PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Icom A6 or A24
Thread: Icom A6 or A24
View Single Post
Old 30th July 2013 | 09:59
  #1 (permalink)  
AberdeenAngus
 
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 39
Likes: 0
From: Aberdeen
Icom A6 or A24

Oh great skygods.......some advice please.

I'm a newbie PPL student wanting to buy a handheld to gain some familiarisation with RT.
I thought at first, I would buy a scanner to listen in, and upgrade to a handheld transceiver later as a backup.
Looking at the price of decent scanners, I now think I might as well put the money into a good handheld transceiver from the get-go.
Looking at the options, it seems that the ICOM is the pick of the crop.
Now to decide between the A6 and A24.

Main difference appears to be VOR on the A24.
Sooooo..... Has anyone thanked their lucky stars they had VOR on their handheld or is it a big fat waste of money?

Thanks

Last edited by AberdeenAngus; 30th July 2013 at 10:03.
AberdeenAngus is offline  
Reply