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Old February 16th 07, 02:02 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
ArtP
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Default METAR notation as a foreign language. Was: Iowa Aviation Weather...en Espanol

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:13:15 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote:


Originally, it was limited bandwidth.


If they want to reduce bandwidth requirements why not eliminate all
the boiler plate in the TFR announcements so you can actually find the
restricted area, altitude, and time. Now when I try to read them I am
faced with a solid block meaningless text that requires multiple
screens to get through.