Re: antennas

[Peter Stuy <pstuy@POWERUP.COM.AU>]

>Why not use a handheld as backup and put a BNC coupling in the antenna cable
>where you can reach it in flight. They tend to work better than TSO'd radios
>anyway.

I have been flying for years with just the ICOM handheld. First the A20 and
now the A22, and would not want anything else. If I go into remote areas I
take the battery, but coastal I leave even that at home. As I.Shaw says:
Keep it simple and light!

Peter