FIS-B weather

Cleared Direct Aug 15, 2026

FIS-B Weather in the Cockpit, the Free NEXRAD Picture Coming Up From ADS-B, and the Latency Trap That Makes a Storm Look Where It Was, Not Where It Is

FIS-B beams free NEXRAD weather to your cockpit, but its built-in latency makes it a strategic tool that's dangerous to use for threading between storm cells.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 10, 2026

The Two Frequencies of ADS-B, Ten Ninety ES and Nine Seventy-Eight UAT, and Why America Split Its Traffic Picture Onto Two Radios That Can't Hear Each Other

Radio Hangar explores The Two Frequencies of ADS-B, Ten Ninety ES and Nine Seventy-Eight UAT, and Why America Split Its Traffic Picture Onto Two Radios That Can't Hear Each Other.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jul 29, 2026

The Nine Seventy-Eight Megahertz UAT, the Universal Access Transceiver, and Why America Split Its ADS-B Onto Two Frequencies When the Rest of the World Uses One

Why the U.S. runs ADS-B on two frequencies - 978 MHz UAT and 1090 ES - and what it means for your cockpit traffic and weather.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jul 24, 2026

The Dual-Link Gamble - Why American ADS-B Runs on Two Frequencies and What Nine Seventy-Eight and Ten Ninety Really Mean for the Traffic on Your Screen

Why U.S. ADS-B runs on two frequencies - 978 MHz UAT and 1090ES - and what that split means for the traffic on your screen.

Vector