MGL Avionics launches thirteen new instruments

[rainier]

MGL Avionics is proud to anounce the availability of a new series of instruments in standard 2.25" format.
The instruments can be mounted either from the front of the panel or rear of the panel.

For more information please visit
www.MGLAvionics.co.za

and click on the "Infinity Singles" button on the left side of the screen.

This increases our range to over 60 locally designed and manufactured instruments !!!

Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics

[John Boucher]

Rainier

Your website has not yet been updated....

You do have great products....

[Wargames]

Bad Nav,

It has been updated. 2nd or 3rd buttom from top. Real nice products.

[Gyronaut]

The update hasn't reached the Northern Cape yet..

[Rudix]

Great new instruments, well done !

Now if only we could see the pricing....... ??

Fly safe,
Rudi

[ZULU1]

Well done Rainier, its good to see that we can all compete internationally with excellent product ranges.

Keep it up

Paul (zulu1)

[rainier]

Great new instruments, well done !

Now if only we could see the pricing....... ??

Fly safe,
Rudi

Can't publish the South African Rand prices on the web - tends to upset our international customers as they can't understand implications of shipping costs, duties and taxes (and in some contries cost of bribes to customs).
Prices are quite similar to current Smart Single range, prices are slightly up from 0-20% depending on model. Increased costs go mainly towards new switched mod power supplies (lower power consumption and greater voltage range) and the new rotary control. All electronics has been redesigned and improved with newer components or better circuitry where possible.

Give us or any of our distributors or OEMs a call if you need to know a price. You know us - we don't do bad pricing, we really do believe in "value for money". All our products are directly priced based on cost of manufacture. Cost of design, tooling and software is free. That's it. Very simple and always very fair.

Our number: 021-855-1383.

Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics

[rainier]

Well done Rainier, its good to see that we can all compete internationally with excellent product ranges.

Keep it up

Paul (zulu1)

Yes, we are certainly rocking the boat. We are not liked very much in certain board rooms - but I can live with that. I'm having fun.

Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics

[John Boucher]

After the 7th refresh, it reached the Northern Cape!

[LarryMcG]

HI Rainier

Any luck with the radios yet? When can we expect them out? What about the transponder issues??

Larry

[rainier]

HI Rainier

Any luck with the radios yet? When can we expect them out? What about the transponder issues??

Larry

We are waiting for the pre-production prototype to be assembled, should not be too long now.
In the meantime I'm flying an earlier version in my Jora to gather some experience with it. Intercom works real nice - I like it very much. Nice quality audio on RX and TX. Need to work on the clipper on TX to make it a bit softer (all done in software) to prevent side band issues.

Will probably drop the TX power spec from 6W to 5W or 5.5W, difficult to get 6W across the band in a consistent manner when operating from 12V but have not given up on the 6W yet. Anyway, due to good modulation that's plenty anyway.

Rainier

[Rudix]

HI Rainier

Any luck with the radios yet? When can we expect them out? What about the transponder issues??

Larry

We are waiting for the pre-production prototype to be assembled, should not be too long now.
In the meantime I'm flying an earlier version in my Jora to gather some experience with it. Intercom works real nice - I like it very much. Nice quality audio on RX and TX. Need to work on the clipper on TX to make it a bit softer (all done in software) to prevent side band issues.

Will probably drop the TX power spec from 6W to 5W or 5.5W, difficult to get 6W across the band in a consistent manner when operating from 12V but have not given up on the 6W yet. Anyway, due to good modulation that's plenty anyway.

Rainier

Sounds good !

Is the 5W PEP or carrier ?

6W should not be a problem but I suppose it does depend on the finals you are using. I regularly run 100W PEP on 12V and up to 50W carrier but even 100W carrier can be done.

Keep up the good work !
Regards,
Rudi
PS, thanks for the info on the pricing !

[rainier]

Sounds good !

Is the 5W PEP or carrier ?

6W should not be a problem but I suppose it does depend on the finals you are using. I regularly run 100W PEP on 12V and up to 50W carrier but even 100W carrier can be done.

Keep up the good work !
Regards,
Rudi
PS, thanks for the info on the pricing !

Carrier of course (which would make it roughly 20W PEP at 100% mod).

Try your 100W at 130 Mhz from 12V with the exiter 2cm away from the final with a class D modulator. No shielding or metal work allowed. Cost must be reasonable. Zero adjustment points (no adjustable caps or inductors or anything else). You have 4-5 square cm of space available to fit exiter, driver stage(s), final and output filter/impedance converter plus rx/tx switch. Radio must be "fit and forget" production to keep costs to a minimum.
Output spectral purity must meet European specs.
Let me know when you are done because I'm going to buy you a medal. A big one.

Took us 6 years to get to this stage

Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics

[diver]

Hi Rainier,

I am in the market for a light weight transponder. Do you have a delivery date yet for your model.

Thanks. Trevor

[Rudix]

Sounds good !

Is the 5W PEP or carrier ?

6W should not be a problem but I suppose it does depend on the finals you are using. I regularly run 100W PEP on 12V and up to 50W carrier but even 100W carrier can be done.

Keep up the good work !
Regards,
Rudi
PS, thanks for the info on the pricing !

Carrier of course (which would make it roughly 20W PEP at 100% mod).

Try your 100W at 130 Mhz from 12V with the exiter 2cm away from the final with a class D modulator. No shielding or metal work allowed. Cost must be reasonable. Zero adjustment points (no adjustable caps or inductors or anything else). You have 4-5 square cm of space available to fit exiter, driver stage(s), final and output filter/impedance converter plus rx/tx switch. Radio must be "fit and forget" production to keep costs to a minimum.
Output spectral purity must meet European specs.
Let me know when you are done because I'm going to buy you a medal. A big one.

Took us 6 years to get to this stage

Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics

I have not checked the actual dimensions but if you look at some of the commercial equipment by Yeasu/Icom/Kenwood in the amateur radio market it must be close to that ! You must see how small the RF PCB's are on these units (With a huge heatsink !!)

Some of these radios are the size of a normal car radio, runs from 1.8 - 470 MHZ all modes, there is even a 200W SSB/50W FM/AM version from Kenwood. All these radios are to the stringent European standards but I suppose they are slightly larger than what you want. You have to remember that these radios include a lot of other features like band scope, scanning, DSP and cross-band repeater wasting a lot of space.

Some of the handheld radios by these guys run 7-8W AM/FM from less than 12V and fit in the palm of you hand and include most of the features of the mobile units. These units, like all the modern kit, is all surface mount with no adjustable caps/inductors.

But I am no expert, just wondering

Looking forward to you radio and transponder releases !

Fly safe,
Rudi
PS, have you looked at some of the RF "blocks" by companies like Mitsubishi ?