Re: An analysis of why you don't want Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS b Robinson
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DigiWx AWOS, but now we are not!
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Ron Lee from Meadow Lake Airport wrote in Pike's Peak Flyer:
January 2009
The SuperUnicom was shut down in early August 2008 due to harmful
interference on the 122.7 MHz fre-quency A grant was submitted and
approved to get an AWOS III P/T using FAA funds. Our portion of
thecost is around $4,000 although incidentals may drive it higher...
but far below the $25,000 previously budgetedfor an AWOS. One MLAA
Board member is attempting to force a system that is not fully
certified down our throats using the flawed rationale that it is
cheaper that the fully certified systems offered by All Weather Inc
and Vaisala. A major down side to the Belfort system is that pilots
will not be able to access METAR data through FlightService, ADDS, on
their on-board weather systems, etc. We will very likely be unable to
acquire a three letter airport ID and maintenance will cost much more
over its lifetime than with either of the fully certified systems.
Plus in its current implementation, there is no obvious upgrade path
to getting present weather and lightning information available in an
AWOS III P/T system. It is crucial to the safety of this airport and
our usefulness as a destination airport within the National Airspace
System that we get a state of the art AWOS. With the FAA grant, it is
amazingly affordable. But it is essential that local pilots become
informed on this matter and contact all Board members to express their
view. My opinion... based upon extensive research on behalf of MLAA
members... is that we need a fully certified AWOS. The minimum
configuration is AWOS III, with AWOS III P/T highly desirable
(objective). It needs to be the number one priority acquisition with a
target installation not later than Spring 2009. It must not be
sacrificed to pay interest on the land acquisition.
His full report is located here:
http://home.pcisys.net/~ronlee/MeadowLakeAWOSSelectionAnalysis.doc
If you're considering a Digiwx AWOS... READ THIS ANALYSIS FIRST!
>> Following up on the post regarding the UN-APPROVED, UN-CERTIFIED &
>> UN-OFFICIAL weather data sprewed by Belfort Digiwx AWOS, one also
>> needs to note that they only sold 2 units during all of 2009.
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