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Anybody else have this great GPS? I just got the new updates with
private airports and all, but it keeps crashing. I also was hoping to
add weather to it somehow.

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Anybody else have this great GPS? I just got the new updates with
private airports and all, but it keeps crashing. I also was hoping to
add weather to it somehow.

Yes, I have one with all the latest updates and have no problems.

Which CF card do you have?

If it is the 128M card you need to upgrade to the 256M card for all
the latest features.

If you already have the 256M card, call them for support; something
is wrong.

--
Jim Pennino

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I guess I will call them. It's a great GPS, has everything you could
think of for any pilot. I shoot approaches and can quickly change
between them if something changes. Quite handy. Just want the weather,
or better reception on my cell phone at 2500 or above.
Patrick


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wrote:
Anybody else have this great GPS? I just got the new updates with
private airports and all, but it keeps crashing. I also was hoping to
add weather to it somehow.

Yes, I have one with all the latest updates and have no problems.

Which CF card do you have?

If it is the 128M card you need to upgrade to the 256M card for all
the latest features.

If you already have the 256M card, call them for support; something
is wrong.

--
Jim Pennino

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On 16-Jul-2006, " wrote:

Just want the weather,
or better reception on my cell phone at 2500 or above.


I am not sure how your cellphone fits in here, but you DO know that using it
in flight is illegal, right? Trying to make or receive a call at altitude
will likely cause serious interference and/or call drops for many others
trying to use the cellphone network in the general area. Besides which, in
most cases a digital phone won't work at altitudes much above 2000 feet AGL.

If you are talking about using your phone to call the FSS for weather while
enroute, that's what Flight Watch is for.

-Elliott Drucker

Jokes


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On 16-Jul-2006, " wrote:

Just want the weather,
or better reception on my cell phone at 2500 or above.


I am not sure how your cellphone fits in here, but you DO know that using it
in flight is illegal, right? Trying to make or receive a call at altitude
will likely cause serious interference and/or call drops for many others
trying to use the cellphone network in the general area. Besides which, in
most cases a digital phone won't work at altitudes much above 2000 feet AGL.

If you are talking about using your phone to call the FSS for weather while
enroute, that's what Flight Watch is for.

-Elliott Drucker

Trying to make or receive a call at altitude
will likely cause serious interference and/or call drops for many others
trying to use the cellphone network in the general area.


You got a source for that? I'm not doubting it's illegal, but I'd like to
see a study supporting your claim.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Ellliot, it is interesting that you are so sure...
Answer me this: You are on the peak of Mt. Ranier and you call your
sweetie to announce that you have sucessfully climbed the mountain and
you are not in the least surprised that it works (mountain climbers use
cell phones all the time)... Yet when I call from my plane, tens of
thousands of feet lower in altitude, you are sure it won't work and you
are sure it is not legal... hmmm?

denny

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"Denny" wrote:
Ellliot, it is interesting that you are so sure...
Answer me this: You are on the peak of Mt. Ranier and you call your
sweetie to announce that you have sucessfully climbed the mountain and
you are not in the least surprised that it works (mountain climbers use
cell phones all the time)... Yet when I call from my plane, tens of
thousands of feet lower in altitude, you are sure it won't work and you
are sure it is not legal... hmmm?

Technical issues aside, unless something has changed very recently,
inflight use of a mobile phone is illegal according to FCC regulations.

In the PCS band, I never seem to have much of a signal while airborne.



JKG

"ed" == e drucker writes:

ed I am not sure how your cellphone fits in here, but you DO know
ed that using it in flight is illegal

Using a digital PCS phone in flight is not illegal so long as the PIC
determines it doesn't interfere with any flight or nav instruments.
Using an older AMPS cellphone is illegal.

In article ,
Bob Fry wrote:
ed I am not sure how your cellphone fits in here, but you DO know
ed that using it in flight is illegal

Using a digital PCS phone in flight is not illegal so long as the PIC
determines it doesn't interfere with any flight or nav instruments.
Using an older AMPS cellphone is illegal.


When did the FCC repeal this prohibition?



JKG