Bought this radio along with a Vega control head for my Kr2. I used an old STS handheld for over 20 years with no problems but wanted to upgrade to a panel mount that would fit in my limited panel space. The only problem I had with the MGL was sometime when I was messing around in the menus I activated TX VOX, witch resulted in a Garbled and Unreadable for the control tower. Turning that feature Off resulted in a loud and clear from the tower. Very happy with this system.

Roger B Verified Purchase

MGL V16 REMOTE VHF TRANSCEIVER

Compact

Art O Verified Purchase

MGL V16 REMOTE VHF TRANSCEIVER

good clear transmision, plug and play instalation with the wireharnes

Ragnar E Verified Purchase

MGL V16 REMOTE VHF TRANSCEIVER

Nice compact / very light weight unit .

Robert M Verified Purchase

MGL V16 REMOTE VHF TRANSCEIVER

Very pleased with this set up. My RV-3 has limited space so I was able to mount this away from the controller in the panel. The xceiver is loud and clear at the low power setting. I use the 5 watt xmission power setting.

Glenn S Verified Purchase

MGL V16 REMOTE VHF TRANSCEIVER

Got this and the MGL Razor touch-screen control head to replace a nearly-new MGL V6 that just wont work in my plane. First impression is that this is a much better radio. Went with the touch-screen instead of the smaller Vega digital head mostly for ergonomics - easier to get the right thing set up while bouncing around. This radio is much simpler to set up and quite a lot clearer than the V6. Also has the option to transmit at 10 watts instead of the 6W on the V6. Heads-up: V6 is no longer manufactured by MGL. Playback feature is a great bonus. Dont forget to order: adapter for the SMA connector to convert it to a BNC (p/n: 11-16957). For the same overall price, this is a much better deal than the V6.

Replacing my older VHF radio because it didnt receive well, the MGL unit does not have this issue. Receives and transmits great. Had to work on some of my audio wiring because it transmits almost too well and I was getting some RF feedback. The manual talks about some fixes and after I fixed the shields on some of my audio wiring all is good.

I am extremely impressed with this radio. I am using the internal intercom and it is crisp and clear. It is lightweight and I had no issues building my own harness. I paired it with the Vega controller to replace an intercom and an ICOM a200and still shed some weight. I had one technical question and they responded quickly.

I installed the MGL V16 with a Vega control head in my RV-4. So far I am highly satisfied. My criteria for replacing the failed radio in my airplane were (1) 10-watt transmit, and (2) ability to monitor the standby frequency (as I have room for only one radio in the small RV-4 panel). The V16 meets these criteria (MGL calls the monitor function scanning.) The radio is very small and light. I removed 3.5 lbs of old radio and wiring, and the V16 and Vega with wiring came to just over 1 lb. Installation was mostly straightforward, although I thought the manual was not clear that the included 120-ohm resistor is necessary for the CAN bus to operate. Performance of the radio has been highly satisfactory. With the Vega control head the comm radio frequencies can be entered from my GRT Sport EX EFIS via RS232, or from my cell phone by its Bluetooth connection to the GRT Sport EX. Channel lists can be cycled and flip-flopped from remote buttons which I have mounted on my throttle, while a third button mounted on my stick is programmed to activate the say again feature on the V16 to replay any of the last several received transmissions. All functions work as expected. During testing I listened to ATIS and had conversations with aircraft in the pattern 99 miles away. All were loud and clear. The Vega control head can show average transmit power and VSWR (a measure of antenna matching.) On 122.8 I was showing 12 watts and VSWR of 1.1 both very satisfactory. The MGL manual specifies RG-58 antenna cable, but I was able to use the supplied crimp-type coax connector with my existing RG-400 antenna cable with no problem. The display on the Vega control head is bright and readable in daylight conditions and dims automatically or manually for low-light conditions (not yet tested.) I am very pleased with the MGL V16 and Vega control.