Who has bought a new Garmin 396?

"DL" == Dan Luke writes:
DL When they come out with a cooler one, I'll trade
DL the 396 in to JA Air Center or Gulf Coast Avionics like I've
DL done with all my previous Garmins.

Dan, could you explain this further?

"Bob Fry" wrote:

DL When they come out with a cooler one, I'll trade
DL the 396 in to JA Air Center or Gulf Coast Avionics like I've
DL done with all my previous Garmins.

Dan, could you explain this further?

The mail order places will give you several hundred dollars trade-in on
a recent model Garmin GPS when you buy a newer one. Someone posted that
JA Air Center is giving $1,000 for 296's traded for 396's.

--

Dan
C172RG at BFM

You gotta be kidding, Jay. That's like not buying a prime steak because
you don't like the plate they serve it on.

Well, not exactly.

Although I was truly impressed with the major step forward Garmin has taken
(it's about time, BTW!), I was appalled at how pixilated the weather
appeared on the 396. Small thunderstorm cells appeared to cover entire
counties (or bigger), simply because they were depicted with big squares
instead of being able to take advantage of a higher resolution screen.

Now perhaps that's an XM thing, and not a Garmin thing -- but either way I'm
not spending thousands on such a crude depiction of the weather.

Within a year or two, someone will offer a much more usable tool, hopefully
on a bigger screen, probably for much less $$ -- and then I'll be glad to
add portable weather to the cockpit.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Within a year or two, someone will offer a much more usable tool,
hopefully
on a bigger screen, probably for much less $$ -- and then I'll be glad to
add portable weather to the cockpit.

I'm with you, on this one. The competition will respond.

My guess is that Sirius satellite radio will come out with a data link, and
offer it a bit more freely to *many* users and platforms, for a fee, of
course.
--
Jim in NC

In article mFVJe.235085$_o.131910@attbi_s71,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:
Although I was truly impressed with the major step forward Garmin has taken
(it's about time, BTW!), I was appalled at how pixilated the weather
appeared on the 396. Small thunderstorm cells appeared to cover entire
counties (or bigger), simply because they were depicted with big squares
instead of being able to take advantage of a higher resolution screen.

The weather pixelation is due to the weather data being pixelated, not
due to the display. Close-in zooms on any product that I've seen have
had pixelated weather. I believe software like WxWorx smooths the
edges, but the displayed data is still the same. This is a limitation
of the NEXRAD data, so you get the same information from any NEXRAD
radar site for base reflectivity--and composite reflectivity is worse.




JKG

2 weeks

Paul kgyy wrote:
2 weeks

huh?

"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1123596289.444191@sj-nntpcache-3...
Paul kgyy wrote:
2 weeks

huh?

Dan asked Paul "How long had your receiver been off?"

Paul succinctly replied "2 weeks"

allen

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:


Where are those 4 receivers.

One in each car, which are parked in the garage when not in use. A
third goes between the bedroom and the plane. The fourth is up at work
in the tower for all of us to enjoy. That radio probably plays about 20
hours per day every day and has for the last year plus.

"Newps" wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:


Where are those 4 receivers.

One in each car, which are parked in the garage when not in use. A third
goes between the bedroom and the plane. The fourth is up at work in the
tower for all of us to enjoy. That radio probably plays about 20 hours
per day every day and has for the last year plus.


Ok, the one in the tower is obviously getting all the authorization packets
so it isn't an issue. I assume you drive each of the cars at least once
every week or so? If so they are getting their authorization packets.

That leaves the one that goes between the bedroom and the plane. Is AC power
going to it when it is in the bedroom and can the antenna see the satellite?
If so, even if it is turned off it is getting the authorization packets.