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Belfort's BIGGEST LIAR: http://tinyurl.com/markwdecker 

Belfort Instrument Company's Ty Burton has "been out 
 to the site 4 or 5 times to try and fix the system." How 
 many trips does it take to fix a Belfort DigiWx? 


Belfast, ME Airport Advisory Committee 
 Meeting Minutes 
 City Hall - 10/18/12 @ 16:00 
http://www.cityofbelfast.org/Archive.aspx?ADID=582 


2. AWOS Report - The AWOS is currently not functional. 
 Sandy Reynolds informed the committee that Life Flight & 
 Belfort (company that installed the system) have been out 
 to the site 4 or 5 times to try and fix the system. They also 
 confirmed that the computer in the FBO that contains the 
 software meets the memory and RAM requirements and 
 was cleaned to promote optimal performance. Thomas 
 Kittredge suggested a conference call with Sandy, Rick 
 Simpson (Life Flight), Ty Burton (Belfort) and himself prior 
 to the next committee meeting. 


Two other aspects of the AWOS system that were discussed was 
 having a dial-in weather reporting feature and also the possibility 
 of replacing the whole system. It was determined that FAA funds 
 would most likely be needed and that it would be part of the 
 spring (2013) CIP review. 


http://www.digiwx-bst.com reports over 4 months later: 
 "This DigiWx weather station has lost its connection to the 
 Internet." 


Buying a CHEAP AWOS like Belfort's DigiWx will only result in having 
 to replace the entire system with a better AWOS at a later date. 


Here's more info about Belfort and their shitty AWOS product: 


And now Belfort Instrument Company (dba DigiWx AWOS, Gamma 
 Scientific, UDT Instruments, Advanced Retro, RoadVista, KR 
 Acquisition Corporation and Utilipoint International) finds 
 itself in United States Bankruptcy Court as evidenced by: 
http://www.amrcaseinfo.com/pdflib/1631_15463.pdf 


Belfort Instrument Company is selling to a known terrorist country as 
 evidenced by mention of the DigiWx AWOS on their corporate homepage 
 sold to: 


Pakistan 
 Lahore International Airport (LHE/OPLA) RVR System, Lahore Pakistan 


And then there is word of this: 
 During the first two weeks of January 2007, U.S. air strikes 
targeted 
 four sites in southern Somalia formerly under al Qaida control where 
 terrorists have been training and hiding for months. 


"As we speak now, the area is being bombarded by the American air 
 force," a Somali government official told Reuters two weeks ago. 


The U.S. attacks targeted an area close to Ras Kamboni, a coastal 
 village near the Kenyan border where many Islamists are believed to 
 be hiding after being ousted by Ethiopia-backed government forces, 
 the official added. 


Four places were hit -- Hayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadowe, the 
 source said. "Bankajirow was the last Islamist holdout. Bankajirow 
 and Badmadowe were hit hardest," he added. 


The Pentagon confirmed only one air strike that took place in the 
 south of the country, saying that it was part of a wider offensive 
 aimed at an al-Qaeda cell that includes suspects in the 1998 
bombings 
 of U.S. embassies in east Africa and a hotel in Kenya. 


Meanwhile, ABC News quoted U.S. and French military sources as saying 
 that American U.S. special forces were working with Ethiopian troops 
 on the ground in operations inside Somalia. 


Following a thrust by the U.S. military, U.S. special forces 
 discovered a Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS weather reporting 
system 
 on a hill south of Ras Kamboni. 


The Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS station was not operational as 
 it had suffered a direct military hit from an explosion of unknown 
 origin. But the Digiwx name could be clearly seen imprinted on the 
15 
 foot tower which now lays on it side in pieces. 


U.S. troops subsequently uncovered handheld Digiwx weather receivers 
 in two of the camps previoulsy occupied by al-Qaeda terrorists which 
 apparently had been left behind and abandoned. 


How the Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS system made it to Somalia and 
 into terrorists hands is still unknown. Whether al-Qaeda and Osama 
 bin-Laden organizations are employing Digiwx AWOS units in other 
 parts of the world is currently unknown. 


U.S. troops have been advised to be on the lookout for additional 
Digiwx AWOS units under Al-Qaeda and/or Sunni/Shiite control in Iraq 
 and Afghanistan. 


U.S. special forces are reportedly monitoring the two known wireless 
 frequencies that Digiwx AWOS transmits on, notably 464.6 and 464.75 
 MHz. British military sources report that signals on both 
frequencies 
 have been detected but only occasionally as the terrorists seem to 
be 
 running Belfort Instruments Digiwx for only short periods of time. 


Belfort Instrument Company (Baltimore, MD, USA), the original 
 manufacturer of Digiwx AWOS, has had no comment. 


Why would an American company be "aiding and abetting" known 
 terrorists organizations around the world while doing business in 
 pursuit of the almighty American dollar? Maybe you would want to 
 contact them and find out why: 


Belfort Instrument Company 
 727 South Wolfe Street 
 Baltimore, MD 21231 
 410-342-2626 
 410-342-7028 (fax) 
 1-800-937-2353 
 sales (at) belfortinstrument.com 
 service (at) belfortinstrument.com 


Gamma Scientific President 
 Richard L. Austin 
 rlaustin (at) gamma-sci.com 


Belfort COO Debra S. Lange (Alascio) 
 dsalascio (at) belfortinstrument.com 


Belfort Co-Owner Bruce R. Robinson 
 brobinson (at) utilipoint.com 


Belfort Co-Owner Nicholas C. Kaufman 
 cs (at) quickstrategy.com 


Belfort Sales Director Ralph F. Petragnani 
 rpetragnani (at) belfortinstrument.com 


Belfort Digiwx AWOS Support Manager M. Tylor Burton 
 digiwxsupport (at) gmail.com 


Much has been written about Belfort Instrument Company's 
DigiWx AWOS anonymously for good reason because the Belfort 
DigiWx "fur" has been flying since at least 2005. One can 
 find mention of Belfort's inferior weather station named 
DigiWx AWOS as witnessed by: 


Ten reasons to NOT buy Belfort DigiWx AWOS (keep reading) 
http://www.aviationkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/piloting/5041 


I also am of the belief that Belfort Instrument Company has 
 been actively censoring anyone and any words which dishes 
 dirt on this inferior DigiWx AWOS weather station. 


Now we have word from Belfort Instrument Company of 
 a "Recommended Service Bulletin" dated April 21, 2011 
 and numbered 2011-1. 


SUBJECT: Unicom Transmission 


MODELS AFFECTED: Belfort DigiWx AV100 with 
 either Technisonic or ICom radios 


TIME OF COMPLIANCE: At owners discretion 


There have been some discussions by users at congested 
 airports of not being able to receive the AWOS broadcast 
 over the Unicom or the weather report stepping on other 
 Unicom communications. The following suggest may decrease 
 the problem. 


1. On the DigiWx radio, set the squelch well above 
 the squelch break point this, in turn requires more 
 power to break the squelch which means traffic has to be 
 closer to the airport to receive the weather report. 


2. The DigiWx standard broadcast mode is using 3 MIC 
 clicks. At busy airports, there isn t a way for the 
DigiWx to determine if someone is clicking the MIC 3 
 times for the weather or three (3) separate pilots are 
 clicking the MIC to talk. If this is the case, it might 
 help to change the number of MIC clicks for weather to 
 5 MIC clicks. Both of the above recommendations will 
 help reduce the number of broadcasts from the DigiWx 
 and they are easy to do and don t cost money. 


Belfort Field Service Team 
 800 937-2353 
 serv...@belfortinstrument.com 


Well, I fly from one of the airports in MT with one 
 of these DigiWx AWOS pieces of SHIT. And its beyond me 
 to understand why changing the mic clicks at a congested 
 airport is going to fix the problem of a DigiWx which 
 clogs the UNICOM frequency. Just like Belfort said, 
DigiWx cannot distinguish who is clicking the mic 3 
 times. The DigiWx is stupid. When it hears any 3 mic 
 clicks, it activates and clogs an already congested 
 UNICOM frequency. We pointed this out to Belfort 3 
 years ago and THIS WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE THEIR FIX? 


If I cut thru the emotion of everything ever written 
 about the Belfort Instrument Company DigiWx AWOS, I 
 am now a believer. Belfort doesn't know the first 
 phucking thing about designing an AWOS to broadcast 
 over a UNICOM frequency. I have talked with numerous 
 pilots from other airports who have the SuperAWOS 
 and the Vaisala AWOS. And they just DON'T have these 
 clogged frequency problems. 


Yep, you read that right: 
 BUY Belfort Instruments DigiWx-SHIT... Have a PILE OF SHIT 
 guaranteed! 


Have you heard about the Meadow Lake Airport AWOS Fiasco? 
 Quoting, http://meadowlake-airport.com/AWOS.htm reads in short: 


"Executive Conclusion: Of the four candidate AWOS manufacturers, only 
 two meet the threshold and objective system performance levels. 
These 
 are systems provided by All Weather Inc (AWI) and Vaisala. The 
 SuperAWOS by Potomac Aviation does not pass an initial cut due to 
 maintenance problems encountered with their SuperUnicom installed at 
 Meadow Lake airport." 


"The Belfort DigiWX "AWOS" is not a true FAA fully commission-able 
 AWOS. Its complete sensor suite is not certified. Installation of 
 this 
 system at 00V means that we would not have our weather data (METAR) 
 accessible in the federal database which means that Flight Service 
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1252 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

.DISCUSSION...
354 AM CDT

IN THE NEAR TERM...CLOSED MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED NEAR
SIOUX FALLS EARLY THIS AM...WITH ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE ENERGY AND
ASSOCIATED CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS OVER OKLAHOMA/KANSAS. UPPER LOW IS
EXPECTED TO OPEN UP AND PHASE WITH SOUTHERN ENERGY INTO A POSITIVE
TILT TROUGH WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY. WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL DEEPEN
SLIGHTLY IN THE PROCESS...AND MOVE TO SOUTHEAST IA/WESTERN IL BY
THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY 25-35 KT LOW LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED
MOISTURE TRANSPORT CURRENTLY FOCUSED INTO OK/KS/WESTERN MO WILL
GRADUALLY VEER INTO IL DURING THE DAY...AFFECTING OUR CWA
PARTICULARLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING. WITH SURFACE LOW PROGGED ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN IL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT DEVELOPS WEST-EAST
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE
BETWEEN 500-1200 J/KG MLCAPE IN THE WARM SECTOR ALONG/SOUTH OF THE
FRONT...WHILE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES FARTHER NORTH REMAIN MARGINAL
BUT LIKELY SUFFICIENT FOR OCCASIONAL THUNDER THERE. WHILE CLOUD
COVER AND PRECIP COVERAGE MAY LIMIT SFC/NEAR SFC BASED
DESTABILIZATION SOMEWHAT...PRESENCE OF 30-40 KT MID LEVEL FLOW AND
25-35 KT 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR DOES SUPPORT ORGANIZED CONVECTION. LINE
SEGMENTS WITH ATTENDANT SEVERE WIND/HAIL THREAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THOUGH BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW
NEAR/ALONG THE WARM FRONT COULD SUPPORT MINIMAL TORNADO POTENTIAL
PARTICULARLY IF LESS CLOUD COVER/MORE INSTABILITY WERE TO OCCUR.
MORE WIDESPREAD ISSUE IS LIKELY TO BE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF 1.0 INCHES WITH RAIN/STORMS AS PWATS INCREASE TO AROUND
1.35 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. HEAVIER RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY MOVE OFF TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST OF THE
CWA LATER TONIGHT...AS SFC LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH AND AXIS
OF BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT VEERS ACROSS IN/OH.

SHOWERY WEATHER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY HOWEVER...AS SLOW
MOVING UPPER TROUGH TRAVERSES THE FORECAST AREA. COOLER AIR WILL
FILTER IN AS WELL...WITH TEMPS FALLING FROM TODAYS UPPER 60S-MID 70S
TO LOWER-MID 60S NORTH TO SOUTH...AND 50S ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN.

GUIDANCE REMAINS STEADFAST IN DIGGING STRONG SHORT WAVE INTO THE
REGION AND AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. AS ADVERTISED EARLIER...SHARP SURFACE COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH DURING THE MORNING/MIDDAY HOURS...WITH
TEMPS LIKELY FALLING INTO THE 50S BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE
AFTERNOON. UNSEASONABLY COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE PLAINS
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A
CHILLY MOTHERS DAY. 850 MB TEMPS IN THE NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS
PORTEND AFTERNOON HIGHS STRUGGLING TO GET TO/ABOVE 60 ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHEAST IL/NORTHWEST IN. LOWS WILL LIKELY DIP INTO THE 30S
IN SOME NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY
NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE ENOUGH GRADIENT/WIND TO PREVENT PATCHY FROST
DEVELOPMENT BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT...THOUGH THERE COULD BE
SOME FROST IN COLDER MORE SHELTERED AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

AS QUICKLY AS WE COOL DOWN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...GUIDANCE
CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL BE
PROGRESSIVE. UPPER RIDGING AND STRONG WARM ADVECTION LOOKS TO PUSH
OUR TEMPS BACK FIRMLY INTO THE 60S MONDAY...AND QUITE POSSIBLY THE
80S ESPECIALLY WEST BY TUESDAY AS 850 MB TEMPS APPROACH +20 C. WEAK
SLOW MOVING COOL FRONT SAGS ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY TEMPERING THE
WARM-UP A BIT POTENTIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH...ALONG WITH THE NEXT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS.

RATZER

&&

.AVIATION...

//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 18Z...

* SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED/SCATTERED TSRA MID/LATE AFTERNOON.
* SHOWERS THIS EVENING...ENDING OVERNIGHT.
* LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BECOMING EAST BY EARLY EVENING THEN
  NORTH BY LATE EVENING...WITH SOME GUSTS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
* MVFR CIGS BY EARLY EVENING WITH IFR/LIFR CIGS DEVELOPING DURING
  THE EVENING...IMPROVING TO MVFR FRIDAY MORNING. CMS

//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 18Z...

LINE OF SHRA/TSRA LIFTING NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL IL HAS BEGUN TO
WEAKEN AS ADDITIONAL TSRA LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IL. WHILE
THIS ACTIVITY IS WEAKENING...HAVE ADJUSTED TIMING...A LITTLE
EARLIER...AS SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY REACH THE TERMINALS
BY MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND PERHAPS ISOLATED TSRA
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER WAVE LIFTS NORTH. APPEARS THE BEST
THUNDER COVERAGE WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF THE TERMINALS AND FOR
NOW HAVE MAINTAINED VCTS BUT TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
UPDATES. AS AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THIS SURFACE LOW...AND THE LOCATION OF THE WARM FRONT AHEAD OF IT
THIS AFTERNOON WILL MAKE WIND DIRECTIONS PROBLEMATIC. SOUTHERLY
WINDS TO THE I-80 CORRIDOR LOOK ON TRACK BUT AT MDW/ORD...WINDS ON
ONE MINUTE DATA HAVE BEEN LIGHT WESTERLY TO LIGHT EASTERLY...AS
WELL AS CALM. WHILE GRADIENT REMAINS WEAK...APPEARS AS THE SURFACE
LOW APPROACHES...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY PREVAIL AND THEN
SHIFT MORE EAST THEN NORTHEAST THIS EVENING BUT CONFIDENCE
REGARDING WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING REMAINS LOW.

CIGS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FALL INTO MVFR AS PRECIP DEVELOPS AND AS
THE LOW LEVELS SATURATE WITH FLOW OFF THE LAKE...EXPECT CIGS TO
QUICKLY LOWER INTO IFR THIS EVENING AND AS THE SURFACE LOW
APPROACHES...CIGS LIKELY TO DROP INTO LIFR AND POSSIBLY VLIFR WITH
CIGS SLOWLY LIFTING FRIDAY MORNING AS THE LOW SHIFTS EAST. CMS

//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 18Z...

* MEDIUM CONFIDENCE REGARDING SHOWERS TIMING/TRENDS.
* LOW CONFIDENCE REGARDING TSRA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
* MEDIUM CONFIDENCE REGARDING CIGS THROUGH THE PERIOD.
* LOW CONFIDENCE REGARDING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...MEDIUM
  CONFIDENCE FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. CMS

//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 00Z SATURDAY-12Z THURSDAY...UPDATED 12Z...

FRIDAY NIGHT...CLEARING SKIES.
SATURDAY...VFR. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...VFR.
TUESDAY...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...OTHERWISE VFR.
WEDNESDAY...CHANCE OF TSRA.

KJB

&&

.MARINE...
208 AM CDT

A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD DOWN THE LAKE TODAY. IN THE WAKE OF
THIS FRONT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE UP TO 25 TO 30 KT
FOR A PERIOD INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR BOTH THE INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEAR
SHORE WATERS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...AS WAVES
CLIMB ABOVE 6 FT AND NORTHERLY WINDS GUST UP IN THE 25 TO 30 KT
RANGE.

IN ADDITION TO WINDS...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT
IN A SURFACE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE...WHICH SHOULD MOVE ALONG THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH OF THE LAKE TONIGHT. THIS LOOKS TO
RESULT IN PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAKE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE WINDS SHOULD TO ABATE FOR A PERIOD LATE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY
AS ANOTHER SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE LAKE.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER COLD FRONT STILL LOOKS TO TAKE AIM ON THE LAKE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN LEAD TO A
PERIOD OF STRONGER NORTHWESTERLY WINDS INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS LOOKS TO SET UP AGAIN FOR
LATE SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER AREA OF SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN LAKES. HOWEVER...ONCE THIS
HIGH SHIFTS EAST MONDAY NIGHT...IT APPEARS THAT A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN LAKES...AS A POTENT STORM
SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS CANADA. THIS LOOKS TO RESULT IN SOME
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE LAKE FOR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

KJB

&&

.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...LMZ740-LMZ741-LMZ742...1 AM FRIDAY TO 4
     AM SATURDAY.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...LMZ743-LMZ744-LMZ745...7 AM FRIDAY TO 4
     AM SATURDAY.

&&

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