On 16 April 2013 11:43, Martin Gregorie <mar...@gregorie.org> wrote:
> IMO it would be a very silly move for the IGC to authorise the use of a
> tracking system that can't operate up to the highest cloud base thats
> likely over competition areas anywhere in the world. As Max says,
> satellite tracking is the way to go.
>
>
> Martin
I guess it depends whether you want to track for spectator purposes or for
more practical purposes, eg to identify potentially outlanding aircraft.
For the latter, GSM / UMTS may be capable enough. I guess this is
irrelevant for UK users - I understand any use of mobile phones in flight
is still prohibited by OFCOM.
Amateurs attempting to track high altitude balloons tend to use low powered
radios on the 433MHz band in the UK, with a great deal of success:
http://spacenear.us/tracker/
I don't know whether this would scale to competition gaggles.
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