Thanks for your very detailed response. I will have to look into your "poor
man's" idea. I like it!

BTW, I use the Sirius portable radio in my Tiger. Gotta love it. I can't
imagine long x-countries without it...

Mark
Tiger N1533R


"Jeff Doran" wrote in message
om...
"mtmueller" wrote in message
...
After considerable research, I have pretty much written off adding
weather
to my Garmin 530 right now.

Mark, here is what I said in another thread about "my answer" to
control vision and anywherewx...the only thing I dont have is a nexrad
picture superimposed on my posiiton, because I don't have the
anywhere software, and I dont connect a gps to my pda, specifically to
eliminate all the wires. Simplu put, I have the Sat phone, a two foot
cable, and the PDA...works great. BTW, I have a GNS 530 in my mooney,
and Im waiting for the fast, elegant and inexpensive solution, but in
the mean time,
Jeff Doran, quoted from another thread said:
Richard, thank you for posting the info on the xmradio weatherworx. I,
like many, have been searching for reliable in-cockpit weather
solutions. The closest thing to affordibility so far has been anywhere
wx from control vision, but even that is a bit pricey, and a rats nest
of wires. I have used the Palm i705, and you just can't beat it for
portability and cost. However, as reliable as it is, even in flight,
there are too many times, when I just didnt get a signal or reply when
making an inflight weather request from CBAV or TurboWX.
For that past month, I have been using a poormans version of the
control vision solution...
Globalstar SAT phone, $595 list/$495 with rebate/$395 reconditioned
Ipaq H3635 pocket pc, on ebay for $100 (or any pocket pc), you can
even hook to your i705 and switch back and forth between the wireless
palm network and the SAT connection. I prefer the higher resolution
and color on the Ipaq for maps.
Globalstar data cable, $69;
IPAQ Serial Cable (not a hotsync cable, they are not the same) $20;
SAT phone is $35/month and .99/minute with 30 included min/month, or
$50/month with 120 minutes/month, .75/minute after that.
Control Visions deal is $25/month, first 100 mins free, then .99/min
after that.
A wide range of service plans to fit both budget and use.

(I do not work for any SAT phone company or aviation product company)

Data comes down at 9.6Kbps,plus I can make reliable, consistant voice
calls in flight.
I have not had any problem aquiring and holding a SAT signal in
flight, as long as the antenna is held reasonbly close to a window.
The glare shield is fine.
Admittedly, this is a request/reply setup, and I typically use
weathertap.com and flighbrief.com for inflight weather. Not that it is
very useful or fast, I can browse the web in flight, including pop3
email, etc etc...

The result is, I am juggling only a PDA, a short cable, and the sat
phone. Not Bad.

Did you ever notice how big and cumbersome even the smallest laptops
are when in the cockpit? Screen visibility in sunlight is another
concern.

About the only thing I see that XMradio has to offer is its
"broadcast" technology, and (I assume) greater bandwidth...not that
these are bad things.

BTW, I have a Delphi Xmradio mounted on the pedestal of my mooney,
with
the low profile antenna hiding on the glare shield...works great...but
I can't listen to Limbaugh.

Jeff Doran
Mooney N1159P ACY




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