Goodbye to Garmin's Weather Monopoly

Jay Maynard wrote:
Do the others provide XM radio? (My roommate is addicted to XM 164; I
am, too, but expect that it'll be hard to follow a story with ATC traffic
cutting in frequently.)

It's not bad. I don't have XM, but I do have about 4,000 hrs. of classics
on .mp3 that I listen to in flight. As long as your not in an ultra busy
sector, it's pretty easy to follow along. My intercom mutes the audio when
ATC transmits.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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Jay Honeck wrote:
Garmin has never had a monopoly on the weather. AnywhereMap has had
it on their solution for years.

True enough. But as far as an all-in-one box, Garmin was it.
No more. (Although that AvMap website is a real mystery...)

Do we KNOW that the AvMap is going to be all-in-one?

On Apr 18, 9:34*am, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote:
Do we KNOW that the AvMap is going to be all-in-one?

Most likely not, since XM weather is an add-on feature to the Avmap.
I'm certain that an external receiver/antenna is required just like
the XM addon to anywhere map.

Do we KNOW that the AvMap is going to be all-in-one?

Most likely not, since XM weather is an add-on feature to the Avmap.
I'm certain that an external receiver/antenna is required just like
the XM addon to anywhere map.

Presuming that AvMap combines the external receiver & antenna into one unit,
this seems to differ little from the 496's hockey-puck antenna.
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Jay Honeck
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"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:ApSNj.124844$yE1.108313@attbi_s21:

From EAA's hotline:

XM RADIO TEAMS WITH AVMAP
As part of XM Radio's ongoing effort to provide pilots with a wide
selection of XM WX-capable display solutions, the company has teamed
with AvMap. AvMap will offer XM WX Satellite Weather as an option on
its portable navigation systems including the EKP-IV, the EKP-IV PRO,
and the GeoPilot II Plus. To learn more visit www.avmap.us or
www.xmwxweather.com.

It's about time!



You're a moron.

Bertie