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B u t w alk the exhibit aisles of
show s su c h as the A E A I nternational
C onv ention & Trade S how , S u n ' n
F u n, E A A A irV entu re O shk osh, and
the NB A A C onv ention, and c hanc es
are A D S - B I n rec eiv ers w ill be among
the most- nu merou s of the exhibits -
and you ' ll lik ely see A D S - B I n options
absent the last time you attended.
A v iators hav e tak en to A D S - B I n
lik e they took to iP ads eig ht years
ag o. W hy? F or the produ c ts av ailable!
A D S - B I n deliv ers F lig ht I nformation Services-Broadcast and Traffic
I nformation S erv ic es- B roadc ast.
B oth are free to any u ser w ith a
rec eiv er and a w ay to v iew those
produ c ts, w ith options rang ing from
smartphones to tablet c ompu ters to
panel- mou nted mu ltifu nc tion displays.
Initially, many pilots already flying
with expensive weather and traffic
dev ic es in their panels poo- pooed
A D S - B I n as a g immic k that added
nothing to their c apabilities. C onseq u ently, many of those pilots g av e
little to no thou g ht to eq u ipping
w ith A D S - B I n - u ntil, that is, their
poorer c olleag u es started show ing
them w hat A D S - B I n deliv ered - and
deliv ered w ithou t a monthly su bsc ription fee for the w eather ( after paying
sometimes thou sands for a w eather
receiver and live traffic, without
inv esting $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 or more for an
active-traffic alert system.
Today, among the big g est selling
av ionic s produ c ts are A D S - B I n
rec eiv ers, thank s to pric es starting as
low as a c ou ple of hu ndred dollars.
There' s ev en a mark et for tec h- sav v y
pilots to bu y the hardw are and assemble their ow n home- rolled A D S - B
rec eiv er w ith a B lu etooth link for
displaying the produ c ts on c ompatible dev ic es.
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AIRMET

Airmen's Meteorological Information: A weather advisory issued by a meteorological watch office for aircraft that is potentially hazardous to low-level
aircraft /aircraft with limited capability. AIRMETs cover less severe weather
than SIGMETs: moderate turbulence and icing, surface winds of 30 knots, or
widespread restricted visibility.

Convective
SIGMET

Convective Significant Meteorological Information: Issued for an area of
thunderstorms affecting an area of 3,000 square miles or greater, a line of
thunderstorms at least 60 nm long, and/or severe or embedded thunderstorms affecting any area that are expected to last 30 minutes or longer.

SIGMET

Significant Meteorological Information: A weather advisory that contains
meteorological information concerning the safety of all aircraft: severe or
greater turbulence over a 3,000-square-mile area, severe or greater icing
over a 3,000-square-mile area, IMC conditions over a 3,000-square-mile
area due to dust, sand, or volcanic ash.

METAR

SPECI

Aviation routine weather report: Contains data for the temperature, dew point,
wind speed and direction, precipitation, cloud cover and heights, visibility, and
barometric pressure. Reports are typically generated once an hour.

A Special METAR generated if conditions change significantly within the hour.

National
NEXRAD

Continental United States Next Generation Radar. NEXRAD detects
precipitation and atmospheric movement or wind. It returns data which when
processed can be displayed in a mosaic map, which shows patterns of
precipitation and its movement.

Regional
NEXRAD

Regional Next Generation Radar.

D-NOTAM

Distant Notice To Airmen: Information requires wide dissemination: en route
navigational aids, civil public use landing areas and aeronautical data.

FDC-NOTAM

Flight Data Center Notice To Airmen: Information that is regulatory: changes
to charts, procedures, and airspace usage.

PIREP

SUA Status
TAF

AMEND

Pilot Reports: A report of actual weather conditions encountered by an
aircraft in flight.
Special Use Airspace status.
Terminal Aeronautical Forecast: Issued four times per day.
Amended TAF is issued when the current TAF no longer adequately
describes the ongoing weather or the forecaster feels the TAF is not
representative of the current or expected weather.

Winds and
Temperature Aloft

Computer-prepared forecasts of winds and temperatures aloft.

TIS-B Service
Status

Provides periodic status of TIS-B service via FIS-B UAT uplink.

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