On Monday, November 9, 2020 at 5:08:34 PM UTC-6, Richard Pfiffner wrote:
On Monday, November 9, 2020 at 11:58:20 AM UTC-8, Mike Schumann wrote:
On Monday, November 9, 2020 at 1:51:26 PM UTC-6, Ramy wrote:
ADS-R and TIS-B should be available very soon in all powerflarm units via firmware upgrade. I am flying with a beta version and can now see virtually all traffic, including UAT and mode C (via ground station relay). Stay tuned.

Ramy

That is great news. However, people need to understand that this is not the ideal solution vs. a dual band receiver: 1. You need to be within range of an ADS-B ground station, 2. The other aircraft needs to be at sufficient altitude to be visible to ATC Radar and/or an ADS-B ground station, and 3. Your glider needs to be ADS-B OUT equipped to trigger the ADS-B ground station to send you the ADS-R and TIS-B information.
Your glider does not have to be ADS-B out. All that is needed is for any 1090 out aircraft to be in the ADS range ie in the Puck to trigger the ground station for rebroadcast ADS-R.

Richard

That is not correct. An ADS-B OUT equipped aircraft that is in your vicinity will trigger the ground station to transmit ADS-R and TIS-B, but this will only occur on the frequency of the ADS-B OUT aircraft's IN receiver frequency. If you are near an aircraft configured with both a UAT transmitter and receiver, the ADS-R and TIS-B traffic will only be transmitted on the UAT frequency. The same situation occurs for a 1090ES OUT equipped aircraft that has a UAT receiver.