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From: Tom Hall <tkhall@highland.net>
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I would agree with other posts that you should check the time on the 
updates. If for some reason you are getting poor or no reception, even if 
intermittent, the only indication is the time stamp. My experience has been 
like someone else's in that the location of precip has been amazing 
accurate. (i.e fly into green and simultaneously seen drops on windscreen.)

A friend of mine using WxWorx in a 182 had some reception issues. The seems 
to be some directional component and WxWorx indicated at OSH that with high 
wing planes going north that sat reception could be comprised. It sent his 
unit back to them for a look see and I don't know what the outcome was, but 
again, then have always been very responsive to requests for support.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: [LML] Re: WxWorx


> Posted for "Matt Hapgood" <matt.hapgood@alumni.duke.edu>:
>
>  Tom,
>  Agreed about avoidance.  I do use WxWorx for tactical when VMC 
> conditions.
>  In those situations I can see the cells, but not necessarily what is 
> behind
>  them.  WxWorx gives me a good idea of what's behind them.  That way it 
> keeps
>  me from flying around a cell (VMC) only to find a wall of storms in front 
> of
>  me.
>  If it's embedded in IMC conditions, that's when I give a very wide berth.
>  Nothing is amiss with the GPS - when I use it on the road it's withing 
> about
>  20 feet (when I am at the intersection of X and Y, it shows me AT the
>  intersection).
>  The receiver is just getting coordinates and 1 & 0's to show digitized
>  weather... so I can't imagine that it is the receiver.  I think it must 
> be
>  the software or information that is being sent to the receiver.
>  Last week I made two flights.  On one flight there were many stationary
>  cells.  They didn't move for over an hour.  WxWorx painted at least a few 
> of
>  them miles off from where they really were.
>  Matt
>
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