I bought a used Microair recently. It refuses to store any information in
eeprom so it doesn'r remember frequencies beyond the two ( active and
standby ) and wont store anything in its memories. I'll have it serviced
this winter but I'm a little ticked off at the whole affair.

Ian

"Geoff Vincent" wrote in message
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Steve,

I purchased a Microaire 760 in 2002 to replace an old (non-working)
radio in my PIK 20B. The Microaire was supplied by an agent (Ian
McPhee) who also supplied his own-built wiring harness. Installation
and pre-flight checks went fine but then the unit died completely.
Problem was a faulty main chip that was replaced promptly at no charge
under warranty - back in the air in a few days.

About 3 months later I tried the scan function for the first time but
to no avail. It stopped on the first frequency in the memory and
wouldn't go any further. As I don't really have a regular use for
scan I haven't yet bothered to pull it out and return it. Apart from
this the unit has performed very well. I particularly like the toggle
feature to select active and standby frequencies and also the memory
function that is very easy to use.

Geoff Vincent
VH-GAX

On 7 Oct 2004 17:11:48 GMT, Steve Hill
wrote:

A couple of years ago I purchased a brand new MicroAir 760 tranceiver. I
kept it in the box, planning on exchanging it, as my trusty old Dittel
FSG60m was starting to make funny noises and not quite act right...When
the
Dittel finally gave up the ghost one day, I set to installing the
MicroAir.
My first flight with the new radio was great other pilots said it was very
clear and easy to hear and be heard. And the next day...nothing. It just
quit allowing transmission. I can hear others, but can't reply.

Of course now it's out of factory warranty, and the factory simply says
send
it back and they'll fix it and charge me...but I have spoken to several
other radio shops and they all either roll their eyes, or make a similar
grimace and then direct me to spend the money on replacing it entirely and
chalk it up to a $750 mistake.

I guess what I'm looking for is A: Has anyone out there had decent
experiences with this radio..? And B: Is it generally the consensus that
it's really not a worthy piece of equipment to have in the cockpit?

When I consider the investment of a few hundred bucks in comparison to the
investment in the rest of the sailplane I'm not really worried about the
money as much as just being duped...and I don't want to see others head
down
the same path.

Any comments...?


Steve Hill
(DG-400)