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I have the WSI satellite weather receiver installed in a Bonanza. The
data from this receiver is displayed nicely on a Garmin/AT MX20 moving map. Today I called WSI to ask them what new weather features we could expect from their weather service. The rep told me that lightening data will be available soon. However, the data will not be displayed on the MX20 until Garmin/AT modifies the unit's software to handle this. When I asked him if he knew the time frame, he recommended I call Garmin to find out. Taking his advice, I called Garmin/AT and asked their tech rep when we could expect to see WSI lightening data on the MX20. His response: "Never. We are no longer modifying the MX20 to handle any new data available from WSI. Garmin now has our own weather receiver to receive XM Weather and we will be supporting that service going forward. You will not lose existing functionality, but you won't be gaining any new functionality either." The logical side of my brain can understand this business decision but the emotional side is pretty ****ed. It now looks as if I made the wrong downlinked weather vendor choice. Is this a sign that WSI will be squeezed out of the aviation weather download market by Garmin and, to a lesser degree, Bendix-King, neither of whom will be "officially" supporting WSI's weather on their moving maps? It seems like it to me. -- Peter R. |
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