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| | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,760 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,760 | OK, one more....If you had your druthers between two comm only radios....which would you choose? BTW, you're only allowed to choose between these two!   Garmin SL-40 [ gulf-coast-avionics.com] vs. Icom A-200 [ gulf-coast-avionics.com] Thanx, Bengie Phillips
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,197 Likes: 2 Member/5000+posts! | | Member/5000+posts! Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,197 Likes: 2 | As far as I know Bengie, these two radios are not in the same league. The ICOM is a budget radio that has a good reputation and the Garmin (Apollo) is more expenisve and is, hands down, the slickest comm on the market. Unless money is critical, there's no contest. GARMIN. If I ever need to replace the 2 VALs I have in N150DM the Garmin SL40 will be the 1st choice.
Dan
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. (Mark Twain)
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,041 Likes: 5 Member/1000+posts | | Member/1000+posts Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,041 Likes: 5 | Looks like the Garmin has a built-in two place intercom, but it's also a lot more money. I think I'd be inclined to go with the Icom.... but I've had a couple of Icom VHF radios.I didn't realize Garmin even made comm radios... | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,062 Visit Put-In-Bay!! Member/2500+posts | | Visit Put-In-Bay!! Member/2500+posts Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,062 | Looks like the Garmin has a built-in two place intercom How about that, it sure does! Thats pretty slick! 
-Bryan
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,873 Likes: 3 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,873 Likes: 3 | Not only does the Garmin have a two place intercom built in, but it also allows you to monitor the active and standby freqs at the same time (preference given to active for obvious reasons.) In many cases this is as good as having two comms, because you can stick with ATC and still pick up ATIS on the standby, etc. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,657 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,657 | I think I would lean towards the Garmin for all of the reasons stated above. 
Pat
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