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Morocketman(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:33 am Post subject: Further thread on airborne weather services! |
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Has anyone tried a CELL PHONE weather system with success or failure? Primarily due to limited cockpit space, I am considering buying a new cell phone with a larger than average screen and using Velcro to attach it to the panel.
Do you like/dislike your weather on the cell phone?
Whose service do you have/have tried in the past?
What problems does anyone see with it? i.e. Is it illegal to use cell phone in an airplane?
What were the costs involved? Connection fee? Monthly service? Additional minutes, etc?
Thanks listers, you are a walking encyclopedia of knowledge, Les Featherston
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sportav8r(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:48 am Post subject: Further thread on airborne weather services! |
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Les, first try using your cell phone for voice or text from the plane. It can be a frustrating excercise unless you're down low. You'll want to experiment before spending the bucks, unless getting wx only before departure is what you're after.
From what I can gather, it is not illegal to use a digital cell phone (vs. the old analog types that are about extinct now) in the plane, provided the captain (you) okays it. But with the downward tilt of those antennas on the cell towers, beaming their patterns toward the near horizon, it can be darn hard to get service above about 2000' AGL.
That said, I was able to make several phone calls from the air this weekend, checking out the aux feature of my new LightSpeed Mach one headset (worked beautifully) but I was only at about 1500' AGL at the time.
As to cellular or in-cockpit wx services, never used them yet so cannot comment intelligently. Hope this helps.
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Ed Anderson
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:22 am Post subject: Further thread on airborne weather services! |
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I have used Ram-Page Cell phone weather service http://avwx.net/home.php. It only cost around $7.00/month at the time, I think for the price it was a great service. Having said that, it could be frustratingly slow in downloading radar/satellite photos. I tried to use it once airborne, but was at 7500 ft over west central Texas where cell towers are not plentiful. I did use it to check weather when landing at air patches with no computer connections.
Ed
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Morocketman(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: Further thread on airborne weather services! |
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Thank you Ed! The website you mentioned avwx.net/home.php was just the answer I wanted. They stated that airborne reception was "spotty, at best", and that the FAA doesn't consider them an approved preflight source. The other little hidden cost was also a surprise............your0cell phone has to be web-enabled by your provider at an additional cost.
O.K. We have got cell phones covered. What are the best devices to receive airborne weather services?
Good work Ed, Les Featherston
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n223rv(at)wolflakeairport
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject: Further thread on airborne weather services! |
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The biggest obstacle would be getting the0 phone to work at anything over 2,000' agl. Mine works close to the ground,0 but it never works at the altitudes I fly.
-Mike
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Larry Bowen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject: Further thread on airborne weather services! |
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http://mobile.wunderground.com provides decent info for free if you can surf the web0 via your phone. That was my plan before I invested in the 396. I0 mostly used it on the ground, not in flight. I have a Treo 650 and verizon0 service.
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The biggest obstacle would be getting the0 phone to work at anything over 2,000' agl. Mine works close to the0 ground, but it never works at the altitudes I fly.
-Mike
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shempdowling2(at)earthlin
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:20 am Post subject: Further thread on airborne weather services! |
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You wont be able to get a signal at any kind of speed and altitude.
Shemp/Jeff Dowling
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