ircphoenix
En-Route
Hi party people.
So I was talking to my avionics guy about having to upgrade my GNS 530 to a 530W. He got all excited-like and started extolling the virtues of the GTX 345 all in one solution. Said it'll probably require new cables, but otherwise it's a perfect all-in-one solution for me to not have to spend the money to upgrade the 530.
Well I was doing some reading today and it seems like that is some nonsensical BS. If I got the 345, it would certainly give me IN and OUT capability, but it'd do eff all for giving me traffic or anything useful on the 530.
Is this correct? Looks like I'm gonna have to do the WAAS upgrade, then just pick a different (cheaper) transponder.
So I was talking to my avionics guy about having to upgrade my GNS 530 to a 530W. He got all excited-like and started extolling the virtues of the GTX 345 all in one solution. Said it'll probably require new cables, but otherwise it's a perfect all-in-one solution for me to not have to spend the money to upgrade the 530.
Well I was doing some reading today and it seems like that is some nonsensical BS. If I got the 345, it would certainly give me IN and OUT capability, but it'd do eff all for giving me traffic or anything useful on the 530.
Is this correct? Looks like I'm gonna have to do the WAAS upgrade, then just pick a different (cheaper) transponder.