AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  After 2 years, try finding a single FAA commissioned DigiWx          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Aviation related products View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Cyberiade.it Anonymous Re Guest Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:49 pm    Post subject: After 2 years, try finding a single FAA commissioned DigiWx In a Belfort Instrument Company press release (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/7/prweb139374.htm) dated July 8, 2004 (two full years ago), Belfort announced FAA Approval of their DigiWx AWOS product even though the only thing FAA Approved at that time was the dual digital barometer. WHOooooPEEeeee! Here we are two years later and I've been unable to find a single FAA commissioned DigiWx AWOS anywhere in the US. Sure, you might find some DigiWx units around but nobody I've talked to (airport managers, FBO folks, pilots) has anything good to say about the DigiWx product. How can an old weather company have an FAA Approved product in the field yet not a single FAA commissioned DigiWx AWOS can be unearthed? FAA Approval just means the FAA gave it's blessing for Belfort to sell an AWOS. FAA commissioning is a separate process that takes place after a unit has been installed on the field at an airport. At that time, FAA personnel visit the airport weather station to insure the installed product complies with FAA standards and regulations. If it doesn't, then the airport weather station is NOT commissioned which means it cannot be relied upon to broadcast certified and official weather data. The weather data is "advisory" at best! Inspection of the Belfort Instruments DigiWx AWOS homepage also reveals some very troubling information. Printed on their website at http://www.digiwx.com/locations.html is this DISCLAIMER: "Weather Displayed on the Internet is 'Advisory' Only" DO NOT PASS GO AND DO NOT COLLECT $200 dollars! Well that should throw up a lot of RED flags. Why would any civil/military airport buy a DigiWx AWOS is there are NO FAA commisioned units in the field after two full years? How long does it take to commission a DigiWx AWOS unit? And Belfort won't tell you that the FAA did not APPROVE DigiWx AWOS: 1) wind direction 2) wind speed 3) temperature 4) dewpoint 5) relative humidity 6) density altitude 7) condensation altitude (ceiling) Why would anyone want this inferior AWOS product offering on their airport? Belfort Instrument Company just takes AWOS to a new LOW. AWOS as it applies to a DigiWx AWOS should mean "Almost Weather Observation System." Still want one? If you do, then you have rocks in your head! Back to top Michael Baldwin, Bruce Guest Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:48 pm    Post subject: Re: After 2 years, try finding a single FAA commissioned Dig sock drawer Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer wrote: Quote: In a Belfort Instrument Company press release (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/7/prweb139374.htm) dated July 8, 2004 (two full years ago), Belfort announced FAA Approval of their DigiWx AWOS product even though the only thing FAA Approved at that time was the dual digital barometer. WHOooooPEEeeee! Here we are two years later and I've been unable to find a single FAA commissioned DigiWx AWOS anywhere in the US. Sure, you might find some DigiWx units around but nobody I've talked to (airport managers, FBO folks, pilots) has anything good to say about the DigiWx product. How can an old weather company have an FAA Approved product in the field yet not a single FAA commissioned DigiWx AWOS can be unearthed? FAA Approval just means the FAA gave it's blessing for Belfort to sell an AWOS. FAA commissioning is a separate process that takes place after a unit has been installed on the field at an airport. At that time, FAA personnel visit the airport weather station to insure the installed product complies with FAA standards and regulations. If it doesn't, then the airport weather station is NOT commissioned which means it cannot be relied upon to broadcast certified and official weather data. The weather data is "advisory" at best! Inspection of the Belfort Instruments DigiWx AWOS homepage also reveals some very troubling information. Printed on their website at http://www.digiwx.com/locations.html is this DISCLAIMER: "Weather Displayed on the Internet is 'Advisory' Only" DO NOT PASS GO AND DO NOT COLLECT $200 dollars! Well that should throw up a lot of RED flags. Why would any civil/military airport buy a DigiWx AWOS is there are NO FAA commisioned units in the field after two full years? How long does it take to commission a DigiWx AWOS unit? And Belfort won't tell you that the FAA did not APPROVE DigiWx AWOS: 1) wind direction 2) wind speed 3) temperature 4) dewpoint 5) relative humidity 6) density altitude 7) condensation altitude (ceiling) Why would anyone want this inferior AWOS product offering on their airport? Belfort Instrument Company just takes AWOS to a new LOW. AWOS as it applies to a DigiWx AWOS should mean "Almost Weather Observation System." Still want one? If you do, then you have rocks in your head! Still bitching, Belfort fag? 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