"Jay Honeck" wrote:

and weather downlink. Each and every single article and column mentions
how great it is.

Perhaps they are overdoing it, but it would be hard to overestimate how
revolutionary this technology will be for light GA flying in the U. S.

Hey Dan, I was able to use the XM weather feature extensively on our
flight to Las Vegas (on Jim Burns' new tablet computer), and it was
awesome.

One glitch: In the turbulence like we ran into, I found I could not
look at it, for fear of losing my cookies. Trying to click the screen
with the stylus, while looking down, while floating on your seat belt,
was a real exercise in inner-ear/hand-eye coordination.

Roger that. I used to use a notebook pc for XM Wx. It was a pain in the
ass at the best of times and a hazard in turbulence.

In this regard, your 396 would be vastly superior, with dedicated
buttons, mounted up on the yoke (rather than in your lap). In ever
other way, however, that huge screen weather depiction was simply
fabulous.

Yeah, I'd like a little bigger screen--which I'm sure Garmin has in the
works to absorb more of my money in a year or two. Still, I love the the
396. It is now a go/no go item for me if CBs are any more than isolated.
Can't imagine how I ever flew without it.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM