Ads-B weather

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

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

"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.

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

"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.

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.

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