Larry Howell wrote: > I noticed when I placed the pointer on one of the block data points, a > purple line appears in a direct line to an airport. What is that all > about? I noticed that the airport it points to is not necessarily the > closest airport?
Those aren't airports, they're I-gates (internet gateway repeaters). If you follow the purple line and click on the black diamond at the end you'll get the details of the installation. In that secondary "emergency" mode, it can be set to broadcast to a far larger audience of smaller and more prevalent digipeaters, so the coverage can likely be all the way to the ground. As it is set now, I've been picked up 50' off the ground while landing by an I-gate 34 miles away. Mark Langford N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
