Re: [Aus-soaring] google's ADS-B push

2016-03-07 Thread Mike Borgelt
Nigel, How do they propose to get over the congestion on 1090Mhz? It is my understanding that that is why the FAA came up with 978Mhz for ADSB for small aircraft in the lower levels. Thousands of drones will make the problem far worse than 100 or so aircraft in say the LA basin. Mike

[Aus-soaring] google's ADS-B push

2016-03-07 Thread Nigel Andrews
As previously reported there are some big players pushing the cost of ADS-B, or TABS ( TrafficAdvisoryBroadcastSystem) down to an estimated $500 US. Google have identified that for their drone technology to take hold everyone that flies needs to be fitted with a TABS device and are spending