paul k. sanchez wrote:

The club planes I fly all have 430s, and I like them. However, buying
anew I'd at least give some serious thought to the newer unit that Garmin
bought
with UPS. The 430 is showing its age, and will require some hardware
swapping - from what I understand - to become WAAS compliant. More,
Garmin
appears to be aiming more of their upgrades at the newer unit. Witness
that XM weather is available from Garmin for the new unit, but not for the
430.

- Andrew

Where did you read that?

Which that, the WAAS or the XM download. I'll assume the latter given what
you've cited below, but please correct me if that's wrong.

I read about the XM download here in messages discussing events at Oshkosh.
However, nothing in the text you've cited disagrees with this. The GDL 69
integrates with the MX20 and CNX 80...but the 430? I don't see that
stated.

(Unless elsewhere it is stated that the 2.0.4 software for the 430/530 adds
that capability).

- Andrew