Guest pokey Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 I think i am finally going to replace my ole faithful dinosaur KY170 w/ a newer version that has the remote switch on the cyclic, either a KY197 or KY97. What's everyone else use for COM's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Pilot Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Our R22 has a King KY197A and a Garmin 250XL. The Raven II we have on order will have a KY197A and a Garmin 430. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pokey Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Our R22 has a King KY197A and a Garmin 250XL. The Raven II we have on order will have a KY197A and a Garmin 430. I think i am going towards the 197 too, you have the frequency switch on the cyclic too? I find the difference of the 97 to the 197 is the output/transmit watts. Which reminds me of a funny story about the gal that used to help her husband run the flight school here at this little "country airport"-------the students would call in & ask for a "radio check" she would come back over the base station radio & say "turn up yer volume-i can just barely hear ya" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Pilot Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 I think i am going towards the 197 too, you have the frequency switch on the cyclic too? I find the difference of the 97 to the 197 is the output/transmit watts. Which reminds me of a funny story about the gal that used to help her husband run the flight school here at this little "country airport"-------the students would call in & ask for a "radio check" she would come back over the base station radio & say "turn up yer volume-i can just barely hear ya" Robinsons come with 197's as standard equipment, and there aer two switches on the cyclic -- one toggles the active and standby, the other selects from stored frequencies. I've always been tempted to respond to a radio check request with "I just looked -- I've got mine... Do you have yours?" But I'm too nice a guy, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pokey Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 the one i once installed in a friends ship had a switch that was "spring loaded to center" pull & it scrolls thru the channels, push & its the active. the 97 & 197 both have that option/switch AND? the gal was serious, she thought she couldnt hear the students because they didnt have the volume up enough ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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