From what I was told at the Garmin booth at OSH and from their website I understand (I think) that if you buy the new Garmin Ads-B In portable antenna you can receive weather etc but only traffic if your plane happens to be near a plane flying by that has ADS-B out and is receiving traffic. The portable antenna can "steal" the traffic info being sent to the ADS-B out equipped aircraft.
Now, if you get your transponder modified to provide ADS-B out you can then receive weather et al AND traffic. Is that correct? Also, the traffic you receive, will it be only the traffic that has ADS-B out on board or all transponder equipped traffic??? Does your aircraft have to have line-of-sight with the antenna broadcasting the wx and traffic info?
Just wondering in the SoCal area with all the mountain ranges if reception would be a problem say flying below the surrounding terrain?
Now, if you get your transponder modified to provide ADS-B out you can then receive weather et al AND traffic. Is that correct? Also, the traffic you receive, will it be only the traffic that has ADS-B out on board or all transponder equipped traffic??? Does your aircraft have to have line-of-sight with the antenna broadcasting the wx and traffic info?
Just wondering in the SoCal area with all the mountain ranges if reception would be a problem say flying below the surrounding terrain?