Paul
I have a Microair though haven't used it in anger yet. Technically I cant
help much, but both Bob Nuckolls and Jim Wier speak very highly of it
which is good enough for me. Bob is selling it with his wiring harness,
though it is cheaper bought direct from Australia. Someone there is
selling them for about 400 due to the weakness of the Australian dollar.
Fwiw I have got mine connected to the Europa Copper tape antenna (not yet
trimmed to length) and am able to listen to traffic south of Manchester
Apt (that is between 60 and 100 miles away) loud and clear.
If power is an issue they are bringing out a more powerful radio that
covers the 8.33 frequency spacing.
Paul Atkinson
In article <000701c0d7dc$ac0bb800$69ccfc3e@r68lg>,
paul-d.stewart@virgin.net (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.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Paul Stewart #432
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