The Microair was reviewed very favorably in Kitplanes magazine by Jim
Weir (www.rst-engr.com). His view is that 4 watts (he measured it at
4.3) is more than adequate, but that's under ideal line-of-sight
conditions. For IFR, it would be ill advised. For VFR, it depends
upon one's preference in coping with marginal conditions. If you
stuck way down low due to weather and you'd really need to talk to ATC
or Flight Service, they better not be too far away. That's where the
extra watts come in handy.
The installation manual will have all the documentation you need. A
comm is a simple hook-up.
Regards,
Fred F., A063
Paul Stewart wrote:
>
> Just starting to think about planning a panel and have found the recent
> thread concerning ebgine instruments very useful. Along the same lines, are
> there any opinions out there (can't believe there aren't) about suitable VHF
> equipment. In particular there has been quite a bit of marketing around the
> MICROAIR VHF transiever which seems a good price and weight. However it
> does quote a 4 watt transmit power as compared to 7 to 10 in other units
> I've seen. Is this an issue. If anyone has thoughts about this particular
> piece of equipment, radios in general or knows of any good (though fairly
> bascic) source of information on radio installations I would be grateful to
> hear.
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