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Antenna symbol when connected with Golze in flight weather receiver

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By Marc_17 - 4/7/2021 5:54:19 PM

Hi Peter & Tim,

sorry for my late reply, I haven´t visited the forum for longer time. Thanks for your explanations on my request.

I am not sure which SD version I had installed when posting my question in August last year but the antenna symbol only occurs in case SD is connected with the Golze inflight weather receiver as GDL90 compatible device. Recently it occured using version 3.15.1 or 3.15.0 - not fully sure. I never used PilotAware.

Makes sense that the Golze device pretends to be a FIS-B station to get weather into SD. I´ll try to get this confirmed by Sebastian Golze.
If so, what is the difference between red and green symbol?

Best regards,
Marc
By Tim Dawson - 4/8/2021 9:50:50 AM

The symbol colour is designed to give you an idea of how often we're hearing from a ground station, which in turn gives you an idea of how much data you'll be receiving from it.

In the case of pretend ground stations, as the Golze device is generating, it's probably pretty meaningless.
By Marc_17 - 8/31/2020 7:40:20 PM

Does anyone knows the meaning of green and read antenna symbols on the map when connected to a Golze inflight weather receiver?