Originally Posted by
Michaelj2k
Well that sucks! Have you done a functional check on the radio to see what the problem was? Is it possible the battery either became disconnected in flight or gave it up ? A bad switch? Did you do a range check before the flight? Total signal loss on a AM modulation radio is unusual. Even if it's out of tune, it's going to show something. Here is some inspiration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoLs0V8T5AA
Radio checked out and I did a range check before the flight (Mandatory in my book for every first flight of the day.). All the same equipment was used in the repaired aircraft and flown successfully at a different site. As I mentioned the microwave replay over that part of the field became well known and the field had to be abandoned because of the hazard. My airplane was just one of many victims and not the first on that day either.