Quiz: Flying with ADS-B weather and your iPad
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The free datalink weather component of the ADS-B network has been a big hit with iPad pilots flying with portable ADS-B receivers. Test your knowledge of the system components and limitations in our latest quiz.
How often is the regional ADS-B radar imagery updated?
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ADS-B weather is broadcast over which frequency band?
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Which of the following is not available over the ADS-B weather datalink?
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You must be equipped with an ADS-B OUT transponder in order to receive ADS-B weather.
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What is the coverage area for U.S. ADS-B weather reception?
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What is the official term for the datalink weather component of ADS-B?
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How far out in front of your present position will you see the high-resolution regional radar imagery?
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You are required to have ADS-B IN weather reception capability when flying in Class B and C airspace.
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From a practial perspective, can you receive the ADS-B weather broadcast when flying at high altitudes?
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Are you an ADS-B weather expert?
You got out of 9 right!
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Are you sure about the first question? I know the data is TRANSMITTED every 2.5 minutes. But that’s not really the UPDATE rate. Reading Scott Dennstaedt report, which seems to be your reference, he’s still saying 4-9 minutes.
As you noted (and as mentioned in Scott’s report), there are latencies that mean that the data will be more than 2 minutes old by the time you receive and view it – that’s true.
But the question was how often it is updated, which is every 2 minutes.