Lightspeed Recommendations Wanted

I found that the Bose and Lightspeeds 30-3Gs were pretty close in sound
and
fit for my liking. The Bose were lighter and did not have the cell phone
interface or the MPS/CD player interface as did the LightSpeeds. I
wanted the cell phone interface so I could have the ability to call from
on the ground.

This is a rarely mentioned asset of the Lightspeed headsets. When I bought
Twenty 3Gs, I thought "Pah! What will I ever use *that* for?"

Well, it turns out that I use it a lot. The ability to plug your cell phone
into your headset, giving you crystal-clear sound even with the engine roar,
is really nice.

Now if only it worked in the air...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Denny,
How do you feel about the difference between the 20XL and the 20 3G's? Do
you feel that you received adequate value for the difference? The reason I
ask is that I'm always tempted to upgrade, but I never feel it's worth it
when I try my friends 20 3G's. What do you think?
Jim

"Denny" wrote in message
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I have the 20 3G currently... Upgraded from the 20XL... Perfectly happy
and don't feel that spending more will get me more that is
meaningful...

denny

When I was ait Pacific Coast Avionics buying my headsets
(http://www.pca.aero), I asked about what difference I could expect
between the Twenty-3G and the Thirty-3G. For a C-152/172, they couldn't
give me any info. I called lightspeed and talked to one of their
techies. He was straight up with my and saved me about $100-120 by
telling me that the Thirty-3G would be better if you are flying a
noisier airplane (like a C-210 Centurion, etc) and that the smaller
planes, like the 150/152/172/182 would be fine with just a Twenty-3G.
That was his personal opinion. Having now used the Twenty-3G, I am
thinking it would have been nice to bought the more expensive one, just
because. Note, I have NO complaints about my Twenty-3G and, as
others have said, I LOVE the Lightspeed customer service. It's nice
that I drive by their corp HQ every day. grin Btw, Pacific Coast
Avionics was pretty good to me as well and their prices are decent. I
drive by them, too. Ahh, thank God for living in Oregon (even if
our legislators are cracked up on meth and we have nutzoids trying to
cripple our state government).

Chris G.

Jay Honeck wrote:
I found that the Bose and Lightspeeds 30-3Gs were pretty close in sound
and
fit for my liking. The Bose were lighter and did not have the cell phone
interface or the MPS/CD player interface as did the LightSpeeds. I
wanted the cell phone interface so I could have the ability to call from
on the ground.


This is a rarely mentioned asset of the Lightspeed headsets. When I bought
Twenty 3Gs, I thought "Pah! What will I ever use *that* for?"

Well, it turns out that I use it a lot. The ability to plug your cell phone
into your headset, giving you crystal-clear sound even with the engine roar,
is really nice.

Now if only it worked in the air...

"Jay Honeck" wrote

This is a rarely mentioned asset of the Lightspeed headsets. When I
bought
Twenty 3Gs, I thought "Pah! What will I ever use *that* for?"

Well, it turns out that I use it a lot. The ability to plug your cell
phone
into your headset, giving you crystal-clear sound even with the engine
roar,
is really nice.

Now if only it worked in the air...

I haven't figured out why some cell phone companies have not set aside a few
of their frequencies, (PCS, of course aren't regulated) aim a few widely
spaced antennae upwards, and market it as a airphone uplink.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

I haven't figured out why some cell phone companies have not set aside a few
of their frequencies, (PCS, of course aren't regulated) aim a few widely
spaced antennae upwards, and market it as a airphone uplink.

First off, PCS *is* regulated. They'd have to get a license to transmit over
those frequencies from ground to air.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Morgans wrote:

I have no doubt that there would be some regulations and red tape to cut
through, but it seems like there is a market to be served, the extra
bandwidth is there, and that it should be possible.

Oh, it's certainly possible. Aircell did that with the cell frequencies.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:

I haven't figured out why some cell phone companies have not set aside a
few
of their frequencies, (PCS, of course aren't regulated) aim a few widely
spaced antennae upwards, and market it as a airphone uplink.

First off, PCS *is* regulated. They'd have to get a license to transmit
over
those frequencies from ground to air.

I understand that is actually up for debate, since PCS operates on a
different band than the rest of cellular, and the regs were written
regulating those cellular bands. I really didn't want to bring up that
whole debate, again.

I have no doubt that there would be some regulations and red tape to cut
through, but it seems like there is a market to be served, the extra
bandwidth is there, and that it should be possible.
--
Jim in NC