Hi,
I am wondering if following is possible, and if yes what are the recommended products.
One of DA40s that I fly have only one COM radio. Is there a handheld transceiever or receiver, which could be used to monitor second COM frequency, but with bluetooth pairing ability?
I own a pair of Bose A20 bluetooth headset to which I would like to hook up, via bluetooth, the mentioned handheld device. I do NOT need to transmit via the handheld, just to monitor secondary frequency. With A20s automute ability for bluetooth streams, it would prevent double incoming transmissions from installed COM and handheld COM.
Am I dreaming or could this be done? If yes, what device would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.
Aleks
Backup handheld BT radio
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Re: Backup handheld BT radio
Doesn't the A20 also have a mini-plug in? My Lightspeed does and I was pretty sure the two big players were at feature parity. If so, the standard iCom radio that I used to carry for emergencies had a way to hook up via a miniplug.
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Re: Backup handheld BT radio
Hi Colin,
You are completely correct. Seems my mind was thinking too complicated with bluetooth connection.
I will check the iCom.
Thanks for the tip.
Aleks
You are completely correct. Seems my mind was thinking too complicated with bluetooth connection.
I will check the iCom.
Thanks for the tip.
Aleks
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Re: Backup handheld BT radio
And since you are only *listening* to the frequency you might consider something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Whistler-WS1010- ... B00IID3O72
which is just a scanner and receiver. (I couldn't figure out if there's an audio out, obviously you would want that.)
But that's $80 instead of $300 for an iCom.
https://www.amazon.com/Whistler-WS1010- ... B00IID3O72
which is just a scanner and receiver. (I couldn't figure out if there's an audio out, obviously you would want that.)
But that's $80 instead of $300 for an iCom.
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Re: Backup handheld BT radio
Ah, this one on MyPilotStore is a little over a hundred bucks and has an earphone jack.
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Re: Backup handheld BT radio
Colin - Thanks for reminding me about the iCom - I was meaning to pick one up......ordered an A24 today.