I order for it.
Thank you for all the exchange.
I needn’t approval. For me it will be a backup for emergency, and listen on ground.
PPG
I have made local copies of the above
Simplified handheld radio approval process
The above contains an “interesting” clause suggesting that non-8.33 radios will not be approved. That is practical but what the whole legal basis for this? Handhelds don’t need CAA approval in the first place!
Further documents of interest:
The original document, which had been moved:
Approval now extended to EASA aircraft within the UK:
http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2015098.pdf
The real question, relevant to EuroGA is that the approval is only valid for the UK. My reading of it was that because it’s a handheld radio, you may not be able to use it in other countries. Other people (in a debate on another forum) were of the opinion that if could be used if it were fitted in a British registered aircraft.
A few years ago (2013) if memory serves, the CAA realised that lots of microlighters/owners of aircraft without an electrical system would not be able to get any 8.33 equipment, so they opened a route for manufacturers to self-certify that particular models were compliant. I can’t find the original links now either, but these give some of the gist:
I should have looked at my own website before posting that
the PTT button only connects a resistor across two of the wires
Actually, it grounds one of the contacts on the mic. jack, I think it is tip but might be ring.
This makes you can have as many ptt-switches as you like – all connected in parallel.
kwlf wrote:
the 550 and 750 are now officially approved
No they aren’t. The document you quoted is not a CAA approval, it’s a self declaration by Yaesu UK that they meet the requirements of a CAA document called LA301075 – which must be long obsolete as it cannot be found anywhere on the net (at least I wasn’t able to)