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Old April 13th 05, 04:18 PM
Peter R.
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Default Garmin/AT no longer supporting WSI weather on MX20 moving map

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.

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Peter R.

 




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