Narco 120 Comm Replacement

[ArrowBerry]

Hey guys,

I know I'm asking about a dinosaur. Trust me, I want the Garmin 255 or a 430 or something that isn't decades older than I am... however... in the meantime, what are some slide in replacements for a Narco 120 Comm radio? We have two of them, our Comm 1 is great. Clear, great range, strong readability etc. Our Comm 2 works, but it's so scratchy and has such a terrible squelch to it that it's really only useful to quickly grab an ATIS, or as a last resort to backup Comm 1. It's not useable to monitor a second frequency, such as 121.5, because there is such an awful noise. The last straw came recently when the frequency window stopped working for the big numbers. The knob to change frequencies works but you have the count the numbers to know when to stop turning!

I've looked on eBay and I'm putting the word out to some local guys to see if someone has one of these sitting on the shelf. Other than a straight swap, what else would fit into the tray and be relatively easy to interchange?

Cheers!

 

[47U]

1 hour ago, ArrowBerry said:

what else would fit into the tray and be relatively easy to interchange?

TKM MX11 is a slide in replacement for the Comm 120.  Spruce has new ones for 2.5 amu, Bennett Avionics says they sell used for 1.4 amu… or the Reaper might have one…

https://www.bennettavionics.com/brands/TKM.html

[R Van Dyck]

I have 2 MX=11's out of my aircraft when I updated to king radios. They are almost new from the shop 2 years on them.

Ryan

[ArrowBerry]

3 hours ago, R Van Dyck said:

I have 2 MX=11's out of my aircraft when I updated to king radios. They are almost new from the shop 2 years on them.

Ryan

Are you selling them second hand?

[McMooney]

I"m sad, TKM has gone out of business, per the website.   I was really hoping they'd make an 8.33 slide in replacement for my mx170b

 

[Fly Boomer]

21 hours ago, ArrowBerry said:

I know I'm asking about a dinosaur

I just searched on "slide in replacements for a Narco 120 Comm radio" and the first hit was

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/avpages/mx11r.php

[R Van Dyck]

19 hours ago, ArrowBerry said:

Are you selling them second hand?

Yes. If you look in the avionics/parts classified section section. There are pics and prices. Here is the link: