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Old August 29th 06, 03:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
Andrew Gideon
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:23:17 -0700, Robert M. Gary wrote:

No reason for the FAA to invest in two different
technologies.


From my reading, it appears that ADS-B is itself three different
technologies (ie. there are three different models of transceivers). If
so, the claimed peer-peer capability of ADS-B will be limited.

- Andrew