Hand held aviation radios for AROC certified drone operators

[Dronerock]

I am in the market for a reasonably priced aviation hand held radio to communicate and monitor aviation frequencies.
I have a CASA certificate for entering aviation frequencies when necessary for operating drones where it is necessary to communicate and monitor aircraft movements or airport communications.
I would appreciate some input from members which radios they feel do the job without extreme cost

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

I have an Icom hand held, works great for listening to local air traffic, but haven't got AROC or use it to transmit.

Icom Australia | Everything in Radio: Air Band< | IC-A15

With over 50 years experience in the communications industry, you can understand why Icom products are synonymous with communications.

www.icom-australia.com

I can't recall what it cost, but Icoms site states "Icom’s most affordable (VHF) Air Band Transceiver (For ground and air operations)".

 

[wjkrysak]

Welcome to the forum. We look forward to your participation and your view of the world. You will get plenty of feedback on this forum.

 

[GFields]

Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing from you!

 

[LoudThunder]

Well, welcome back

 

[Gagey52]

Greetings Drone_rock. @MAvic_South_Oz is right the icom is a nifty little unit. My only gripe is the length of the aerial. Cheaper than most.
Regards

 

[mereflyer]

Seems one of these should be an essential item for all drone operators eh!

 

[Glenh]

I am in the market for a reasonably priced aviation hand held radio to communicate and monitor aviation frequencies.
I have a CASA certificate for entering aviation frequencies when necessary for operating drones where it is necessary to communicate and monitor aircraft movements or airport communications.
I would appreciate some input from members which radios they feel do the job without extreme cost

What model of ICOM Radio do you have?

 

[Glenh]

What model of ICOM Radio do you have?

Nothing yet...
What do you suggest?

 

[bmcelya]

I have and have used often an Icom A-21. Solid unit. I power it with lithium AA’s, not the nicads. It reaches about five miles on the ground and 25 aloft. Your mileage WILL vary. One would not want to transmit while flying drones, unless there were some kind of dyer emergency.

Knowing the intentions of manned aircraft in controlled airspace is useful. The A-21 helps with this, as do various flight apps.

 

[shawgod]

I use a Yaesu Radio and love it. here is a link to the one that I use. Yaesu FTA-450L COM Aviation Transceiver It uses a Lithium Ion batterie and has a choice of using AA batteries if you want. This works great. The customer support is great as well with this.

 

[Glenh]

I have and have used often an Icom A-21. Solid unit. I power it with lithium AA’s, not the nicads. It reaches about five miles on the ground and 25 aloft. Your mileage WILL vary. One would not want to transmit while flying drones, unless there were some kind of dyer emergency.

Knowing the intentions of manned aircraft in controlled airspace is useful. The A-21 helps with this, as do various flight apps.

Thanks for the info

 

[Glenh]

I use a Yaesu Radio and love it. here is a link to the one that I use. Yaesu FTA-450L COM Aviation Transceiver It uses a Lithium Ion batterie and has a choice of using AA batteries if you want. This works great. The customer support is great as well with this.

Thanks I will look into it