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Thanks for that. A nice comment. FYI I'm now learning to fly helicopters (great fun but quite a challenge) and also doing an IMC rating. Lots to keep me busy. Stick at it - do it as quickly or slowly as you can afford, it is worth it!
To keep the thread on track - I wasn't asked for any licence when buying kit previously. I was going to go for an iCom transceiver but went for just a receiver in the end. If I'm going to do more IMC flying I might rethink that and get one of the VOR equiped iComs for backup... for personal flying that is, not on commercial flights