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Old December 4th 07, 03:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting, rec.aviation.owning
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On Dec 3, 1:39 pm, Darrel Toepfer wrote:
http://bushnell.com/gps/gps_onix400....xm_weather.cfm

Subscription Pricing Plans
XM Satellite Radio (only)
$12.95 / month
Less than $0.50 per day!

XM Weather (only)
Price - $9.95

XM Radio & XM Weather
Price - $16.94


I have to wonder how complete the weather is. I couldn't tell from
the site but I bet it's only nexrad and 3-day forecasts. I bet
there's no metars, tafs, etc that pilots would need.
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Old December 4th 07, 03:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
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Default WSI weather?

xyzzy wrote:
On Dec 3, 1:39 pm, Darrel Toepfer wrote:
http://bushnell.com/gps/gps_onix400....xm_weather.cfm

Subscription Pricing Plans
XM Satellite Radio (only)
$12.95 / month
Less than $0.50 per day!

XM Weather (only)
Price - $9.95

XM Radio & XM Weather
Price - $16.94


I have to wonder how complete the weather is. I couldn't tell from
the site but I bet it's only nexrad and 3-day forecasts. I bet
there's no metars, tafs, etc that pilots would need.



Wonder no more. The only $9.99 XM weather package I was ablt to find was in
their Marine Skywatch package.

Here's what the package includes. Radar Summary,Radar Coverage, City
Forecasts, Weather Warnings & Surface Observations.


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Old December 4th 07, 05:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
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Default WSI weather?


"xyzzy" wrote in message
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On Dec 3, 1:39 pm, Darrel Toepfer wrote:
http://bushnell.com/gps/gps_onix400....xm_weather.cfm

Subscription Pricing Plans
XM Satellite Radio (only)
$12.95 / month
Less than $0.50 per day!

XM Weather (only)
Price - $9.95

XM Radio & XM Weather
Price - $16.94


I have to wonder how complete the weather is. I couldn't tell from
the site but I bet it's only nexrad and 3-day forecasts. I bet
there's no metars, tafs, etc that pilots would need.


That was my thought.

The unit looks like it is lacking in almost everything a pilot would want to
have in a GPS. The view of aerial pictures of the current location is a
neat gimmick, but also probably not too useful for pilots.
--
Jim in NC


 




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