Anywhere WX

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Mitty wrote:
As far as the satellites and keeping them in view, certainly
any system without an external antenna will have that
problem. I think they all use the same receivers.

For systems using the WxWorx hardware, the receiver is the same, and the
small patch antenna is the same (lousy performance inside the aircraft).
However, Garmin designed and built their own receiver/antenna for the
GPSmap 396 (and presumably GLD69) and the 396 reception is excellent in
my experience.




JKG

Mitty wrote:
On 1/8/2006 12:24 PM, William L.Snow, PE wrote the following:
You might want to take a look at ChartCase.

http://www.flightprep.com/rootpage.php?page=HomeEFBSW

They have recently added XM weather. I have been beta testing the 3.0
version and my strong impression is that these guys do care about
quality. And the team has been in the flying business for a long time.
IIRC they originally wrote the flight planner that Jeppesen now sells,
then went off on their own to offer Golden Eagle via the DUATS
relationship. Definitely not hobbyist stuff as another poster alleged
CV to be.

I wouldn't consider having developed the Golden Eagle software to be a strongly
positive reference.

Dave

Well, before you give up on it completely,
1. Install it somewhere that you have phone or internet access to CV.
I had an initial problem and bought a $20 Radio Shack AC to 12 VDC
converter and installed the entire system in my office.
2. Either call CV support or use the live chat. Be prepared for a
lengthy session, both to get contact and resolve the issue.

I was able to get my problem resolved doing this and the system has
been 90% stable since then.