On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 2:34:47 PM UTC-8, Bob Gibbons wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:46:39 -0800 (PST), Andrew Ainslie
wrote:
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The FAA definitely needs someone like JC to explain why their strategy of "forcing"
us to get ADS-B out in order to get in is deeply flawed, and the requirements to either
spend over $3000 or be blind is equally dumb...

If you have a normal PowerFlarm unit you have a full function ADS-B IN
unit. Any aircraft transmitting ADS-B OUT will show up on the Flarm
display.

From https://flarm.com/products/powerflarm/powerflarm-core/
PowerFLARM Core comes in two variants, PURE and ADS-B. The ADS-B
variant has all the functionality of PURE, but with an additional SSR
(Transponder) and ADS-B receiver. In addition to FLARM equipped
aircraft, you will also be able to see transponder equipped aircraft.
Aircraft without ADS-B Out capability will be shown with approximate
range and altitude difference (Mode-C). Aircraft with ADS-B Out will
be shown identical to FLARM aircraft.

Bob

Not strictly a completly clear statement. The PowerFLARM documentation should say "1090ES" instead of "ADS-B". They are writing in part for a European audience/bias where they don't have the UAT silliness to deal with. Pf the ADS-B soup in the USA... PowerFLARM only sees 1090ES Out equipped aircraft, does not see UAT Out and will not receive ADS-R or TIS-B services either.