REFLECTOR:Storm Scope Probe

[Ronnie Brown]

That's what I'm waiting for.  I made room for a strike finder or WX-500 to
link to my Garmin 430 but I'm waiting for a satellite or land based system
to display just what you mentioned - at a lower cost.  The technology is
coming FAST.  There are several alternatives out there now and competition
breeds lower prices and better capabilities.  The data may be a bit slower,
but the "view" of the strike finders and WX-500's is limited to pretty much
the line in front of you, not much behind that.

Ronnie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Scharfenberg" <dave@winco.net>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Storm Scope Probe


> I occasionally fly a King Air 200 equipped with the Bendix / King display
> that shows radar images similar to a DTN screen.  I think the signal is
> uplinked from the ground.  It always works well and is great for getting
the
> big picture, which is what we need for avoiding the weather completely.
The
> unit also displays onboard radar, traffic, terrain, metars, moving map,
> stormscope returns, and probably some stuff I haven't found yet.
>
> Dave Scharfenberg
>
>
>   on 6/11/03 9:30 AM, Alexander Balic at alex157@direcway.com wrote:
>
> > I was also, thinking
> > about Bob Wood's suggestion about the Satellite weather downlink- it
looks
> > really good, but my concern about it is that you are relying on your
weather
> > data from an external source, and perhaps it is on a different frequency
> > than other satellite links, but I know that my sat TV, and my Sat
internet
> > uplink both go down during bad weather, so I would have some concern
about
> > reception of the signals just when you really need them most..... anyone
> > have any experience with that? I'd like to hear about it, because if the
> > signals are reliable in lightning infested areas, then maybe it would be
a
> > good alternative.
>
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