I've already delivered about 50 of these radios...out of all of them I had 2
returned to the manufacturer, both exchanged under warranty...I never had
them here to check them out but one I am 95% certain was an installation
problem, the other had apparently a bad switch for storing data....aside
from that it worked fine...we have only one at our field and this one I
actually installed and it's used regularly and works flawlessly.
As for the current drain, these are manufacturers calculations and IMHO a
bit misleading or overly pessimistic ....the radio we have here runs for
hours on an 8 Ah battery along with electric varios, PDA, GPS and has never
been an issue...it's as strong at the end of the day as it is at the
beginning and the battery after a nearly 4 hour flights is still fresh
enough and the radio continues to work just fine. On at least one occasion
the battery didn't get charged the week before but after another rather long
flight it still worked flawlessly... I've had several good reports from
buyers and would certainly recommend this radio as a good low cost option to
anyone. Not much more $ than a typical handheld and a far better option
IMHO.
see my website page http://www.wingsandwheels.com/page1.htm
best regards
Tim Mara




"T8" wrote in message
...
Guys in my club are asking about this
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...tlineFL760.php
for a club glider.

Anyone got one? Experience? Evidently, they are new on the market in
the last 12 - 15 months.

I have already recommended against based on high power consumption,
high minimum voltage requirement.

-Evan Ludeman / T8