I recently had a M760 serviced with MicroAir. So far so good. Darin
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Ian Mc Phee <[email protected]> wrote: > Sad really about several aviation makers at Bundaberg. > > 12 years ago I chose to go the Xcom way as Microair no longer wanted my > microphones. Anyhow have sold over 150 Xcoms since and have been extremely > reliable to the extent I cushion any Xcom repair costs needed in year 3, 4 > and 5 by paying 50% of a repair bill. So far I have not had to pay out > which tells a story to the reliability. There have been 2 faults shown up > soon manufacture but I just bring in radio in and have a coffee while part > is changed. 2 others chose not to get my harness and then had the dreaded > whistle on transmit. > > Biggest issue I have had is a repaired broken back glider and nobody > checked the aerial wire and yet another showed up last week. If you > suspect this to be an issue please ask for a loan of my Ukraine aerial > scanner which is independent of any radio. > > Finally poor quality wire from battery to panel causes a serious voltage > drop on xmit at the panel - any radio brand. Please use suggest aviation > wire 18gauge (suggest 16gauge in 2 seater). > > I did not sell any of the Xcoms used in JS1 but would really wish the > Jonkers would read the instructions (think they are all fixed now). Grrrrr. > > And for record yesterday I made serial no 2700 AE flex boom mic some in > mining but most in gliding around the world. > > Ian McPhee > 0428847642 > Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 > On 24 Oct 2016 2:36 pm, "Grant Davies" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Mark, >> >> Funny you should say that, I live in Bundaberg where Microair are. >> >> Dropped my radio in last week as it has no volume control, stuck on full >> noise. >> >> Told there will be a three week wait. >> >> They don't make the radios anymore and only have an interest in in-flight >> entertainment. Most of the staff have gone to Sydney. So no techs left here. >> >> I managed to get a hold of someone but he turns out to be their on-call >> tech, only working 2 days a week. >> >> So answer is a kind of yes but on the proviso of time. >> >> I am considering a new radio. >> >> Kindest Regards >> Grant >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Mark Newton >> Sent: Monday, 24 October 2016 13:13 >> To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. >> Subject: [Aus-soaring] Microair servicing - Is it still a thing? >> >> Back in April, with an intermittent fault on an Microair T2000SFL >> transponder, I contacted Microair and Scott told me that he was expecting >> new main boards in about six weeks. >> >> Contacting them again now, I’m informed that they’ll have upgrade kids in >> February 2017. >> >> Color me skeptical. >> >> Does anyone know if Microair still retain the capability to maintain any >> of the products they’ve sold? >> >> Thanks, >> >> - mark >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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