US pilots concerned with collision avoidance, read the FLARM threads

I work for a small company that uses acoustics to evaluate the
structual integrity of aircraft, bridges, cranes, pipelines and
pressure vessels. Does that help you better evaluate my post regarding
FLARM usage in the USA?

-John

Al Eddie wrote:
Hmmm....

I can't find any reference to that either on the FLARM
website or in the forums.

Who do you work for...?

;o)

My information was that the frequency range used is not available from
the FCC. If it were solely a liability issue, I do not understand the
inclusion of Canada. I tend to put more weight on the frequency issue.
Fred

On Oct 10, 8:12 am, "Fred" wrote:
My information was that the frequency range used is not available from
the FCC. If it were solely a liability issue, I do not understand the
inclusion of Canada. I tend to put more weight on the frequency issue.


To quote the manual quote:
Likewise, operation of FLARM is forbidden in aircraft in which one or
more of the occupants resides in or is a citizen of the USA or Canada.

So according to this, a US citizen, may not fly in the Alps, as most
sailplanes there do have FLARM installed.

Seems to me there have been a lot of people already ignoring this
"rule". I'm sure it is in there as "protection" against a liability
claim.

-Tom

Interesting thought, Fred, but I don't think so for at least 2 reasons:


(1) Let's say I go to Australia, where they use FLARM. According to the
paragraph in the manual that Marian Aldenhövel quoted above (it also
appears in the Australian FLARM manual), FLARM may not be used if I'm
riding in a FLARM equiped aircraft (I'm a US citizen). How can that be
a frequency issue?

(2) the Australians use a different frequency than the European FLARM
units, but it is still a licensed FLARM useage. Canada could do the
same thing if it was just a frequency issue, but the manual expressly
forbids FLARM in Canada.

-John


Fred wrote:
My information was that the frequency range used is not available from
the FCC. If it were solely a liability issue, I do not understand the
inclusion of Canada. I tend to put more weight on the frequency issue.
Fred