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Also, for what it's worth, I also tried Farnborough North whilst on a flight up to Shotteswell last weekend. All I could hear from the ATCO was intermittent fragments of his transmission, whereas I could clearly hear transmissions from other aircraft.

Hi all. I recently bought my first aircraft. It's a total dream come true and I've been flying it at every opportunity I can, but there's one issue which is really causing me grief - the radio is really bad. It's an Icom IC-A21 running through a Lynx intercom. It seems to receive OK, not great, but ...

Got it sorted. Thanks to all!

Is it OK to use standard automotive-grade wiring in a permit aircraft? At present the whole aircraft (assembled 1996) is wired with standard aviation cable, but now I need to do a run of 0-gauge or 1-gauge from the battery to the starter solenoid and I can't find this thickness of cable anywhere exc...

I've read some rubbish then. Thanks!

I recently bought a plane without a transponder and have been looking into fitting one as I live near a bunch of controlled airspace.

I read somewhere that you are not allowed to fit Mode-Cs into aircraft anymore - if it's newly fitted, it must be Mode S. Is this true?