A&C, I know the argument has been done to death, but I am not convinced. All official sources I have consulted confirm that, for the next five years or so, 8,33 will only be required in upper airspace, above FL150 or so, where I won't come anyway with my non-turbo engine and insufficient payload capacity to carry oxygen bottles.
As more upscale pilots switch to 8,33, I see a plethora of 25 KHz equipment coming available secondhand and I do hope to find a nice panelmount transceiver in that bunch.
Regarding the Yaesu: I wonder a lot what could be the use of being able to receive 8,33 specific frequencies while unable to transmit there - is the developer completely nuts or did I miss something?
Last edited by Jan Olieslagers; 26th December 2013 at 18:47.