> Hi All
>
> I picked up this interesting posting regarding the Vertex (Yaseu) Aviator Pro.
> I was thinking of buying one until I read this.
>
> Paul
(snip quoted blast re nav capability)
My Yaesu is one rugged, compact, honey of a unit. Love it. Any
handheld for VOR nav use apparently just doesn't work well. Also,
interestingly, they claim 5W of xmit power, but I couldn't get quite
that on the test bench. Maybe the test equipment, but an old Narco
HT-830 I have puts out relatively more, but the size and nuisance of a
building brick, cheaply constructed as are Sporty's, and I'm frequently
fixing the dumb thing.
Five watts is totally superfluous, and it's how it works overall. A
friend of mine runs a fleet of banner tow airplanes. They use handhelds
a lot for various necessary purposes, different brands, and praise the
Yaesu. One of the banner pilots, a "ham" and retired police officer and
thus experienced in portable communications in the heat of hostilities,
has the ham frequency version of the Yaesu, and is rarely seen w/o it
clipped to his belt.
Best,
Fred F.
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