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Old September 18th 07, 12:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Peter R.
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Default Scott and XM weather

On 9/17/2007 10:54:11 AM, Dave Butler wrote:

Since I'm a user of the XM product, I'd be
interested in knowing whether he was displaying the NEXRAD in the
cockpit, and what it showed.


As a user of WSI's in-cockpit weather, I am under the impression that XM
NEXRAD can be up to 10 to 15 minutes old, depending on refresh rate and time
it takes to assemble the NEXRAD mosaic and transmitted up to XM's satellites.
If that potential for stale radar data is indeed true, then using XM (and
WSI) to weave one's way around intense thunderstorms is false security.

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Peter