experience with Delcom Air 960
Hans-Jan Tolboom
mounting-rack ? Any Pro's or Con's if you look at signal quality,
ease of usage etc.
Thanks
Hans
Pete Thelwall
Mine picks up obscure radio transmissions. It was Radio Beijing last
time.
Cons:- It puts you off a bit.
Pros:- Culturally enriching
Also it doesn't kick out much power.
Cons:- Everyone says "What?" and "Please repeat" and "Eh?"
Pros:- That puts everyone else off a bit.
Have a look at http://www.microair.com.au - these radios are cheap,
and pretty good by all accounts. Or you could get an Icom.
Pete
Hans-Jan Tolboom
> Mine picks up obscure radio transmissions. It was Radio Beijing last
> time.
> Cons:- It puts you off a bit.
> Pros:- Culturally enriching
> Also it doesn't kick out much power.
> Cons:- Everyone says "What?" and "Please repeat" and "Eh?"
> Pros:- That puts everyone else off a bit.
> Have a look at http://www.microair.com.au - these radios are cheap,
> and pretty good by all accounts. Or you could get an Icom.
Beside this one, what are also good radios for gliders ?
> Pete
> On Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:45:10 +0200, Hans-Jan Tolboom
> <ha...@hans.student.tue.nl> wrote:
>>I'd like to know some experiences with the Delcom Air 960 with
>>mounting-rack ? Any Pro's or Con's if you look at signal quality,
>>ease of usage etc.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Hans
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Craig J.
> I'd like to know some experiences with the Delcom Air 960 with
> mounting-rack ? Any Pro's or Con's if you look at signal quality,
> ease of usage etc.
I just bought an HP16 and borrowed the owner's Delcom 960 for my first
flight (at Minden). No sign of Radio China, no one asked me to repeat,
audio from the speakermike was adequate, frequencies were easy to see.
Pro:
1. Thumbwheel switches consume no power (unlike LCD or LED
readouts);
2. Available with convenient panel mount or under-panel mount (from
Wings and Wheels);
3. Relatively low cost.
4. BNC antenna connector.
Con:
1. Can't easily switch between several frequencies (have to dial
each one in);
2. Second party battery packs may not be readily available;
3. Perhaps there is an alkaline battery pack (if so, it's
desirable).
In short, using the radio for only a short time at Minden, NV
(admittedly not an area of high RF smog), I found it to be perfectly
reasonable and will probably buy one of the under-panel mounts for my
HP.
Craig
Jeffry Stetson
ships Gel-cell. Nothing but good news. It's a bit weaker than the $2000
German radios, but I've held converstions with other gliders in the air at
ranges of up to 70 miles.
No bleed thru from radio Bulgaria either. As I've said before in response to
this report, I think his radio needs repair, because this is not normal
behaviour.
In the four years I've used the Delcom though, two of my friends have had
there German radios in for repairs for a total of three times. Each repair
cost more than a new Delcom.
--
Jeffry Stetson ... now: Salto H-101 aerobatic sailplane
then: Mooney M20C & M20E, Citabria 7ECA
Craig J.
under-panel mount ($301 from Wings and Wheels, I think) for my HP16. I should add
that I do have an external antenna for the VHF radio and that makes a big
difference in the distance over which any such radio can communicate.
As far as "radio bulgaria" goes, the difference in frequency between the two
makes me more than just a little skeptical. I suspect that what that owner has
heard was a combination of frequencies caused by "intermodulation products" which
is common in areas where there is a lot of RF activity. The combination can,
indeed, produce a result of hearing a broadcast station - almost always local -
on a VHF radio. Otherwise, the chances of any hand-held VHF radio receiving Radio
Beijing are so low as to be very unlikely.
Doug Haluza
Craig J. wrote in message <36257B42.94C46583@delete_this.qosi.net>...
>Hans-Jan Tolboom wrote:
>
>> I'd like to know some experiences with the Delcom Air 960 with
>> mounting-rack ? Any Pro's or Con's if you look at signal quality,
>> ease of usage etc.
I have one and it works fine. I've talked to gliders 100 mi away. The only
real problem is that it needs a carbon mic, so most popular boom mikes won't
work without external circuitry. At about 1/10 the price of the German
countarparts, there's no competition.
BTW, a glider pilot friend accidentaly reversed polarity and blew a
pico-fuse in his expensive German radio. Had to send it in for repair (for
the third time). The Delcom battery eliminator has a diode to protect
against reverse polarity.
Tim W Mara
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>Craig J. wrote in message <36257B42.94C46583@delete_this.qosi.net>...
>>Hans-Jan Tolboom wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to know some experiences with the Delcom Air 960 with
>>> mounting-rack ? Any Pro's or Con's if you look at signal quality,
>>> ease of usage etc.
>
>
>I have one and it works fine. I've talked to gliders 100 mi away. The only
>real problem is that it needs a carbon mic, so most popular boom mikes
won't
>work without external circuitry. At about 1/10 the price of the German
>countarparts, there's no competition.
>
>BTW, a glider pilot friend accidentaly reversed polarity and blew a
>pico-fuse in his expensive German radio. Had to send it in for repair (for
>the third time).
Maybe he should learn not to reverse the polarity......:-)
BTW.....I sell both......the Expensive(?) German radio and the not so
expensive Delcom...and everything else in between that has proven to be
acceptable....they all have their place and following
tim