UHF Radio

[mattsteele]

Just wondering what

[jeff b]

I have to say that having a "Dual Monitoring" function is a great assett. Handy when flying with mates talking on the chat channel and having CTAF on the other channel. When flying cross country you can have Area freq/CTAF freq both monitored at the same time. Icom 760 works pretty good.Jeff.

[jeff b]

Sorry that"s VHF. Also had Icom UHF IC41S for hangliding. Pretty good.

[mattsteele]

What would one of these units

[Brian]

I havent got one but I have used a Xcomm VHF that is linked to a GME UHF so you can use your avaition headset etc to hook up and you have an intergrated unit that is plug and play plus you can get a bluetooth think to hook up the mobile phone and I pod & whatever elese you want.Not sure of the cost but the way I see it is that if you want VHF & UHF to work properly without tearing your hair out, then go the Xcomm !!

[mattsteele]

Probly won"t need VHF where im based, been lookin at some GME ones for around 3-4 hundred $. Just have 2 get the connections from it the the helmet i suppose.

[Brian]

GME. Uniden, they all work okay.Are you going to be using a motorbike helmet ? if so there are a few tricks in getting it working well.

[mattsteele]

Not really, was looking at one of them pro series helmets on ozpilot.com.au around 350$ ready to use. But i got 2 brand new bike helmets sitting in the house hear, never used. Whats the trick??? Cos this might save me some $$$.

[Brian]

Its probably not going to save you much money by using earmoulds and a normal GME mike.

[asra]

I use an icom ic40s with an icom headset cable tied on to the outside of a bike helmet and i can hear it fine with earplugs in works great

[almar]

Hey Chopper and Flybum, I use earmould earplugs , but what mic can I use with them???? I`m going round in circles trying to find one. Any help appreciated. I`m using an Icom A-24.

[Brian]

Hey Chopper and Flybum, I use earmould earplugs , but what mic can I use with them???? I`m going round in circles trying to find one. Any help appreciated. I`m using an Icom A-24.I use the earmoulds too but I only have a GME UHF. For a mike, I use the mike out of the hand held mike which is put in a hollowed out section of my helmet in front of the mouth. You do need to use a 1 ohm resistor on the mike to get the noise level down.With a A-24, you should be able to use the mike out of any avaition headset.When I say the mike, I mean the pick up bit which is very small.