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Garmin GpsMap 396 - Flight Test #4
Ummm... sorry for throwing a wrench into this..
We use an IPAQ (with built in GPS) and connect to the local (wherever) Nav Canada weather radar site. Gives us real time colour weather radar picture.. Not superimposed on the GPS screen, but does the job.. Dave On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:57:59 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote: "Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message ... In article . net, Mike Spera wrote: You can add XM Radio for $6.99/mo. + a one time $14.99 activation fee. I already hook in my iPod to my intercom so I am not interested in the radio portion. BTW, when I called XM to activate the audio content, I was told that there was no activation fee because the 396 uses the same radio ID for both datalink and audio--in other words, you aren't activating another radio, you're simply starting the audio subscription to a radio that's already activated. JKG FWIW, I have to different XM radios in cars and it has been trivial to get them to waive activation fees. |
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Garmin GpsMap 396 - Flight Test #4
Jay, after the tornado, you should have one of these in your convertable.
Right! (Although, it wouldn't have helped. After all, I was looking at very similar radar at the airport, and it didn't show it...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Garmin GpsMap 396 - Flight Test #4
FPS396 Precip Colors Do the precip colors displayed on the GPS396 correspond to FSS Level 1-6? Don't think so. It appears that the Nexrad has about 12 colors in the range. How do you know how heavy the precip within a given color band is? Flown in several of them (Weather Channel in the FBO) and I know that yellow is beginning to be moderate on the heavier side. Orange and up are a bit too much for the Cherokee. I've briefly been in very heavy rain with full throttle, carb heat, and descending about 150 feet/min. I'm not interested in going there again. The only reason I did it was that immediately when it began, I heard a radio call about 3 miles away from a fellow who broke out of it into clear skies. This was in about 1996. Not sure what color it would translate to but I am not anxious to repeat the experience. What decision making criteria do you use to determine if you will fly within a given color band? Will the plane fly? Can I see for at least a mile or two? Is the ceiling at or above 3000ft? Dark Green, probably. Yellow/orange, probably not. Compact areas of orange/red can mean Tstorms. I don't go within 25-30 miles of those. |
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