XM Satellite Radio

[Bob_Belville]

Before I installed a GDL 88 and got free weather and traffic, I paid $35 per month for XM weather displayed on a GPS 696. I'm thinking of subscribing to XM Satellite Radio to provide music, CNBC etc to my passengers. Looks like $10 or $15 per month depending upon how many channel you want. It would feed the GMA 340 which mutes the music for ATC xmisssion.

 

Pireps?

[FoxMike]

I used XM radio for several years for inflight entertainment.  It was Ok but I decided to put more music on itunes and pipe that into the audio panel.  The mute feature drove me nuts.  I set the music volume at a background level so I could hear ATC and the intercom chatter of the passengers.

[rainman]

Bob, you're on the east coast so you probably have good ADS-B coverage, but I still hit some gaps flying from Texas to Michigan, and out west, so I've kept my XM weather and G696. +1 on iTunes. Ray

[Bob_Belville]

Bob, you're on the east coast so you probably have good ADS-B coverage, but I still hit some gaps flying from Texas to Michigan, and out west, so I've kept my XM weather and G696. +1 on iTunes. Ray

Yes, we have fine ADS-B coverage where I fly. From what I read the build-out is going fine, perhaps a little ahead of schedule so you might be able to drop SXM before long. When I had both for a few months I was obvious I did not need both. 

 

I do not have an I-Pod or anything Apple for that matter (except AAPL stock) so I will have to learn how to add some music on my Droid, I guess. Sounds like a grandson project. 

[Wistarmo]

I have XM weather and radio and love them both. The satellite radio in particular is very important for my wife to enjoy flights.

[carusoam]

I've been waiting for that Mike.

The only question I have is what is the time of the Flight Aware snapshot? It makes you look all knowing about the weather situation accept for one red spot in the center of your flight plan???

Very nice factual presentation!

I bought my ADSB receiver a week after a similar flight two years ago....

Spectacular,

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