rocketbob
Well Known Member
Last week I departed an airport with rapidly developing thunderstorm cells in the area. My trusty old panel mounted 396 was showing the nexrad radar as soon as I taxiied to the runway. One cell 13nm away, very easily avoided. Nothing on the iPad obviously until airborne. I have a Stratus ESG combo which uses the transponder antenna for receiving FIS-B. I made the trip VFR at 3000ft and never did get a full picture of the situation with banding on the radar presumably not being line of sight to a ground station.
Weren't we supposed to get hi-res nexrad by now via FIS-B? Returns still look like Minecraft blocks. I keep the firmware in the Stratus updated to the latest.
Has the FAA stopped installing ground stations? Coverage in my area is spotty down low no matter what airplane I'm in.
Weren't we supposed to get hi-res nexrad by now via FIS-B? Returns still look like Minecraft blocks. I keep the firmware in the Stratus updated to the latest.
Has the FAA stopped installing ground stations? Coverage in my area is spotty down low no matter what airplane I'm in.