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UNICOM FREQ AUTOMATED GREETING TO PILOTS ADAPTIVE ADVISORY
w/ FAA Certified Altimeter & Visibility
PILOT RADIO CHECK
Quiet Greeting w/Advisory Advisory w/Runway Radio Check
Normal Traffic Standard Greeting Typical Advisory  
Getting Busy Short Greeting Shorter Advisory  
Very Busy Silence! Too Darn Busy  
Special Feature Updated Wind Advisory Radio Check
w/DA Warning

DISCUSSION

INFORMS PILOTS OF THE PRESENCE  AND HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM

Even pilots unfamiliar with your airport will always be greeted by the Superawos.

When the system detects and classifies an inbound pilot's call it automatically replies with a pleasant and informative greeting message.

The content of the Greeting message adapts to how others are using the unicom frequency at the time.  The Greeting disappears entirely when it might be intrusive or unnecessary.

The airport manager can adjust the relative responsiveness of the Greeting  to your particular airfield: Highly responsive if you have lots of visitors, less responsive if most of your traffic somes from the airfield and already knows about the system and how to use it.

The system was born, developed and has been proven in the intense traffic area of a highly active GA airport.  It provides non-intrusive yet always responsive unicom coverage at even the busiest airfield.

PROVIDES EVERYTHING YOUR PILOTS NEED FOR PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL FLIGHT OPERATION

At any pilot's request, day or night, busy or quiet, the Superawos replies with an airport advisory appropriate to your specific airport; adjusted relative to the importance of weather  information; further prioritized to the current level of unicom radio congestion.

Thus, as a simple example, Temp and dewpoint are only given when they are close, winds are calm, and ground fog is becoming likely; or, when the temp is near freezing as a heads up about icing.

Since the system also knows your runway(s), if winds shift significantly for flight operations the system will even automatically update pilots of the changed wind conditions.

The Superawos will even advise the appropriate runway when both wind and traffic make the suggestion unambiguous.

When appropriate, the system provides pilots with warnings about Density Altitude, Crosswinds and Wind shear relative to your runways.

By listening to prior unicom traffic, the system even advises pilots to listen for traffic, because they've just tuned to unicom!

GUARANTEES PREMIUM SERVICES
24/7 365 DAYS PER YEAR

The Superunicom's patented radio check provides the pilot with a 100% confirmation of both the transmission AND reception of their radios BEFORE taking off, without  bothering nor relying on airport line personnel or another pilot.

In addition, when Density Altitude is critical, the system will tag a DA caution message onto the tail of its radio-check reply message, PRIOR to a pilot taking off.

 

 

AWOS SYSTEMS FEATURE COMPARISON
Product Traditional AWOS DigiWx Super
UNICOM
Super
AWOS
Manufacturers AAI/SMI
Handar
Qualimetrix
Vaisala
Belfort
Industries
Potomac Aviation
Technology Corp
Potomac Airfield (VKX)
Primary Business Federal Contractors Commercial
Sensor Mfr
Airport Owners
Pilots, high-tech nerds,
All Around Swell guys
Experience with
Automated Unicom Operations
None < 1 year 10+ years
References Available Many hundreds Try to actually
contact anyone!
50+
REAL installations
refs Available
upon request
(Respecting the privacy of real people)
Number of systems
Installed
and Operating on Unicom
0 1 - 3? 50+ Systems
Installed & In Use
Across USA
COMPARISON OF PRODUCT FEATURES
    Traditional AWOS DigiWx Super UNICOM SuperAWOS
FAA Certified Weather Yes Altimeter
& Visibility
Altimeter
& Visibility
Altimeter &
Visibility
FAA Flight Requirements
VFR, IFR & Commercial
Alt & Vis Alt & Vis Alt & Vis Alt & Vis
Radio
Spectrum
Use
Requires
FAA Discrete Freq
Yes ??? No No
Time required to assign
 ATC Frequency
18-24 mo's 18-24 mo's No Delay No Delay
Operates on Unicom No ??? Yes Yes
Adapts to Unicom Congestion N/A No Yes Yes
Message Length Fixed
~ 1min
Fixed
~30 secs
Adaptive
to Unicom
Congestion
Adaptive
to Unicom
Congestion
PILOT SERVICES & SAFETY FEATURES
Advisory
Safety
Features
INSTANT real-time Winds No No Yes Yes
Crosswind Warning No No Yes Yes
Windshear Warning No No Yes Yes
Runway Change Warning No No Yes Yes
Ground Fog Warning No No Yes Yes
Freezing Warning No No Yes Yes
High Density Altitude No No Yes Yes
Traffic Advisory No No Yes Yes
Runway Advisory No No Yes Yes
Ceiling Measured Spot "Condensation Level" Estimated Estimated
Pilot Radio Services Radio Check No No Yes Yes
Density Altitude Warning No No Yes Yes
Pilot Greeting Greeting to Inbound Pilots No No Yes Yes
Instructions to pilots on Unicom No No Yes Yes
Remote Access Pilot call in Yes Yes Yes Yes
Internet Yes Yes Yes Yes
NADIN (FSS) Yes No Yes Ye