Andrew Gideon wrote:

What about a single ADS-B-in device which plugs into portables that
provides both traffic and weather? Even with the cost of the Garmin 696
(or whatever is around at the time {8^), this would be less expensive
than a certified solution.

Andrew, I admire your thinking process. The fact remains that the
ADS-B Out NPRM only mandates the OUT potion of the entire ADS-B
possibile functionality.

The fact remains that I as a GA pilot/owner get nothing for a
potential huge cost ($17,000).

The fact remains that even if you make the IN part work with a Garmin
X96 (which I do not have), if the cost is as high as suggested then it
is not worth it to me.

This is a bad proposal by the FAA and needs to be defeated at it
applies to GA.

Of course I have no problem with anyone voluntarily equipping with
anything.

Ron Lee