Rainier Lamers
Well Known Member
MGL Avionics V10 COM radio - status
I received a PM asking about what is happening with the V10 regarding FCC etc so here is an update as I know Matt at MGL Avionics U.S.A has over 100 on his waiting list.
The testing of the radio by an FCC accredited laboratory has been completed and the radio complies (with significant margin on all points) with the relevant regulations of part 87 and part 15. It took quite a bit longer than expected until we had the test report in final form in our hands due to the person doing the report going on a lengthy holiday. Anyway, it's done and the matter currently rests with the FAA as we need to get FAA approval. This we should have in a week or so. The moment we have this the rest is merely bureaucratic stuff with the FCC itself and hopefully that should not take long to complete (mainly filing of the relevant documents). Once everything is done we will immediately ship the outstanding orders for this unit to the U.S.
In the meantime we have been shipping to countries that don't care about FCC and have also a large number of units flying here in South Africa so we have been able to gather a good amount of in-field experience which has been extremely positive.
Incidentally we have two installations now that have replaced their expensive ANR headsets with ordinary PNR headsets as this results in better sound quality. This we have found with both DC as well as Bose ANR headsets. The combination of ANR plus the very effective noise suppression system in the V10 tends to overdo things resulting in a somewhat muffled voice sound if the V10's VOGAD intercom is used. Your choice is either change to the normal VOX intercom of the V10 or replace the headsets. Remarkably, it seems the best overall result is achieved with a good PNR headset in combination with the VOGAD system. Individual results may of course differ as the exact makeup of the noise in your cockpit matters.
So, it's all good and we should be shipping a nice batch of V10's to the U.S. very shortly.
Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics
I received a PM asking about what is happening with the V10 regarding FCC etc so here is an update as I know Matt at MGL Avionics U.S.A has over 100 on his waiting list.
The testing of the radio by an FCC accredited laboratory has been completed and the radio complies (with significant margin on all points) with the relevant regulations of part 87 and part 15. It took quite a bit longer than expected until we had the test report in final form in our hands due to the person doing the report going on a lengthy holiday. Anyway, it's done and the matter currently rests with the FAA as we need to get FAA approval. This we should have in a week or so. The moment we have this the rest is merely bureaucratic stuff with the FCC itself and hopefully that should not take long to complete (mainly filing of the relevant documents). Once everything is done we will immediately ship the outstanding orders for this unit to the U.S.
In the meantime we have been shipping to countries that don't care about FCC and have also a large number of units flying here in South Africa so we have been able to gather a good amount of in-field experience which has been extremely positive.
Incidentally we have two installations now that have replaced their expensive ANR headsets with ordinary PNR headsets as this results in better sound quality. This we have found with both DC as well as Bose ANR headsets. The combination of ANR plus the very effective noise suppression system in the V10 tends to overdo things resulting in a somewhat muffled voice sound if the V10's VOGAD intercom is used. Your choice is either change to the normal VOX intercom of the V10 or replace the headsets. Remarkably, it seems the best overall result is achieved with a good PNR headset in combination with the VOGAD system. Individual results may of course differ as the exact makeup of the noise in your cockpit matters.
So, it's all good and we should be shipping a nice batch of V10's to the U.S. very shortly.
Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics