most of the bulk of the radio is the battery and > generally, the bigger the battery, the longer it will last. > > I also carry it as a backup in my C-170B. With the adapter for a > headset, its readily useable to get into our local Class C if my regular > radio dies. > > A word of caution. The Icom A-22 has as an option, a battery case that > uses AA alkaline batteries. These seem to work much better for an > emergency radio that is going to sit unused in a bag for months at a > time. The rechargeable batteries require a degree of regular charging > and discharging for best performance. Also, the alkalines give you a bit > more warning as they are getting low. The Nicads on the other hand, have > a pretty flat discharge voltage until they pass some threshold level and > then they die rapidly. > > > > |
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