NICE, I like! Thanks for the information. Craig > On March 4, 2019 at 5:07 PM Mike Stirewalt via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > > "So what good is it to me if I have the OUT but no IN?" > > > "The good it is to you is that it gets you legal in 2020 for the least > amount of money and time. There are lots of ways to get ADS-B IN, but > very > few cheap ways to get OUT." > > Mike Taglieri > > *********************** > > If you're not limited to Garmin (their systems are closed and don't allow > us to mix and match if Garmin equipment is involved). so . . . if you're > not using Garmin anywhere in your ADS-B system, consider Uavionix product > called a "echo UAT". > > https://uavionix.com/products/echo-uat/ > > Same company that makes the Skybeacon and Tailbeacon. > > I',m not considering the Tailbeacon since I don't want to leave my nav > lights on all the time. I suppose I could easily rig a separate run of > wires to the Tailbeacon, with its own switch, but that would still leave > me in the same situation Confused is in . . . no ADS-B IN. > > So, I'm leaning towards the echo UAT. Like the GDL-82, it lets you > continue to use your existing transponder. It provides ADS-B IN via > wireless to just about all of the nav programs, except for Garmin. > > I've been planning on upgrading my Anywheremap ATC to the Garmin 660 for > a long time so I'm trying to work around that. Which is hard to do, > mainly because the 660 will only accept ADS-B signals from a Garmin > receiver. Granted, a GDL-39 can be bought used for less than $500 on > eBay, so that would solve the ADS-B IN solution, plus let me keep the > Area 660 I've had my heart set on for so long. On top of that though, > I'd still need to buy an ADS-B OUT solution that uses my existing > transponder. Which means a GDL-82 I guess. > > Not the cheapest way to go about this . . . it would end up costing about > 2K or a little more when including the cost of the Garmin Aera 660. > > If I'm willing to use one of the small tablets (the 660 is a 5 inch > screen diaganally so is a very close size to my ATC.) I don't know of > any small, sunlight-readable tablets that have a five inch screen . . . > not yet anyway. Still looking. There are phones that can be used as > tablets that "might" fit the bill, but I don't think so. The supposedly > bright-screen phones have a very limited time running full bright without > automatically dimming down. They probably have other quirks as well, > thus unless I can find a small tablet that's as bright as the 660, I'll > probably have to stick with it plus one of the Garmin receivers - the > GDL-39 being the cheapest if bought used on eBay. > > Re the Garmin Aera 660, having a unit totally dedicated to aviation > functions seems to be conducive to more reliability, but that may just be > in my head. People seem to be using iPads for their navigators without > problems . . . but iPad and Foreflight have been working together for so > long that they have their own "closed system" that seems to work well. > I'm not considering buying an iPad for anything however, so that's out. > > I've no experience with anything other than my ATC and the Lowrance 600C > before that. If anyone knows of a small Android tablet with a super > bright 5 inch screen, please let me know. If one is found, I'd just use > the Uavionix echo OUT unit since it would transmit to the tablet giving > me weather and traffic, in addition to satisfying the OUT requirement > using my existing KT-76A + encoder. > > **************** > > Uavionix (and other companies) make very small ADS-B OUT units for sUAS > (drones) so I'd bet somebody could easily hack one of these to serve > Experimental aircraft purposes. The drone ADS-B OUT units are a lot > cheaper (I think) than the ones for planes. Somebody is bound to do > this, if they haven't already . . . . (see attached picture) > > Mike Stirewalt > KSEE > > ____________________________________________________________ > Top Gut Doctor: I Beg Americans To Throw Out This Vegetable > dr-pedre-md.com > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c7da1f39e43621f30a82st04vuc_______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
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