Flarm in the US this summer

An ADS-B transceiver will not necessarily require any panel space. It is a
black box with a GPS antenna, a radio antenna, and an interface to your GPS
/ Flight Computer. All of the traffic information is displayed on whatever
navigation device that you already have in your glider.

Once the ADS-B ground station rollout is complete (which should occur ~
2013), an ADS-B transceiver will see all Mode C transponder equipped
traffic, so a transponder mode will not be necessary. The only gottcha is
that ADS-B equipped aircraft will not be visible to TCAS unless they also
have Mode C/S transponders.

Mike Schumann

"jcarlyle" wrote in message
...
Given where I fly and my limited panel space, I would only buy a Flarm
if it offered the capabilities of a Zaon MRX as well. Perhaps Flarm
and Zaon should get together and discuss building a single, small
device that detects Flarm mode, A/C/S transponder modes, and ADS-B
mode?

-John