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Old January 26th 12, 08:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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Default Flarm with Firmware 1.20 update

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:57:08 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:

I was amazed to hear that serious consideration was given to cancelling
a contest because GPS might have been unavailable due to testing.

Scoring.

Under current rules scoring flights is probably impossible if GPS is
being interfered with. Yes, I know you can use cameras for turnpoints but
they don't work too well for assessing airspace violations or minimum
height finishes: for that you need a logger to provide a continuous
trace.



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