X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:47:39 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pop-cowbird.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.68] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.7f) with ESMTP id 954495 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:31:44 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.69.195.68; envelope-from=douglasbrunner@earthlink.net Received: from dialup-4.254.147.105.dial1.orlando1.level3.net ([4.254.147.105] helo=DFWK3391) by pop-cowbird.atl.sa.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1F27DH-0000gj-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:31:00 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000401c6227c$bf3fdb00$6993fe04@DFWK3391> From: "Douglas Brunner" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Weather XM/WSI vs. ADS-B X-Original-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:30:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 I have been thinking about how to get weather in my (soon to be built?) Legacy. There are a number of options including WSI (or soon to be XM?) displaying on a Chelton, XM displaying on a MX-20, 530, 430 and probably several others. My questions have to do with the Garmin GDL 90 vs the Garmin GDL 69. It appears that the GDL 90 will give free weather and free traffic vs. non-free weather only in the 69. I understand that ADS-B is up along the East Coast, Alaska, Arizona and a few other spots and will be up around the whole country in a couple of years. I am more interested in weather than traffic, although having traffic would be a nice bonus. I understand that Mode S traffic/TIS (Garmin 330 Transponder) is being phased out in favor of ADS-B. Are there any others out there facing the same decision? Anyone out there using ADS-B? What do you think of it? Doug Brunner N241DB (reserved) douglasbrunner@earthlink.net