There's nothing wrong with using it but there really is no need to be always using it. If you wanna see coastlines, etc. just use the GMAP function instead of the WX radar. In my personal opinion, if you're using it all the time just in case you run into weather, to see weather just in case, etc. then it's being a step behind, because you can pull up the national weather radar on basically any computer and get a quick glance at the entire country or you route of flight and by that you can see if you'll be needing the radar to avoid weather, etc. enroute. If it's gonna be a clear and a million between points A and B, I'm not gonna even bother turning the radar on, but the person flying with me wants to turn it on, be my guest, I've got no problems with it. If someone is worried about others turning on the radar or not, they've got some other issues.
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