WxWorx or Anywhere Wx

We are contemplating adding a weather uplink system and was wondering
what experience you have had on the WxWorx or Anywhere Wx. We are
leading towards the Anywhere Wx but wanted to get some comments on both.
Thanks!!

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap396/

I already have a 430 so the GPS is covered. I am just interested in a
weather package... Thanks!!

Jon Kraus

Mike Murdock wrote:

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap396/

If you want an installed solution, you will probably want to buy the
components (WxWorx receiver, PDA or PC to display it, and a GPS source.).
However, if you are looking for a portable solution, the Garmin 396 is the
first self-contained (if you don't count the antennas as separate units) XM
weather device.

-Mike

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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I already have a 430 so the GPS is covered. I am just interested in a
weather package... Thanks!!

Jon Kraus

Mike Murdock wrote:

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap396/

I have the NavAero EFB tPad 800. (www.Navaero.com) B/c it has a hard drive,
it fails on 2+hr flights above 9 to 11,000ft. Having a full blown PC w/
WinXP is great other than that.

I won't take off in weather w/o my WxWorks. Try to get a display w/o a
hard drive. YRMV.

--

Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.
"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...
I already have a 430 so the GPS is covered. I am just interested in a
weather package... Thanks!!

Jon Kraus

Mike Murdock wrote:

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap396/

If you already have a 430, have you looked at the GDL69? It downlinks near
realtime Nexrad radar along with graphical metars.

An added bonus is XM satellite radio, which has better than CD quality sound
and over 110 channels.

I have looked at it but was scared off by the $5000.00 price tag.

Jon Kraus

Jim N. wrote:
If you already have a 430, have you looked at the GDL69? It downlinks near
realtime Nexrad radar along with graphical metars.

An added bonus is XM satellite radio, which has better than CD quality sound
and over 110 channels.

In article ,
Jon Kraus wrote:

I have looked at it but was scared off by the $5000.00 price tag.



Not to mention that you only get NEXRAD and METARs on the 430/530
displays, unless Garmin has changed something recently. That's better
than nothing, but no where close to what others can provide at half the
price.



JKG

Jon,

I have been using the IPAQ 4705 with the Anywhere weather. Here is my
experience :

Never leave the 4705 or the Garmin GPS10 bluetooth receiver in the plane
after you land. It won't handle high temperatures. I also keep a vent
pointed towards it while airborne. Twice when the weather go really nasty,
the operating system hung up (due to heat) and I had to reboot while
enduring turbulance.

If you go with the 4705, then you must also buy a 1 Gig SD card and install
the Anywhere Weather on it. Once you have it configured the way you want
it, back it up onto the SD card. That way, any time your system hangs, you
can just restore in less than 45 seconds and bring your last configuration
back.

I have a 430 in my Skylane and I use the 4705 as a backup and for XM
weather. They work great for situational awareness.

The newest release of the Anywhere weather is a vast improvement over the
last release. Seeing is believing. If you want a live demo, I am local in
Indy and can show it to you.

Good Luck.

....Robbie.


"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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I have looked at it but was scared off by the $5000.00 price tag.

Jon Kraus

Jim N. wrote:
If you already have a 430, have you looked at the GDL69? It downlinks
near realtime Nexrad radar along with graphical metars.

An added bonus is XM satellite radio, which has better than CD quality
sound and over 110 channels.

"Jim N." wrote:

An added bonus is XM satellite radio, which has better than CD quality sound
and over 110 channels.

A slight correction: XM Radio does not offer "better than CD quality
sound." It offers less than CD quality sound due to the audio
compression.

Yes, there is a blurb on XM's website about sound quality and you will
certainly read about how superior their sound is, but nowhere do they
directly compare it to CD quality. And, it is *their* site.

I suggest doing a Google search on "XM Radio Sound Quality" and read the
many hits returned.

--
Peter
An XM Radio subscriber in the car and cockpit

















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