Traffic awareness and ADS B

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Traffic awareness and ADS B

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microflight	microflight posted 3/29/2016 9:35:22 PM Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8, Visits: 31	I am looking to take advantage of something like ADS B to use in conjunction with my Sky Demon software. Something portable would be ideal so as to be used between aircraft. Can anyone advise me on equipment needed to provide this information.
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T67M	T67M posted 3/30/2016 6:04:40 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 206, Visits: 3.2K	Presuming you mean ADS-B in only, PilotAware - www.pilotaware.com - should suit you. It will soon (weeks not months) be available as a complete unit (currently it's a kit).
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micb	micb posted 4/12/2016 12:21:14 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8, Visits: 21	How about Stratus + SD utilising the FLARM protocol? Wouldn't that work? @Shifu, Agreed on all the points you made but as with many things in GA, every little helps and if the limited coverage provided by a portable ADS-B unit in EU contributes to increased safety, then it's worth having it. Way too much traffic on lower altitudes these days Mic MicB iPhone 6S+, iPad Mini4 LTE, BadElf GPS Pro, RamAir mounts
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micb	micb posted 4/12/2016 1:22:55 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8, Visits: 21	It would be a killer device - the more I'm inclined to sell my BadElf GPS Pro and get this one instead: http://bad-elf.com/blogs/bad-elf/81780164-announcement-1090-mhz-ads-b-traffic-models-now-available-on-kickstarter ...once that becomes available... MicB iPhone 6S+, iPad Mini4 LTE, BadElf GPS Pro, RamAir mounts
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