Garmin GDL 51 Portable SiriusXM Receiver

a Larry a glissando an aviation consumer magazine in a previous video we looked at the SiriusXM sx AR one satellite weather receiver now at the time we thought it was a good performer but we wondered what kind of traction it might have in a market dominated by free ATSB weather now since then at maker for flight out of the sx AR 1 to its mobile app feature set sorta breathing new life into the sx AR 1 now Garmin comes to the market with its own satellite weather receiver it's the gdl 50 series there's a GDL 51 and the gdl 52 which has both a DSP and sxm let's go to the bench and have a look priced at $6.99 retail the gdl 51 is one of several versions of the device it's considered entry-level and it has a built in wast GPS for sending position speed and backup attitude data to the air 660 and 796 portable gps is it also works with a garment pilot tablet and smartphone app which has SVX s