Good day. I am awaiting a fresh copy of ASv6.5, planning to use the archived data feature of it because I dont have internet access @ home, from where I do my flying.I wanted to know more about these (archived data) files to download.1.Could I download 2-3 years worth of real world weather in a relatively short time perioud, one evening??2.How much space does one year's worth of weather files occupy?? mb??3.And can these files be backed up?? so I would not have to haul my PC to a location, with internet connection AGAIN ;-) In case I have to reinnstall or reconfigure something.Thanks in advance.Golli.

Hi,Thanks for writing.1. No, probably not.2. 24 files per day X 365 days per year X 400mb per file = 3,504,000mb per year.3. Yes, they can be.Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Thanks for the reply.Is one hour's worth of metar 400mb ???!!!:-eek Surely I'm misunderstanding something.Golli.

Hi,Nah, it should be kb!! So should the total!!!Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

One hour of uncompressed data is around 1.3mb24 hours compressed using windows xp zip is around 10mb24 hours compressed using winrar best compression = ~6.2mb6.2mb x 30.5 days = ~189mb x 12 = ~2.27gb for a year