Looking for feedback on Skyview and audio options

[lolachampcar]

I'm laying out a new Skyview system and am considering using Dynon's radio and intercom. It is a light IFR application likely using a 430 or 650 as RNAV source.

Does anyone have experience with, and feedback for, using Dynon's radio and intercom together with the com and nav radios in something like a 430? I'm curious how many audio inputs you can manage with the Dynon intercom and how well the whole package works.

Thanks in advance.
Bill

 

[Raymo]

I installed that setup in a Lancair 235. The one thing you will need is a switch to toggle/select the radio you want to use for transmit. You'll use each radio's volume control to allow listening (or not) of both radios at the same time.

I have Dynon's radio and intercom in my RV-7A and love their ease of use (and price). No 430 yet in my setup but would do the above if/when I get there.

 

[CGameProgrammer]

But if you use the radio without SkyView then the buttons for tower, ground, etc. don't do anything, right? Those buttons are what make it so easy to use.

 

[dynonsupport]

I don't think anyone is discussing using the Dynon COM without SkyView. Just using two COMs in a plane with a SkyView. SkyView can talk to two COM units at once so the TWR, ATIS, GND, ATC buttons work on both.

 

[William_Ince]

So . . . if the aircraft is equipped with at least one SkyView display . . and 2 SkyView radios only . . . how does the operator choose which radio to transmit from?
Can the primary frequencies on both radios be received simultaneously? How would the operator mute (isolate) one of the radios if he/she just wanted to monitor one receiver?

 

[Raymo]

So . . . if the aircraft is equipped with at least one SkyView display . . and 2 SkyView radios only . . . how does the operator choose which radio to transmit from?

As mentioned above and in chapter 16 of the installation manual, a toggle switch is used.

Can the primary frequencies on both radios be received simultaneously? How would the operator mute (isolate) one of the radios if he/she just wanted to monitor one receiver?

In the proposed configuration, I suspect only one radio can receive input from the SV screen.

How would the operator mute (isolate) one of the radios if he/she just wanted to monitor one receiver?

Each radio's volume knob would be used.

 

[lolachampcar]

Thanks Ray!
That was a lot of what I was looking for.... I was aware of the toggle for PTT requirement. I was just curious how having a Dynon Com, Garmin Com and Garmin Nav all "Y'd" into the same intercom would work. It sounds like you just twiddle volumes to listen to what you want.

My primary concern is that the rear cockpit can manipulate the primary (Dynon) radio and then use that radio. My (the front cockpit) PTT can be directed to the Dynon or Garmin Com while the person in back just gets the Dynon. Their Skyview will allow them to manipulate frequencies.

Its not as fancy as a full blown audio panel but then is one really needed for two radios and the need to monitor a nav radio from time to time?

 

[William_Ince]

 

 
So . . . if the aircraft is equipped with at least one SkyView display . . and 2 SkyView radios only . . . how does the operator choose which radio to transmit from?

As mentioned above and in chapter 16 of the installation manual, a toggle switch is used.

Thank you for the reference, Ray.
That is a perfectlly acceptable solution for me. I follow the principle of "keep it simple."
Will any type of "toggle" switch suffice?
Or does Dynon recommend or sell a specific toggle type?

 

[mmarien]

That is a perfectlly acceptable solution for me. I follow the principle of "keep it simple."

In following the "keep it simple" philosophy, a lot of com radios can monitor the standby frequency eliminating the need for a second radio. and intercom.

 

[William_Ince]

. . . a lot of com radios can monitor the standby frequency eliminating the need for a second radio. and intercom.

That's okay, but there is nothing wrong with having a backup radio. I have found that most hand helds are not adequate backups at all.

 

[Raymo]

Or does Dynon recommend or sell a specific toggle type?

You would need a Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) Switch.

 

[mmarien]

I have found that most hand helds are not adequate backups at all.

True. But then, I'm not sure the "keep it simple" philosophy allows for backup. Adding a second radio, an intercom to interface two radios together and a switch to select one over the other seems an awful lot like the complexity the KISS principal is trying to avoid.

 

[William_Ince]

Or does Dynon recommend or sell a specific toggle type?

You would need a Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) Switch.

Thank you Ray.