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pwmac(at)sisna.com
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:18 am Post subject: intercom & headset kits

I am interested in any evaluation of the Jim Wier kits. www.rst-engr.com. Has anybody used them? 

 

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nuckollsr(at)cox.net
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:33 am Post subject: intercom & headset kits

At 08:17 AM 1/31/2007 -0700, you wrote:



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I am interested in any evaluation of the Jim Wier kits. www.rst-engr.com. 

Has anybody used them?


	




   I've known Jim for decades. While we might differ in design

   philosophies, his products are well thought out and about

   as robust as any kit can be. I cannot recall learning of

   any customer complaints as to the performance or

   value-received for his products.



        Bob . . .



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        ( what ever you do must be exercised   )

        ( EVERY day . . .                      )

        (                  R. L. Nuckolls III  )

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melvinke(at)coho.net
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:52 am Post subject: intercom & headset kits

Built his marker beacon kit, which has performed perfectly for fifteen years

now.

Kenneth Melvin, Hillsboro, Oregon 



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ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: intercom & headset kits

paul wilson wrote:

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 I am interested in any evaluation of the Jim Wier kits. www.rst-engr.com. Has anybody used them? 

 

It's been a while, but I built a couple of headsets back when it made 
	


economic sense, and a portable intercom. They were well designed & easy 

for me to construct (I do have a bit of a history with a soldering 

iron). I enjoy electronic kits; you might not. I've still got a set of 

the headphones. When I got married, my wife commandeered the RST's over 

the choice of much more expensive ones & used them until we upgraded to 

active noise canceling ones.



He was supposed to release a new design for an audio panel/intercom but 

I don't know if it's available yet. The old one (meaning 15 years ago) 

was a bit primitive in dealing with comm operation vs. intercom operation.



These days, some stuff you just can't kit for less than it costs for a 

complete manufactured unit. Do your homework.



Charlie

rshannon(at)cruzcom.com
Guest

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: intercom & headset kits

I am building the RST Engineering audio panel/intercom now. The kit is

well organized and perhaps more important, the documentation is super.



Ron

paul wilson wrote:

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 I am interested in any evaluation of the Jim Wier kits. www.rst-engr.com. Has anybody used them?

Kellym

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1700
Location: Sun Lakes AZ

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: intercom & headset kits

I built one of his combined intercom/marker/audio panel kits about 23 

years ago. It worked fine for the 15 years I owned the plane I installed 

it in. Probably needed the gain on the marker turned down a bit, other 

wise it performed 100% as advertised.

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> I am interested in any evaluation of the Jim Wier kits. 

> www.rst-engr.com. Has anybody used them?

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A&P/IA, EAA Tech Counselor # 5286
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N6030X(at)DaveMorris.com
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: intercom & headset kits

Do you know if his audio panel and the remote marker beacon receiver 

can be used in a certified aircraft?  I assumed since he built his 

first one for his Cessna 170 that it was OK to have a non-TSO'ed 

audio panel, but I've been wondering because he doesn't mention 

anything either way on the web site.

Dave Morris

At 08:39 PM 1/31/2007, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

I am building the RST Engineering audio panel/intercom now. The kit is

well organized and perhaps more important, the documentation is super.

Ron

paul wilson wrote:

 > 

 >

 > I am interested in any evaluation of the Jim Wier kits. 

 www.rst-engr.com. Has anybody used them?

Kellym

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1700
Location: Sun Lakes AZ

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: intercom & headset kits

TSO is not required for Part 91 avionics, other than transponder and ELT.

The kit was returned complete to RST for alignment and FCC 

certification, then returned to me. I had avionics shop install it in my 

C170B. No problem.

Depending on FSDO, IA and whether they go along with Jim Weir's 

pronouncement that the audio panel is a minor modification.

Dave N6030X wrote:

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 <N6030X(at)DaveMorris.com>



 Do you know if his audio panel and the remote marker beacon receiver 

 can be used in a certified aircraft?  I assumed since he built his 

 first one for his Cessna 170 that it was OK to have a non-TSO'ed audio 

 panel, but I've been wondering because he doesn't mention anything 

 either way on the web site.



 Dave Morris



 At 08:39 PM 1/31/2007, you wrote:

> 

> <rshannon(at)cruzcom.com>

>

> I am building the RST Engineering audio panel/intercom now. The kit is

> well organized and perhaps more important, the documentation is super.

>

> Ron

> paul wilson wrote:

> > 

> <pwmac(at)sisna.com>

> >

> > I am interested in any evaluation of the Jim Wier kits. 

> www.rst-engr.com. Has anybody used them?

>

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Kelly McMullen
A&P/IA, EAA Tech Counselor # 5286
KCHD

echristley(at)nc.rr.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:26 am Post subject: intercom & headset kits

Ron Shannon wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

I am building the RST Engineering audio panel/intercom now. The kit is

well organized and perhaps more important, the documentation is super.

Ron

I'd like to emphasize what Ron said.  If you read the manuals carefully 

as you build it, you'll finish with not only an intercom, but knowledge 

of exactly how it works. I built one last spring.  I had some problems 

with incorrect parts, but Jim dealt with them personally.  No company is 

perfect.  It's how they deal with problems that seperate the sheep from 

the goats.  I don't think you're going to find a better company to work 

with than RST.  If you place any value on knowing how things work, or 

any pride in being able to say, "I built that", I don't think you will 

find any better value than RST's kits.

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bonanza(at)vodamail.co.za
Guest

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: intercom & headset kits

Paul,

I'm particularly interested in the functionality of the 4 place intercom and

the squelch settings. What has been your experience with this aspect?



Bob Verwey

A35 Bonanza 



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lm4(at)juno.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:22 am Post subject: intercom & headset kits

Well,

        Now there's an interesting question. You don't need a 

audio panel to use navigational facilities so ... 

does an audio panel have to be T.S.O.ed ?

Larry Mac Donald

lm4(at)juno.com

Rochester N.Y.

Do not archive



 Do you know if his audio panel and the remote marker beacon receiver 

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 can be used in a certified aircraft?  I assumed since he built his 

 first one for his Cessna 170 that it was OK to have a non-TSO'ed 

 audio panel, but I've been wondering because he doesn't mention 

 anything either way on the web site.

 

 Dave Morris

 

 At 08:39 PM 1/31/2007, you wrote:

 >

 <rshannon(at)cruzcom.com>

 >

 >I am building the RST Engineering audio panel/intercom now. The kit 

 is

 >well organized and perhaps more important, the documentation is 

 super.

 >

 >Ron

klehman(at)albedo.net
Guest

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: intercom & headset kits

FWIW I have a flighttech intercom that uses a hot mic and electronic 

speech noise filter chip. No squelch controls, no background noise of 

any kind while talking or when not talking, no missed syllables when you 

start to talk and it works fine with mismatched headsets from different 

manufacturers. Best darn intercom I've ever used and I'd never be happy 

with a VOX unit or a PTT intercom again.

Ken



Bob Verwey wrote:



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Paul,

I'm particularly interested in the functionality of the 4 place intercom and

the squelch settings. What has been your experience with this aspect?



Bob Verwey

A35 Bonanza

klehman(at)albedo.net
Guest

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: intercom & headset kits

Good company with good products and documentation but be cautious of 

purchasing second hand old stuff unless you try it first. For example I 

have a tested and calibrated but never installed or used early model (at 

least 10 or 12 years old) audio panel here that must be manually 

switched between intercom and radio to transmit. That is just too 

awkward and the design has been updated I think a couple of times since 

then as you'd expect from a good company. Similarly I was never happy 

with the audio quality from the  mic amplifier in my older headset (8 or 

10 years) but I switched to his later transistorized design and am happy 

with it now. In fact I also put that amplifier in another manufacturer's 

headset to improve it as well!

Ken



paul wilson wrote:



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