"601XL Builder" wrDOTgiacona@suddenlinkDOTnet wrote in message ...
: The ground repeaters XM uses have nothing to do with the Aviation Wx we
: are using. They might not even me retransmitting that data. Oh and those
: 800 repeaters are serve only 60 cities. They are very low powered. I
: don't see what you think might be gained by either Aviation or regular
: users by just using ground stations.
:


Seems it would be cheaper to deploy and maintain ground stations...don't know.