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icubob(at)newnorth.net
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:42 am Post subject: radio light

hi all,

  i have just gotten my icom 200 wired and it  works! no credit to me , i had help. the radio reqiures a separate power feed  for its lighting. the plane will be used daytime vfr only. i could wire the  lighting on always , wire it to go on with the nav lights, and numerous other  ways. not a very big deal but i wanted to hear if there is a logical reason to  do it one way versus another. thanks

  bob noffs

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klehman(at)albedo.net
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:15 am Post subject: radio light

Hi Bob



FWIW I have a bright/off/dim switch on mine because I like it dimmed at 

night. On bubble canopy aircraft it doesn't seem to make much difference 

whether it is lighted during daytime but in my high wing machine with 

sunglasses on, the light does seem to make it slightly easier to read 

during the day.  Actually when I realized that all the little lights 

were incandescant instead of LED's, I put a 10 ohm resistor in series 

with the light for the bright setting to insure long life but I have no 

real idea of the bulb life without the resistor. My dim position puts a 

22 ohm resistor in series with the lights. It would have been fine wired 

to the instrument light dimmer as well but I wanted it on when the other 

things were turned off.



Another peculiarity I had was that the mic gain on the top of the radio 

was set too high from the factory for any mic that I tried which 

resulted in poor transmissions initially.



Ken



bob noffs wrote:



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		   hi all,

  i have just gotten my icom 200 wired and it works! no credit to me , 

 i had help. the radio reqiures a separate power feed for its lighting. 

 the plane will be used daytime vfr only. i could wire the lighting on 

 always , wire it to go on with the nav lights, and numerous other 

 ways. not a very big deal but i wanted to hear if there is a logical 

 reason to do it one way versus another. thanks

  bob noffs

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trigo(at)mail.telepac.pt
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: radio light

I couldn't resist to ask you 2 naughty  questions:

 If you airplane will be used daytime vfr only, why  does it have nav lights for?

 Second question, even if you don't want to get rid  of those (perhaps useless) nav lights, are you wanting to turn them on  whenever you feel you need to turn on your radio's lighting?

  

 Now more seriously, wire your radio lighting to its  own power (lighting always on if the radio is on), or to the instruments  lighting, if your plane has it.

  

 Carlos

  

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luigit(at)freemail.it
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: radio light

Hi all.         

Installing my Icom 200 I have a question.         

I have a three wire shielded cable available and I wish to use it for the microphone and the phones jacks at the same time ,two wire for the mike and one for the earphone, using the shield for both. Is my project applicable ? Is there any problem arising with this scheme ?         

Thank you for the help.         

Luigi         

Rome, Italy         

           

--- Messaggio originale ---                  hi all,

          i have just gotten my icom 200 wired and it works! no credit to me , i had help. the radio reqiures a separate power feed for its lighting. the plane will be used daytime vfr only. i could wire the lighting on always , wire it to go on with the nav lights, and numerous other ways. not a very big deal but i wanted to hear if there is a logical reason to do it one way versus another. thanks

          bob noffs

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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject: radio light

Hi Luigi,

I believe what you are saying is correct and if you look at the bottom 

diagram of the drawing

I did for my ICom 200 radio and intercom set, the three wires you speak 

of for the mic and headset

are shown.

http://www.macsmachine.com/images/electrical/full/primary-wiring-(SH-2).gif



Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com



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		   Hi all.



 Installing my Icom 200 I have a question.



 I have a three wire shielded cable available and I wish to use it for 

 the microphone and the phones jacks at the same time ,two wire for the 

 mike and one for the earphone, using the shield for both. Is my 

 project applicable ? Is there any problem arising with this scheme ?



 Thank you for the help.



 Luigi



 Rome, Italy

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n801bh(at)NetZero.com
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 4:58 am Post subject: radio light

Hi Bob, I have the Icom 200 too and during the day I wish I would have wired the light to be on all the time to properly see the digits in the display. YMMV 

do not archive

Ben Haas

N801BH

www.haaspowerair.com



-- "bob noffs" <icubob(at)newnorth.net> wrote:

 hi all,

  i have just gotten my icom 200 wired and it works! no credit to me , i had help. the radio reqiures a separate power feed for its lighting. the plane will be used daytime vfr only. i could wire the lighting on always , wire it to go on with the nav lights, and numerous other ways. not a very big deal but i wanted to hear if there is a logical reason to do it one way versus another. thanks

  bob noffs

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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 3:10 am Post subject: radio light

hi carlos, 

   my airplane was built to be vfr day or night  but i probably wont renew my private lic. when it flies. a night landing in the  northern wisconsin woods would probably be the last thing i ever did. you are  right about not needing the nav lights but they were cheap enough from aeroflash  with the wingtip strobes and it cant hurt to run them. anyway, i think the way  to go on the radio lights is to wire them to the same power suply as the radio.  thanks to all who replied.

                                                                           bob noffs

                                                                           woodruff, wi.

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