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Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS (Asswipe Weather Observation ****)
Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS (Amateur Weather Observation ****) Ron Lee from Meadow Lake Airport wrote in Pike's Peak Flyer: January 2009 The SuperUnicom was shut down in early August 2008 due to harmful interference on the 122.7 MHz fre-quency A grant was submitted and approved to get an AWOS III P/T using FAA funds. Our portion of thecost is around $4,000 although incidentals may drive it higher... but far below the $25,000 previously budgetedfor an AWOS. One MLAA Board member is attempting to force a system that is not fully certified down our throats using the flawed rationale that it is cheaper that the fully certified systems offered by All Weather Inc and Vaisala. A major down side to the Belfort system is that pilots will not be able to access METAR data through FlightService, ADDS, on their on-board weather systems, etc. We will very likely be unable to acquire a three letter airport ID and maintenance will cost much more over its lifetime than with either of the fully certified systems. Plus in its current implementation, there is no obvious upgrade path to getting present weather and lightning information available in an AWOS III P/T system. It is crucial to the safety of this airport and our usefulness as a destination airport within the National Airspace System that we get a state of the art AWOS. With the FAA grant, it is amazingly affordable. But it is essential that local pilots become informed on this matter and contact all Board members to express their view. My opinion... based upon extensive research on behalf of MLAA members... is that we need a fully certified AWOS. The minimum configuration is AWOS III, with AWOS III P/T highly desirable (objective). It needs to be the number one priority acquisition with a target installation not later than Spring 2009. It must not be sacrificed to pay interest on the land acquisition. His full report is located he http://home.pcisys.net/~ronlee/Meado...onAnalysis.doc If you're considering a Digiwx AWOS... READ THIS ANALYSIS FIRST! Following up on the post regarding the UN-APPROVED, UN-CERTIFIED and UN-OFFICIAL weather data sprewed by Belfort Digiwx AWOS, one also needs to note that they only sold 2 units during all of 2009. Buy anything except Belfort Instrument Digiwx AWOS from Bruce R. Robinson and company. These Belfort Digiwx AWOS Chinese made wind sensors are about the worst products available in the weather instrumentation marketplace worldwide.This is yet another reason why Belfort Instruments did not get the following Digiwx AWOS weather sensors (ie. wind speed, wind direction, temperature, dewpoint, relative humidity, density altitude, present weather, precipitation, lightning, ceilometer (aka condensation altitude)) FAA Approved, nor FAA Ceritified and why the information SPEWED from a Belfort Digiwx AWOS is NOT OFFICIAL FAA WEATHER INFORMATION (like you'd find in a FAA METAR report). Belfort formats their UN-APPROVED, UN-CERTIFIED and UN-OFFICIAL weather data to make it look like an official avaition METAR when it's NOT! And that's why you won't find a single FAA COMMISSIONED Belfort Digiwx AWOS anywhere in the world! Belfort Instrument Company (aka Gamma Scientific, UDT Instruments, Advanced Retro and Road Vista is owned by: Belfort Instrument Digiwx AWOS Lowlifes: BELFORT & GAMMA SCIENTIFIC CO-OWNER Bruce R. Robinson (serves as Chief asshole at Utilipoint International) Ellen H. Robinson 60 Paako Drive Sandia Park, NM 87047 brobinson (at) utilipoint.com http://www.utilipoint.com/team/robinson.asp BELFORT & GAMMA SCIENTIFIC CO-OWNER Nicholas C. Kaufman 13667 Marsh Harbor Drive North Jacksonville, FL 32225 cs (at) quickstrategy.com http://www.quickstrategy.com/advisors.jsp CHIEF OPERATING BITCH Debra S. Alascio (maiden name: Spence) Santo V. Alascio (drunk husband) 960 Fell Street, Unit 313 Baltimore, MD 21231 DSAlascio (at) belfortinstrument.com FORMER BELFORT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (who was fired) William C. Gordon (backstabbing cocksucker) Judith A. Gordon (f.ck buddy) 13911 Manor Road Baldwin, MD 21013 BELFORT DIRECTOR OF SALES Ralph F. Petragnani Elisa Petragnani (wife who swallows) 1039 Old Bay Ridge Road Annapolis, MD 21403-4256 rpetragnani (at) belfortinstrument.com BELFORT INSTRUMENT DIGIWX AWOS SUPPORT M. Tylor Burton III Jane M. Burton (**** buddy) 25 Dunvegan Road Catonsville, MD 21228 tylorb (at) gmail.com BELFORT INSTRUMENT MARKETING MANAGER Steven K. Eagan Joy M. Eagan 18912 Falls Road Hampstead, MD 21074 |
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