REFLECTOR:Storm Scope Probe

[Scott Derrick]

Your cell phone will work in the plane, but your service provider will 
be royally pissed if you use it regularly and probably cancel your account.

Scott

Dave Scharfenberg wrote:
> A friend just showed me his new cell phone.  He can get color radar all over
> the country for $3 / month.  He said there is a "pilot" plan that gives you
> metars, tafs, etc. for $9 / month.  All you have to do is figure out how to
> get your cell phone to work in the plane.
> 
> Dave Scharfenberg
> 
> 
> 
> on 6/12/03 12:20 PM, Ronnie Brown at romott@adelphia.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>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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