X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:13:35 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.9) with ESMTP id 2079655 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:37:41 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.70; envelope-from=rtitsworth@mindspring.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=mindspring.com; b=CgjjM6VWw861OywYDWcX/qoWwwgKRJOBdbiLot7zvQNFvAulFEw4lusAY0FbSyFz; h=Received:From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:In-Reply-To:Thread-Index:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [66.167.214.240] (helo=RDTVAIO) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1HuKQI-0002cJ-NU for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:37:03 -0400 From: "rtitsworth" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Fw: Canadian Radar (on wxworx) X-Original-Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:36:54 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <007001c7a4c7$44114c60$0383020a@RDTVAIO> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0071_01C7A4A5.BCFFAC60" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcekqAsJ/1bvyiKTRgOkOONjvFEGdgAHaKJA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-ELNK-Trace: b17f11247b2ac8f0a79dc4b33984cbaa0a9da525759e2654ee8066513a2d86a10502db2572de7df65d5f9c5c39d41a28350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.167.214.240 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C7A4A5.BCFFAC60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FYI, I did some internet snooping... Perhaps the reason I see XM nexrad WX in Ontario Canada is the placement of the US Nexrad sites. Ref: http://www.wunderground.com/radar/map.asp. Southern Ontario "sticks down" between Michigan and NY and is thus mostly covered by the US nexrad antenna sites. Perhaps the same "across the border" view does not seem to occur out west (or at least not to the same extent). I definitely do get the Canadian Metars. Further FYI, the airspace over Canada is definitely Canadian and to my knowledge requires a flight plan and squak code for international over-flights (that's how I always fly over it). However, on several occasions when I've flown direct from Detroit to Buffalo (over Canada) at night, I wasn't handed over to a Canadian controller - just stayed with Cleveland Center who covers those Canadian sectors. Rick Detroit, Michigan _____ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of marv@lancair.net Posted for "Colyn Case on earthlink" : did you have to do anything special to enable it (other than buy aviator edition?) ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C7A4A5.BCFFAC60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

FYI, I did some internet = snooping...  Perhaps the reason I see XM nexrad WX in Ontario Canada is the placement of the US Nexrad sites.  Ref: http://www.wundergroun= d.com/radar/map.asp.  Southern Ontario “sticks down” between Michigan and NY and is thus mostly covered by the US nexrad antenna = sites.  Perhaps the same “across the border” view does not seem to occur out = west (or at least not to the same extent).  I definitely do get the = Canadian Metars.

 

Further FYI, the airspace over = Canada is definitely Canadian and to my knowledge requires a flight plan and squak code for = international over-flights (that’s how I always fly over it).  However, on = several occasions when I’ve flown direct from Detroit to Buffalo (over Canada) at night, I wasn’t handed over to a Canadian controller – = just stayed with Cleveland Center who covers those = Canadian sectors.

 

Rick

Detroit, Michigan

 

 

From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = marv@lancair.net

Posted for "Colyn Case on earthlink" <colyncase@earthlink.net>:

did you have to do anything special to enable it (other than buy aviator =
edition?)

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