Brantel
Well Known Member
Took a short flight this evening in an effort to see how well the ground station signals work in my area. I was using a GDL-39 sitting on the glare shield with its built in antenna.
At ~150ft AGL I had 25% signal, at ~200ft AGL I had 100% signal. At 200-250ft AGL I was receiving 2 ground stations. I departed from KMOR.
One station was ~ 28nm away near KDKX and the other was ~ 68nm away near Holston Mountain VOR HMV.
Looks like this is going to work pretty well in my area.
Had Air-Air traffic for the entire flight. Most of the targets were in the KTYS Class C. Had a medical chopper on a long straight in final and it was right on my screen till it landed.
Can't wait to get my 1090ES transponder installed....
While the FIS-B weather is not as sharp as XM, I really can no longer justify the high cost of the subscription. The FIS-B is good enough for my needs. I check the weather before CC flights on the ground with my Ipad so the delay in the air till I get data is no issue for me.
At ~150ft AGL I had 25% signal, at ~200ft AGL I had 100% signal. At 200-250ft AGL I was receiving 2 ground stations. I departed from KMOR.
One station was ~ 28nm away near KDKX and the other was ~ 68nm away near Holston Mountain VOR HMV.
Looks like this is going to work pretty well in my area.
Had Air-Air traffic for the entire flight. Most of the targets were in the KTYS Class C. Had a medical chopper on a long straight in final and it was right on my screen till it landed.
Can't wait to get my 1090ES transponder installed....
While the FIS-B weather is not as sharp as XM, I really can no longer justify the high cost of the subscription. The FIS-B is good enough for my needs. I check the weather before CC flights on the ground with my Ipad so the delay in the air till I get data is no issue for me.
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