dust Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 OK, i hate spending money needlessly and king radios are expensive, but, we have decided on kings, any comments? Everyione i've talked to seems to agree, they work great and last and last and last. enjoy the build Quote maker wood dust and shavings - foam and fiberglass dust and one day a cozy will pop out, enjoying the build i can be reached at http://www.canardcommunity.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplafleur Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 I've been into radios since I was a teenager. Both building (Heathkit) and fixing (CBs) them. The amount of money I find that one has to spend on general aviation type radios is outragous. Just pick up an AES catalog and check out what the latest state of the art amateur radios are selling from from ICOM, Kenwood, Yaseau, Alinco. Kings sell for more than twice than what they are worth. Quote Mike LaFLeur - Cozy MkIV #1155N68ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmaddy Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 I'd suspect there are more Hams than airplanes which helps with the prices but King has A LOT more paperwork and expense to deal with then all the Ham gear does. I don't like the high prices either but what can you do? This is experimental so you can use whatever radio you want - make your own if you know how. No need for all that TSO nonsense. Quote Rick Maddy Denver, CO Cozy Mk IV #824 - Chapter 18 http://www.maddyhome.com/cozy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Kouns Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 take a look at the icom radios the are still twice the cost they should be but i have a lot of experence with both icom and king the icom units are just as good and are smaller in size and are milspec to boot.King 2500.00 vs 800.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplafleur Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 Too bad we can't get one from Heathkit. ICOM doesn't make any panel mount do they? Quote Mike LaFLeur - Cozy MkIV #1155N68ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Kouns Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 yes mplafleur the do make a mount most of the co. do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplafleur Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 Yeah! That makes a bette alternative. Quote Mike LaFLeur - Cozy MkIV #1155N68ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Clifford Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 About a year ago, one of the plane magazines I get did an article on the ICOM radios and they were rated VERY high after a thorough testing. Quote Dave Clifford "The Metal Man" Musketeer Vise grip hands and Micrometer eyes!! Cozy MKIV Plans #656 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm M Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 I put an ICOM A-200 in my panel. The same radio is sold as a King KY197 (I think that's the model). Easy to install. Regards- Norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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