On Jul 23, 3:11*pm, Keith Morgan
wrote:

For reasons of budget we are looking at the Microair M760. We would
appreciate any comments that users have concerning this product.


I've been using one for about 5 years. I general it's a good radio
and I particularly like the variable threshold squelch as it can be
used to shut out the chatterers and still receive safety calls from
close aircraft.

I had one significant problem with it a few years ago. It basically
lost its brain. It was scanning the whole com band but still
displaying only one frequency. That was cured by reseating the
microcontroller as suggested by a Microaire service bulletin.
Everything in the radio is controlled by a single Microchip controller
and some models had problems with poor contact between the chip and
the sockets pins. I did the work myself.

I find some other glider transmissions completely inintelligible. I
suspect that that the Microaire has a narrower than normal IF passband
and is sensitive to off nominal frequency transmitters . Was never
able to prove that but never had a problem receiving any ATIS, AWOS,
Tower, or Center broadcast.

Andy