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Howie Keefe's Topo Atlas/WAC charts & frequencies
I was looking at purchasing a Topo Atlas from airchart.com It says its
based on WAC charts and they don't have alot of airport frequencies listed. When traveling with these atlases, how do you find frequencies if you have to deviate around weather or something else? Do you also have to carry around facility directories for the country? Please email replies if possible as well. Thanks Mark |
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In article , "Jim Weir"
wrote: I've been using Keefe's Atlas for three years now and wouldn't go back to WACs if you gave them to me. I don't know what frequencies you are referring to; all the places I go have the frequencies well defined on the charts. I checked some smaller airports and they didn't have freq. listed. One would be ljf (litchfield) about 50 mi W of Minneapolis class B |
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I've been using Keefe's Atlas for three years now and wouldn't go back to WACs
if you gave them to me. I don't know what frequencies you are referring to; all the places I go have the frequencies well defined on the charts. "Mark" shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -I was looking at purchasing a Topo Atlas from airchart.com It says its -based on WAC charts and they don't have alot of airport frequencies -listed. When traveling with these atlases, how do you find frequencies -if you have to deviate around weather or something else? Do you also -have to carry around facility directories for the country? If you don't want to bother reading your usenet posts for a reply, why use usenet in the first place? - -Please email replies if possible as well. - -Thanks - -Mark Jim Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com |
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In article , "Jim Weir"
wrote: That's because Litchfield doesn't HAVE any frequencies, not even a Unicom. No little "U" at the end of the airport info block on the chart. The AOPA airport directory says that 122.9 is monitored, but this is strictly unofficial. well, it does have a CTAF.. but I suppose that's not an official freq.. However, the advantage of having the entire USA in one relatively small book far outweighs the disadvantage of not knowing the unicom frequency from the chart. For that and a dozen other reasons (phone numbers, fuel, etc.) I carry the AOPA Airport Directory right next to the Topo Atlas. That and I do check the airport I'm flying to on Airnav to get the up to date info. oh yeah.. I had forgotten about that.. the paper AOPA directory Thanks for that tip. The updates for the atlas, are they a pdf or something you print out? I wish they had a sample update you could look at. |
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That's because Litchfield doesn't HAVE any frequencies, not even a Unicom. No
little "U" at the end of the airport info block on the chart. The AOPA airport directory says that 122.9 is monitored, but this is strictly unofficial. However, one of the big deficiences (IMHO) of the WAC charts is that they simply say "U" without specifying WHICH unicom frequency it is. This was fine back in the good old days when 122.8 was *it*, but is lacking in the current airspace. However, the advantage of having the entire USA in one relatively small book far outweighs the disadvantage of not knowing the unicom frequency from the chart. For that and a dozen other reasons (phone numbers, fuel, etc.) I carry the AOPA Airport Directory right next to the Topo Atlas. That and I do check the airport I'm flying to on Airnav to get the up to date info. Jim "Mark" shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -In article , "Jim Weir" wrote: - - I've been using Keefe's Atlas for three years now and wouldn't go back - to WACs if you gave them to me. I don't know what frequencies you are - referring to; all the places I go have the frequencies well defined on - the charts. - -I checked some smaller airports and they didn't have freq. listed. One -would be ljf (litchfield) about 50 mi W of Minneapolis class B Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com |
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The minor updates are just information lines that you can pencil-write on the
charts. Major updates are color printed page parts that you scotch-tape over the old information. Jim "Mark" shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -oh yeah.. I had forgotten about that.. the paper AOPA directory -Thanks for that tip. The updates for the atlas, are they a pdf or -something you print out? I wish they had a sample update you could look -at. Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com |
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I have used the Topo Atlas for several coast-to-coast trips, and
found it a whole lot easier to use than a stack of sectionals. For frequency info I always carry the AOPA Airport Directory - and this info is also on my GPS North America Database. David Johnson |
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 16:18:38 -0600, "Mark" wrote:
I was looking at purchasing a Topo Atlas from airchart.com It says its based on WAC charts and they don't have alot of airport frequencies listed. I used to use the WACs from Aircharts. But now that I tried the Sectionals from Aircharts (2 books, one east and one west) I will use them instead. |
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In article , "ArtP"
wrote: I used to use the WACs from Aircharts. But now that I tried the Sectionals from Aircharts (2 books, one east and one west) I will use them instead. They released both sectional charts? are they giving a break on it if you order both? I saw the price for one was $100 |
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 22:13:13 -0600, "Mark" wrote:
They released both sectional charts? are they giving a break on it if you order both? I saw the price for one was $100 Can't answer that since I only need the east. |
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