Handheld VHF for comms backup
I often hear people talk about carrying a handheld VHF as a backup if you should have a problem with your radios.
Has anyone here ever tried it?
I tried the handheld while flying the other day, I have no idea if I was heard or not as the noise in the cockpit without my headset made it completely impossible to hear anything.
I do have a headset adapter for the radio, but it's fiddly and I was not about to attempt to install it while flying. I suspect that, useful though a handheld VHF is while on the ground, it is useless as a standby radio when flying.