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David Megginson
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I know that most pilots hate the ADF, but I've always been fond of it (despite the fact that my Warrior came with a less-than-stellar Narco 841). During IFR training and recurrent exams, NDB holds and approaches are my favourites, because they're so simple: just one needle, and no fiddling with radials. It's also fun tuning in local AM radio stations during a long flight.
If I end up putting in an IFR GPS/COM this fall, I'll definitely remove my KN 64 DME along with the old KX170B NAVCOM, but I've undecided over the ADF. It would give me a backup for the huge areas of Canada outside of low-altitude VOR coverage, and in the event of a major terror attack (god forbid) that even led the governments to shut down the VOR network, I'd be able to navigate towards AM radio transmitters.
Are these reasonable justifications, or am I being a bit like the survivalists stocking their bunkers with canned goods? If I did remove my ADF, and slide the transponder down under the nav radios, I'd have a place to mount a portable GPS or tablet on the right side of my panel instead of on the yoke.
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If I end up putting in an IFR GPS/COM this fall, I'll definitely remove my KN 64 DME along with the old KX170B NAVCOM, but I've undecided over the ADF. It would give me a backup for the huge areas of Canada outside of low-altitude VOR coverage, and in the event of a major terror attack (god forbid) that even led the governments to shut down the VOR network, I'd be able to navigate towards AM radio transmitters.
Are these reasonable justifications, or am I being a bit like the survivalists stocking their bunkers with canned goods? If I did remove my ADF, and slide the transponder down under the nav radios, I'd have a place to mount a portable GPS or tablet on the right side of my panel instead of on the yoke.
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