Thread: new board in VL
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Old September 17th 04, 03:23 AM
Jim Phoenix
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Board replacement was USD 120, labor USD25, shipping USD48 - total USD193.
Turn around time not bad except I got caught in the middle of the European
holiday season, so no activity for a month, which is perfectly normal and
expected.

The new EMI filters fixes the problem - just like night and day, but keep in
mind that they don't calibrate, so if your unit is close to, or needs
calibration, expect to send it to the local cal lab. Nice to see Craggy Aero
is now a cal lab, I was afraid Carl Herold would give up the business and us
in the US would be without a cal lab for the VL's. Another clever marketing
move by Craggy.

How someone can manufacture an "aircraft part" that is installed in type
certificated products that doesn't meet HIRF/EMI requirements is beyond
me... good thing the Friendly Aviation Association doesn't know or care
about these "carry on" or so-called "portable" devices that we wire into our
gliders and interfere with our sometimes TSO'd VHF communication equipment.

;-)

Jim

"Keivn Anderson" wrote in message
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Jim,

How much did the new board in the volkslogger cost you, and what was turn
around time like? I have been flying with one for several years having to
turn my squelch all the way up to keep from going nuts.

I would love to get that one from you, but the timing is not quite wright.

Kevin R. Anderson
Soar 192
SGS 1-26B