GumpAir wrote:I had pretty good XM radio reception all the way up to FAI, and that was with the XM antenna on the glareshield. Mounted outside and up top would have made it even better.

XM weather on the other hand... Only Lower 48.

Gump

XM weather is now available at least into Canada. I've seen it. Might even go into AK. I hope so.

patrol guy wrote:...but if you get the subscription, don't forget the winds aloft with the 496, starting at the ground, then every 3000 feet. With the price of gas now days, it could easily pay for that subscription price. John

If I'm not mistaken, the winds aloft provided are forecast winds, not actual. One could get FD's the old-fashioned way and maybe get an update from Flightwatch while enroute...no big advantage 496.

Private airports and XM weather might be the incentive for me to upgrade from my 296, though.

Desert185 wrote:XM weather is now available at least into Canada. I've seen it. Might even go into AK. I hope so.

I pulled up the XM Weather info, and it looks like with the higher priced subscription you get a limited amount of weather services for Canada and Puerto Rico. Nothing showing for Alaska.

http://www.xmradio.com/weather/av_service_pricing.xmc

Gump