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I was just reading a article in AOPA Pilot about this service. One of
the things that jumped out is that they are providing the weather info for free as opposed to the 30-60$ price for XM info. Has anyone looked into this or have any real world info? The article indicated that the only experiance as of summer of 05 was a garmin displaying on a MX-20 but also said other players were getting into the picture. It did sound interesting. John |
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I have been jazzed about this for over a year. It is a very slick
system with room for expanded services.. No first hand info, although I would love to hear some. It requires a Mode-S (digital) transponder like the Garmin 330 and a compatible display. I think the 430's and above will work with it. Currently, Alaska and the East cost in the mid-atlantic region have good coverage with others coming online next year. Map he http://www.flyadsb.com/ More info: http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp...print_pag e=y My buddy and I are looking to build an RV and we are planning to install the garmin mode-s. On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:10:42 GMT, John Theune wrote: I was just reading a article in AOPA Pilot about this service. One of the things that jumped out is that they are providing the weather info for free as opposed to the 30-60$ price for XM info. Has anyone looked into this or have any real world info? The article indicated that the only experiance as of summer of 05 was a garmin displaying on a MX-20 but also said other players were getting into the picture. It did sound interesting. John Jim http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org |
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"Jimbob" wrote in message
... I have been jazzed about this for over a year. It is a very slick system with room for expanded services.. No first hand info, although I would love to hear some. It requires a Mode-S (digital) transponder like the Garmin 330 and a compatible display. I think the 430's and above will work with it. Currently, Alaska and the East cost in the mid-atlantic region have good coverage with others coming online next year. Map he http://www.flyadsb.com/ Not exactly. You do not need a mode S transponder. Currently only Garmin has a box that will work with ADS-B, the GDL-90 contains the receiver and transmitter (including WAAS GPS). It only works with the MX-20. no other display or GPS. I seriously looked into it before settling on the mx-20 coupled to the GTX-330 and GDL-69a. The free weather does you no good if you can't receive it due to being outside the broadcast are. I think it's a few years away yet. |
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On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:58:04 -0500, "Steve S"
wrote: "Jimbob" wrote in message .. . I have been jazzed about this for over a year. It is a very slick system with room for expanded services.. No first hand info, although I would love to hear some. It requires a Mode-S (digital) transponder like the Garmin 330 and a compatible display. I think the 430's and above will work with it. Currently, Alaska and the East cost in the mid-atlantic region have good coverage with others coming online next year. Map he http://www.flyadsb.com/ Not exactly. You do not need a mode S transponder. Currently only Garmin has a box that will work with ADS-B, the GDL-90 contains the receiver and transmitter (including WAAS GPS). It only works with the MX-20. no other display or GPS. The King KT73 supposedly does ADS-B. https://www3.bendixking.com/static/c...ls.jsp?pid=136 |
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On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:58:04 -0500, "Steve S"
wrote: Not exactly. You do not need a mode S transponder. Currently only Garmin has a box that will work with ADS-B, the GDL-90 contains the receiver and transmitter (including WAAS GPS). It only works with the MX-20. no other display or GPS. Thank you for pointing that out. Some of the info I have read is wrong. It appears that Mode-S allows you get some of the TIS broadcasts, but not full ADS-B. You need a UAT, which the GDL-90 is. I stand corrected. I seriously looked into it before settling on the mx-20 coupled to the GTX-330 and GDL-69a. The free weather does you no good if you can't receive it due to being outside the broadcast are. I think it's a few years away yet. Where are you located? Jim http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org |
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"Peter Clark" wrote in message
... The King KT73 supposedly does ADS-B. https://www3.bendixking.com/static/c...ls.jsp?pid=136 That transponder is Mode - S for traffic, utilizing TIS-A. They get the feed from ATC only. It says it's field upgradable for ADS-B, but that is for traffic (TIS-B) only enabling it to transmit it's position directly to ATC (and assumably other aircraft). It doesn't say whether it will read other aircraft's ads-b transmitters. Also, this transponder doesn't receive FIS (Flight Information System) which is what provides the weather data. |
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Steve S wrote: "Peter Clark" wrote in message ... The King KT73 supposedly does ADS-B. https://www3.bendixking.com/static/c...ls.jsp?pid=136 That transponder is Mode - S for traffic, utilizing TIS-A. They get the feed from ATC only. It says it's field upgradable for ADS-B, but that is for traffic (TIS-B) only enabling it to transmit it's position directly to ATC (and assumably other aircraft). It doesn't say whether it will read other aircraft's ads-b transmitters. Also, this transponder doesn't receive FIS (Flight Information System) which is what provides the weather data. There seems to be some confusion here. ADS-B is independent of the transponder. You don't even have to have one installed. As more stations come on line there will be more receivers available. I expect that most will be portable, like the Garmin 396. |
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I agree
"Newps" wrote in message . .. There seems to be some confusion here. ADS-B is independent of the transponder. You don't even have to have one installed. As more stations come on line there will be more receivers available. I expect that most will be portable, like the Garmin 396. I agree however the king mode-s transponder info page says: The KT 73 is fully field-upgradeable (software only) to include air-to-ground Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) operation. This transponder function enables aircraft to transmit position, altitude and vector information derived from the onboard GPS system for use by ATC facilites. https://www3.bendixking.com/static/c...ls.jsp?pid=136 Makes it a little confusing doesn't it? |
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Steve S wrote: The KT 73 is fully field-upgradeable (software only) to include air-to-ground Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) operation. This transponder function enables aircraft to transmit position, altitude and vector information derived from the onboard GPS system for use by ATC facilites. https://www3.bendixking.com/static/c...ls.jsp?pid=136 Makes it a little confusing doesn't it? Your transponder would allow ATC and everyone else to know you are there. But no transponder is needed to see other traffic. You could have the device in your car and see the airplane traffic around you. |
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