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Don,
If you want to look into installing
ADS-B in your plane (which will eventually be required as part of Next Gen
ATC gear), it will receive all of the weather services you've been paying
for at no cost through FIS-B (flight information service-broadcast). The
only one out there I know of that's fully compliant with the FAA's final ADS-B
specs and is available now is from NavWorx (www.navworx.com), but you need to call Bill
Moffitt and make sure his ADS-600B box is compatible with your
avionics. I have the box in my ES and am getting traffic with it, but
Bill is still fine tuning the software for the FIS-B to work with my
GMX-200 MFD.
The problem for Bill is that he
has to get his software to work with a whole host of different equipment
manufacturers. There are some that work now (like Chelton, for
example) and others which still need their software tweaked, but he's making
progress and is hoping to have the unit STC'd for certified aircraft
soon.
Skip Slater
N540ES
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