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Originally Posted by scsmith
Well, about $1K for the second radio, but then you also need an audio panel, and it all starts to take up a lot of space on an RV-8 panel. The remote helps that some, although the instrument bay gets pretty full of boxes too.
But my real point was that radios have gotten to be so reliable that I'm not convinced I really need a backup. I lost coms once in a rented 172 because of a dead battery and bad alternator. I have lost coms a few times in my glider because of a dead battery.
I've never had a radio fail in a way that a second one would work.
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Bingo!,
Radios have gotten a lot more reliable. Had a few of the old type radios fail but today is a different story. You could also carry a handheld with a provision to connect it to the comm antenna if need be.