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On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 5:47:07 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:

....Â* Flarm is not mandatory in the US except in SSA sanctioned contests (I think)....
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Dan, 5J

Nope, not mandatory in US contests. Encouraged, and if you have it, they can tell you in advance of the contest what mode(s) are not permitted or are required. But the device itself is not required. Williams Soaring has been very generously providing a rental pool of portable FLARM units at a very reasonable cost to the user. I think this has helped a few people see the benefits of the device, and may have helped increase market penetration a bit.

Steve Leonard

Thanks Steve.Â* I have a portable unit mounted to my glare shield and am
happy with its performance except from below (carbon and all that).Â*
Some day I may install ADS-B; just looking for the right device(s).

On 10/4/2018 8:05 AM, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 5:47:07 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:

....Â* Flarm is not mandatory in the US except in SSA sanctioned contests (I think)....
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Dan, 5J
Nope, not mandatory in US contests. Encouraged, and if you have it, they can tell you in advance of the contest what mode(s) are not permitted or are required. But the device itself is not required. Williams Soaring has been very generously providing a rental pool of portable FLARM units at a very reasonable cost to the user. I think this has helped a few people see the benefits of the device, and may have helped increase market penetration a bit.

Steve Leonard

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Dan, 5J

On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 8:05:57 AM UTC-6, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 5:47:07 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:

....Â* Flarm is not mandatory in the US except in SSA sanctioned contests (I think)....
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Dan, 5J

Nope, not mandatory in US contests. Encouraged, and if you have it, they can tell you in advance of the contest what mode(s) are not permitted or are required. But the device itself is not required. Williams Soaring has been very generously providing a rental pool of portable FLARM units at a very reasonable cost to the user. I think this has helped a few people see the benefits of the device, and may have helped increase market penetration a bit.

Steve Leonard

Ahhhhh......not exactly right.

Example from 2016 Nephi SSA contest......"Per waiver, PowerFlarm is MANDATORY for this contest".

In the USA, if an SSA contest organizer wishes, they can make PowerFlarm mandatory, with a waiver from the rule's committee.

Best. #711.