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OK, I'll ask this again with pictures: where are the radio frequencies in the latest US database update?
Am I asking the right question to the right place?

Jack,

You must've missed my reply asking if you've tried the even later navidata?

The navidata post you posed the question on is already 2 cycles out of date - have you tried on the latest update yet (effective 11/05)?

Thanks
Adam

The freqs were missing on my last update as well. I just went back to the previous version and all is well.

The frequencies are picked up from the FAA ARINC 424 database.
If they have been removed for that airfield by the FAA then they will not show on the EFIS.

Jack, do you have iEfis sectional maps for Alaska? If not do you want any? I create the sectional maps for the mainland USA but have never had a request from any MGL user for Alaska. I created some maps for Canada several years ago for a user but nothing for Alaska or Hawaii.

Cecil

I checked other airports like Seattle- nothing.
I have not tried any newer updates yet.
I don't use sectionals in the EFIS, I have Foreflight on the iPad if I need to look at charts. The frequencies in the EFIS are handy because I can touch them and they go into the radio.

I tried the most recent navidata.ewd file and found no airport frequencies either. It sure is handy to be able to transfer frequencies from from airport info to the radio with a single push of a button.

I am missing the frequencies as well. I believe I remember reading that they were no longer merging the data from www,navaid.com because the data was no longer being updated and some of the data was inaccurate.

Here is the excerpt from page 10 of the mgl central database tool instructions:

As of writing this document, the FAA ARINC data does not include “Communication records”,
effectively records that contain airport frequencies and descriptions.
Because of this, we now do a further step:
Step 3:
Go to www.Navaid.com and download data in GPX format that approximately covers North
America. To keep the download smaller, choose only airport information. This information
includes frequencies.

Terry

Here are the instructions if you are in the US and want to build your own Navidata.ewd that contains the radio frequencies:

1. Install Mgl Central
2. Follow instructions on page 10 of MGL Central.pdf

Download the latest files from the FAA
1. Faa cifp data
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_ ... /download/
2. Faa DOF
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_ ... ducts/dof/

Merge airport information (frequencies) Step 3 on page 10 of instructions
www.navaid.com


WARNING: Use at you own risk!! Test in the simulator first. The data on www.navaid.com was last updated a year ago!!

I'm new here and looks like I'm missing something or using old MGL Central. My version is 2.0
Menus look different, I cannot load maps which are loading fine into iEFIS G3 Sim
I load latest FAA FAACIFP18_2101.ari and it looks incomplete
I'm in Canada, Toronto and all I want to do is add Canadian data to the NAVIDATA.EWD provided by MGL