Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
You REALLY need to purchase a SkyEcho if you are valuing the traffic availability in your EFB. This goes for both of the products.
The traffic display is ONLY as good as your 3G/4G/5G connection, regardless of the product you are using.
A SkyEcho will show a real-time ADSB-in feed of your local area, regardless of cellular signal. Of course, it will also do ADSB-out for other SkyEcho users if you don't have a fixed transponder in your aircraft.
The sooner everyone gets ADSB-out (and IN) the better.
I have SkyEcho and connect it to my EFB.
You know what its biggest flaw is?
All the ‘nuisance’ traffic that’s displayed. That’s the traffic that’s in the flight levels. It’s distracting from what could be actual threats to me.
The equivalent flaw is ‘reversed’ for aircraft at very low heights and low speeds. That flaw is why the two helicopters involved in the SeaWorld tragedy would most likely not have been alerted to their impending collision by on-board ADSB IN systems.
In short, ADSB – IN is not a panacea for mid-air collisions.