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  1. Kyle Communications
    I put my rebate claim in on the 23rd of Nov....today recieved $4035 dollars back from the rebate program so only about 4 weeks from lodgement. Pretty great stuff.
  2. Kyle Communications
    I think its a similar price in Childers near my farm too Will let you know soon I have to get a truck in
  3. Kyle Communications
    30 years in the radio business gives me some good reliable experience and data. I didnt say there would not be any reduction form time to time in signal recepton and transmission but in the scheme of things the path loss is not that dramatic and usually only for a very short time. The transponder I bought is a TailbeaconX..that has 2 antennas built in. I would expect some shading but at 250 watts I will still get plenty of warning on TX and RX that I am totally comfortable with it. ADSB in my opinion is far better than Mode C as I dont need to have a radar hit to ping me. The ADSB is far more open system and this is why it is being adopted worldwide
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    ARO the update rate for ADSB is literally millisec....why the direct tartget is appearing behind the sim card based target I have no idea at all. The direct target is the one I would believe for real time. Also even with some blocking any aircraft with a external transponder antenna will give you at least 10 to 20nm direct hits. The SE2 works from 10 to 40nm and seems to do reliably with just a pcb etched antenna. A external antenn fitted to to the SE2 I have performed tests on 2 aircraft now with external antennas fitted and saw up to 180km for the SE2 on detection of other aircraft to aircraft hits
  5. Kyle Communications
    I asked a question about slab walls on here and literally 30 mins later up on my facebook feed comes this https://riseproducts.com/ It makes you wonder doesnt it about how in depth the monitoring of what we say and look at is monitored I havent seen this stuff before at all. I have to say its a pretty neat idea but dont know the costs
  6. Kyle Communications
    ARO there are 2 types of ways the info comes in for ADSB in..one via your ipad trough one of the nav programs is via your sim card via the internet..yes that has lag that is not fixed. The real advantage of true ADSB in and out of the aircraft is realime millisec data refresh direct between all aircraft in the respective eqyuipments range that yo have in your aircraft. That realtime is sent to your Ipad and is usually a different colour target. The sim card targets are blue the direct targets are red
  7. Kyle Communications
    Hangars are bloody expensive now. The tilt slab construction walls etc with a steel roof type of light idustrial building construction now...is that cheaper than th traditional style of hangar build?. I havent kept up with the slab style stuff but I did get a couple of quotes for normal stle hangars and they are way expensive now with the steel prices
  8. Kyle Communications
    The SE2 just has a super accurate GPS in it The TailbeaconX and AV-30C I just got the TailbeaconX itself has that same gPS in it but the AV-30C has the calibrated preassure sensor so it is TSO compliant. You need both together or some other Pressure encoder to complete the TSO package
  9. Kyle Communications
    Yes I have just done the same crap with the Director iD...wait until you have a EPOA for your parents and manage MyGov and centrelink and my aged care for them as well as all your own govt bullsh*t
  10. Kyle Communications
    I bought my SE2 before the date allowed for the rebate 😞 .... but I just bought the ADSB setup for my RANS S-21 as I have a rego for it within RAA. I bought the TailbeaconX but the only version available now is the TSO version. The problem with this is you need a TSO barometric source. My MGL is not certifed for that as it is for experimental use and not TSO. So I needed a TSO source. uAvionix has a bundle deal going at the moment with their AV30-C which does have the TSO source in it and it does a stack more stuff as well. So i bit the bullet and ordered both. just over 8k but should get $4035 back from the rebate...well this is what the rebate paperwork told me when I lodged it earlier today. So will see what happens with this and if I do get back the 50%..I hope so 🙂 because I was willing to spend the 4.5k without the rebate https://www.uavionix.com.au/tailbeaconx-tso-av-30-c-bundle/
  11. Kyle Communications
    Do you know the owner/pilot Mike? Engine failure or "other"
  12. Kyle Communications
    I think I may have found why I thought UHF in the 400mhz band..I was told many years ago about it by a mate who was doing a lot of gliding back then and there was a early version in 2009 at least for OZFLARM and MINIOZ it was based on FLARM but a different frequency and it must have just transitioned to the usual FLARM parameters
  13. Kyle Communications
    Thanks for that great info..so that confirms the RF chip can do the range but its the modulation technique that is the issue. Interesting that the UK is the odd man out now for this. I am not sure but wasnt FLARM first developed here but on a much lower UHF frequency?
  14. Kyle Communications
    " As for the frequency/SkyEcho, FLARM uses the 'ISM' band (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_radio_band), which is a general-purpose unlicensed radio band allocated by the ITU, unfortunately the ITU allocated a different frequency range in AU/US to Europe. uAvionix will have to explain whether it's a legal issue or a hardware issue as to why the SkyEcho can't receive the ISM band in Australia (915Mhz). If that could be solved it would be great." It would be a hardware issue maybe thats why as soon as you select australia it will turn off the FLARM in the SE2 868mhz is not that far away from 915 but the antenna on the internal PCB is made for 868 so it would have a big mismatch The RF chip nowdays will do the full frequency range but it would be the microstrip antenna Most likely a new antenna and it would work fine but Australia is a small market so it would require different hardware version
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    Thruster if you have a SE2 then it comes up directly on the screen with the mobile data ones. Ozrunways only has mobile ADSB but it does show other Ozrunways users but again all via mobile data. Avplan does SE2 ADSB directly in its base VFR plan where OZrunways you have to buy the "Premiun" plan
  16. Kyle Communications
    Avplan has the ADSB as standard in their standard package
  17. Kyle Communications
    just a report of a accident on the local news in brisbane two died i believe
  18. Kyle Communications
    Hi Bob. thats the std setup but I cant see the throttle connecting rod. So i dont know. To my knowledge there are no other twin stick amateur built XL here in OZ except the Girlfriend and she had the twin operating rods. Mabel has twin sticks but a centre throttle this time though and again I have never seen a centre throttle version Sav here at all
  19. Kyle Communications
    Anyone on here who knows the aircraft that was the subject of this report for the 18th sept. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/occurrence-briefs/2022/aviation/engine-malfunction-amateur-built-savannah-xl15-km-great-keppel-island-queensland-18-september-2022?fbclid=IwAR3PqqRTkiIMSHIaLvo9EXVN9m9yQH1pfwm6869qoIbLhFnJ0uDOlGZnqOs Good job whoever the pilot was...good thinking
  20. Kyle Communications
    I have seen the video from the cameras on the field...I agree to what you said Forsythem1972
  21. Kyle Communications
    Apen I think its time you get over yourself
  22. Kyle Communications
    It was mark and a student. Both are ok
  23. Kyle Communications
    Both men are ok..mainly cuts and scrapes although possibly broken thumbs for one of them. Happened about 8.15 this morning
  24. Kyle Communications
    Just saw on the news looks like a Microlight has come to grief on landing. havent heard any further info yet
  25. Kyle Communications
    There is no SW20 coax plug connector only a push on test connector which is quite long. I was dealing direct with Ipex in Japan they only do one for the SW23. There are some SW20 size plugs but it is the reverse genger. I have fitted a coax tail on my SE2 and tested it and it works a treat. Fitted to a normal transponder antenna while flying was receiving direct contacts up to 180km away. Transmit appeared to be about 20 to 40nm reliably possibly further but it is only 20watts compared to 200 to 250 watts for a normal transponder. There isnt enough room internally to fit a SMA on the case fed with a coax without major microsurgury and a deft skill.
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