Flying weather on your cell phone

[Jay Honeck]

http://www.my-cast.com/

Here's the website for the service I first heard about at Sun N Fun. I've
signed up and it seems to work perfectly.

It's very, very cool to be able to see "live" weather radar on your cell
phone. A radar picture is truly worth a thousand words when you're trying
to skirt a front -- and for less than ten bucks a month!

Just when I had started to regard my cell phone as yet another annoyance,
something like this comes along.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[EDR]

In article <WYPhc.2472$_L6.412360@attbi_s53>, Jay Honeck
> wrote:

> It's very, very cool to be able to see "live" weather radar on your cell
> phone. A radar picture is truly worth a thousand words when you're trying
> to skirt a front -- and for less than ten bucks a month!

How well does it work in flight conditions?

[John Harlow]

> Here's the website for the service I first heard about at Sun N Fun. I've
> signed up and it seems to work perfectly.

I have the Samsung i700 which has a cellular modem (and unlimited internet
access through Verizon). I've found http://www.accuweather.com/pda to be a
good, free weather site. DUATS works well with it too.

I assume it's not legal for use in flight though, and I don't see how this
service is any different - is it?

[Dylan Smith]

In article <WYPhc.2472$_L6.412360@attbi_s53>, Jay Honeck wrote:
> http://www.my-cast.com/
>
> Here's the website for the service I first heard about at Sun N Fun. I've
> signed up and it seems to work perfectly.

I have a GPRS phone, and I've just set up short cuts to weather images
and data. For all the moaners about the abbreviations used in TAF/METAR
reports, it does mean it fits nicely on a mobile phone screen :-)

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

[Dave]

EDR > wrote in message >...
> In article <WYPhc.2472$_L6.412360@attbi_s53>, Jay Honeck
> > wrote:
>
> > It's very, very cool to be able to see "live" weather radar on your cell
> > phone. A radar picture is truly worth a thousand words when you're trying
> > to skirt a front -- and for less than ten bucks a month!
>
> How well does it work in flight conditions?

My phone rarely gets a signal at 5000-8000 MSL that I usually fly.
So,this will be useful when I'm on the ground, but doubt this is
useful for 'live' cockpit weather. But at $9.95/month, I'll try.
Especially with the summer thunderstorm season approaching.

[Jay Honeck]

> I have a GPRS phone, and I've just set up short cuts to weather images
> and data. For all the moaners about the abbreviations used in TAF/METAR
> reports, it does mean it fits nicely on a mobile phone screen :-)

Funny you should mention that -- I noticed it, too.

For ONCE learning all those stupid abbreviations has paid off!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Victor]

Try a direct link to your radar FREE noaa picture. It is much faster
to download. For example:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/radar/images/DS.p20-r/SI.kbro/latest.gif