Jeff

How about if it was a toggle with On (intercom) in the center position, Off at the bottom and then the aircraft system would be press up and hold to talk? A two switch system isn't out of the question but every switch or connector introduced is a potential point of failure so I'm trying to simplify as much as possible. Most applications we are in right now don't require an OFF position so you're talking betwen headsets by default and if you want to talk outside your group then you have a (momentary) PTT switch. At this point in the game I'm far less concerned about guessing who may or may not buy because if we can't define and meet the user requirements then no one will buy it. At the end of the day, if no MajCom is willing to fund it I want them to have to say 'Yeah, we could use this but we don't want to' rather than 'Well, we would buy it except for "X" function isn't there.' 350 feet shouldn't be an issue at all, but.... until I can get inside and around a couple of birds to test it...:confused:.... Maybe at Rodeo someone will invite me out to play.

I'm lower on the food chain than FNG 'cuz I was just a 306XX back when vaccuum tubes were still kind of common.... Plus, I'm in sales now..... As it stands right now there is no belt-pack; this is a fully self-contained wireless headset. Because really, 'wireless' kind of means 'no wires', right? The standard configuration as the system works right now would give all headset users hands-free full-duplex communications between themselves. The PTT button is on the earcup and activates a connection to something outside of the wireless system. In some applications that's a two-way radio, in others it's the flight deck of a commercial aircraft.

I'm reposting this since there was a little confusion with my account and it got deleted..... Thanks for the input so far, I'm serious as a heart attack about defining the feature-set; this product is going to be ready for initial field trials in 45 days and I need it to be as close to correct as possible when I carry the first unit out to the ramp. "Sooooo, can anyone provide a little input on what this wireless headset system would look like in order for you to love it and use it? How many headsets per system? Would a system that was full-duplex, hands-free between users and push-to-talk on the aircraft comm system be a good option or for loads would you want to talk on the ship's interphone at all times? We're in the final stages of a fully portable wireless system that will work in a lot of different applications but still need a lot of questions answered about what the actual requirements are in the military environment. Obviously ComSec is going to be an issue that we have to address but no idea what level of encryption/encoding is actually required. WIAGO was targeted at C-5 and KC-10 as originally written (or so the AMC Battle Lab briefing said). I've been contacting AMXS units for input on how they could use a wireless system (and what the configuration looks like for them) but I'd sure like to get some feedback from anywhere in the field so I'm not trying to sell something that nobody really wants."