The $800 figure is the Aircraft Spruce price for the strobe approved to
replace my beacon.

Mike
MU-2

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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In article . net,
"Mike Rapoport" wrote:

My upper rotating beacon has stopped rotating and I am debating whether
to
overhaul it or replace it with one of the new Whelen flashing beacons.
The
flashing beacons are all solid state with no moving parts but cost $800
and
I am also concerned about noise since the beacon is located a few inches
from the COM1 antenna. Has anyone replaced a beacon with the new
flashing
type? How far from your COM antenna is it? Is there any noise on the
COM?
A question for the electronics gurus: Do I even need to be concerned
with
noise?

Thanks in advance!

Mike
MU-2



A strobe draws considerably less power than a rotating beacon and puts
out a lot more light. The Aircraft Spruce catalog lists single-strobe
systems for $225 up to $370 for multiple-strobe systems.

I don't know where the $800 figure came from.