KR> Radio suggestions?

2008-10-12 Thread Terry Teer
Will be changing my instrument panel this winter and would like to install a panel mount transceiver. Clearance behind the panel is about 10" max. Would like to install Icom 200 but too deep. Have entertained the idea of Microair panel mount. Has anyone used or experience this unit? Regards

KR> Radio suggestions?

2008-10-12 Thread Terry Teer
Will be changing my instrument panel this winter and would like to install a panel mount transceiver. Clearance behind the panel is about 10" max. Would like to install Icom 200 but too deep. Have entertained the idea of Microair panel mount. Has anyone used or experience this unit? Regards

KR> Radio suggestions?

2008-10-12 Thread larry severson
>Have entertained the idea of Microair panel mount. Has anyone used >or experience this unit? I have the Microair 760 radio. Signals come in loud and clear. Of course, the antenna needs to be good. Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com

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2008-10-12 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 11:35 AM 11/9/2005, you wrote: >Will be changing my instrument panel this winter and would like to >install a panel mount transceiver. Clearance behind the panel is >about 10" max. Would like to install Icom 200 but too deep. Have >entertained the idea of Microair panel mount. Has anyone

KR> Radio suggestions?

2008-10-12 Thread Barry Kruyssen
KRnet Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:35 AM Subject: KR> Radio suggestions? Will be changing my instrument panel this winter and would like to install a panel mount transceiver. Clearance behind the panel is about 10" max. Would like to install Icom 200 but too deep. Have en

KR> Radio suggestions?

2008-10-12 Thread Barry Kruyssen
://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm - Original Message - From: Terry Teer To: KRnet Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:35 AM Subject: KR> Radio suggestions? Will be changing my instrument panel this winter and would like to install a panel mount transceiver. Cleara

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2008-10-12 Thread Allen Wiesner
Check out Jim Weir's article which appeared in Kitplanes. http://www.rst-engr.com/kitplanes/Micro760/Micro760.htm http://www.rst-engr.com/kitplanes/Micro760/KPtext.pdf As the article mentions, the box is slightly larger than a "standard" 2 1/4" instrument hole, and the XMIT Key line voltage has

KR>Radio Suggestions

2008-10-12 Thread Barry Kruyssen
Only to happy to help if I can get a better price. - Original Message - From: Allen Wiesner Also, his article in this month's (Dec.) Kitplanes is on the XCOM 760, note that there are two prices, $1200 from a U.S. distributor (i.e. AS&S) and $1050 direct from the XCOM website.

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2008-10-12 Thread Phil Matheson
The Microair 760 is the smallest dash mount that I know of. It fits a 2 1/4inch hole. and very light. http://www.microair.com.au/index.aspx Phil Matheson mathes...@dodo.com.au VH-PKR ( Phil's KR) 61 3 58833588 Australia.( Down Under) See My KR2 Building Web Page at: http://mywebpage.netscape.co

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2008-10-12 Thread Brant Hollensbe
Another small and light Nav/Com is the digital Garmin SL-30. It is only 1.3"H X 6.25"W X 11.5"D (including connectors),2.25 lbs. and has a built in CDI. I use a SL-30 in my spam can and heardily reccommend this great little unit. Brant Hollensbe DSM

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2008-10-12 Thread Colin Rainey
Jeff After having run the wiring and having to have Brian Kraut bail me out with the radio, I would run a good quality Icom or similar handheld, with headset adapter, and external antenna unless you are going to have a professional wire the tray style radio up. I have an SP200 from Sporty's with

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2008-10-12 Thread 3343V
Colin Rainey wrote: > Jeff > After having run the wiring and having to have Brian Kraut bail me > out with the radio, I would run a good quality Icom or similar > handheld, with headset adapter, and external antenna unless you are > going to have a professional wire the tray style radio up. That's

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2008-10-12 Thread larry flesner
> >That's exactly my plan. I got an Icom A4 for a rediculously good price and >plan on using it, a handheld GPS, and the typical instruments for bare >minimum night VFR. >Steve _ For those of you looking at handheld radios, I suggest

KR> Radio suggestions

2008-10-12 Thread Rich Meyer
- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Colin Rainey Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:55 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Radio suggestions Jeff . . . ADF is only needed if you plan on using older CDI instruments that require the ADF as part of

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2008-10-12 Thread 3343V
Rich Meyer wrote: > Any advice about whether to keep the LORAN now hanging under the > panel where my knees need to go? I think we'll be re-doing the panel > this winter. We have no VOR in the panel, since we'll clip a > handheld GPS to the panel, will we ever use the LORAN? Does the LORAN work?

KR> Radio suggestions

2008-10-12 Thread larry flesner
At 01:04 AM 10/5/05 -0500, you wrote: >Any advice about whether to keep the LORAN now hanging under the panel where >my knees need to go? >Rich Meyer + Rich, I think your question pretty much answers itself. Even if you don't need the kne

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2008-10-12 Thread Jeff Scott
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2008-10-12 Thread Rich Meyer
sage- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of 3343V Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:24 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Radio suggestions Rich Meyer wrote: > Any advice about whether to keep the LORAN now hanging under the panel > where my knees nee

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2008-10-12 Thread JAMES FERRIS
I had a tripacer andsoldhalf of it to Jeff Viken so his wife could learn to fly and he put a LORAN in it and used it to navigate from Yorktown, Va. to Barabo Wis. many times it worked very good and you tune in a radio station 1000 miles away and navigate with it and it would also give the groung s

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2008-10-12 Thread Scott William
k-up for when the GPS fails? > Rich > > -Original Message- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf > Of 3343V > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:24 AM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Radio suggestions > > > Rich