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
>>
>>
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