The truth about Flarm Stealth and Competition definition...

On Monday, 4 January 2016 16:19:52 UTC-7, Craig Reinholt wrote:
However, in the real world, there will be those pilots who are going to find ways to block their Flarm output to deny tactical information to competitors. Even worse, but less likely, I hope, folks might even find ways to broadcast misinformation. Plenty of history of folks using coded info and misinformation over the radio to mislead competitors in glider contests. Tactics always provoke countermeasures. When, in the course of history has it not been so? Should we not consider that an appropriately designed "contest mode" might remove the incentive to "spoof" Flarm and actually result in an overall safer situation than a purely "open" Flarm setup?


12.2.5 Contest penalty categories
12.2.5.1 Unsafe operation (including all phases of flight and ground operation) (Rule 10.9.1.4, Rule 10.9.4.4): maximum penalty = disqualification..
12.2.5.3 Unsportsmanlike conduct (including falsification of flight documentation) (Rule 6.3.3.6, Rule 6.6.5, Rule 10.7.1.1, Rule
10.8.8.4): maximum penalty = disqualification from the contest and ineligibility for Sanctioned competitions for a period of 5 years.

The examples you postulated above fall under the above penalty categories.. IMO, contest management tends to be the "nice guy" and won't go down this road. Perhaps it's about time to enforce the rules.

SO Craig, how can this 'blockage' be automatically detected?