AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  IN SEARCH OF a certified FAA commissioned DigiWx AWOS          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> alt.airports View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Anonymous via the Cypherp Guest Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:16 pm    Post subject: IN SEARCH OF a certified FAA commissioned DigiWx AWOS How about this? Another unhappy DigiWx customer! Are there any certified FAA commissioned DigiWx AWOS out there??? I'm beginning to think NOT after reading this: Our airport (which i ain't mentioning for benefit of the lawsuit happy bunch at Belfort Instruments) was stupid enough to purchase one of these DigiWx AWOS units from Belfort Instruments. about a week ago, we noticed the placement by Belfort Instruments on our online DigiWx AWOS site a notice which reads: "DISCLAIMER: Weather readings shown on the Internet are advisory only." several of us wondered what that meant as it didn't look good. from what the airport manager has gotten so far (which ain't much from the fish heads at Belfort Instruments) is that none of our weather data is "official" according to FAA standards and it is all "advisory" which means you can't use it for IFR operations. probably can't use it for VFR ops either. so what good is it? we bought a DigiWx for IFR operations and now we can't use it for IFR operations. Belfort Instruments said that the FAA required them to place this notice on their websites that: "DISCLAIMER: Weather readings shown on the Internet are advisory only." i for one am madder than hell. we have this Belfort Instruments DigiWx shit on our airport and it ain't worth pig's shit. and apparently this is the way it's gonna be. i asked the airport manager why don't we ask for our money back. he's said he will inquire but from what i have read here about Belfort Instruments, we're a "stuck pig." i'm warning any airport that is considering the purchase of a Belfort Instruments DigiWx AWOS to call all the other airports listed on their homepage (every damn last one of them) and ask them about their experiences with DigiWx AWOS before actually buying one. because you won't get what they say they will deliver. you'll spend a lot of money and have some pig's shit guaranteed! the disclaimer should read: "DISCLAIMER: Weather readings shown on DigiWx AWOS are pig's shit! Here's the list of DigiWx units from Belfort Instruments website: Disclaimer: Weather Displayed on the Internet is "Advisory" Only Atlantic Care Medical Center(0NJO), Atlantic City, New Jersey Baltimore Marine Center (BALTM), Baltimore, Maryland Belen Alexander Airport (E80), Belen, New Mexico Bradford County Airport (N27), Towanda, Pennsylvania Buckeye Airport (BXK), Buckeye, Arizona Christoph Murnau Hospital (MURNA), Murnau, Germany Coral Creek Airport (FA54), Placida, FL (live web cam) Darke County Airport (KVES), Midmark Corporation, Versailles, Ohio Easton Airport (ESN), Easton, Maryland First Flight Airfield (FFA), Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Greenville Airport (GRE), Greenville, Illinois Greystone Airport (17FL), Ocala, Florida Huntington Airport (69V), Huntington, Utah Lake In The Hills (3CK), Lake In The Hills, Illinois Ledgedale Airport (7G0), Brockport, New York Lee Airport (ANP), Annapolis, Maryland McKinney Municipal Airport (TKI), McKinney, Texas Monticello Airport (U43), Monticello, Utah Moriarty Airport (0E0), Moriarty, New Mexico New Kent County Airport (W96), Quinton, Virginia Ocean City Airport (26N), Ocean City, New Jersey Palomar Airport (CRQ), Civic Helicopters, Carlsbad, California San Salvador (ZSJ), Nassau, Bahamas Samedan Heliport (SAMED), San Salvador, El Salvador Sandia Airpark (1N1), Edgewood, New Mexico (live web cam) Sierra Star Industries (TAHOE), Lake Tahoe, Nevada Small Aircraft Transportation System (RTII), Richmond, Virginia Stokes Flying Service (STOKE), Earle, Arkansas United States Air Force (INS1E, INS2W, INS3N), Indian Springs, Nevada United States Air Force (KFFO, KFFO2, KFFO3), Wright Patterson, Ohio United States Army (R29), Ft. Campbell, Kentucky United States Border Patrol (TTOP), El Centro, California United States Coast Guard (CGCC), Baltimore, Maryland United States Coast Guard (PTARE), Point Arena, California University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center (HMIEM), Baltimore, Maryland Washington Executive Airport (W32), Clinton, Maryland West Chester Wastewater Treatment Plant (WCWTP), Peekskill, New York William T. Piper Memorial Airport (LHV), Lock Haven, Pennsylvania "DISCLAIMER: Weather readings shown on DigiWx AWOS are pig's shit! 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