On Sep 15, 7:57*am, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Sep 15, 7:12*am, Mike Schumann
wrote:





On 9/14/2010 11:00 AM, M North wrote: On Sep 14, 11:50 am, Mike the *wrote:

... I predict that there will be a lot of push-back if the
rules committee attempts to mandate the use of a $2,000 unit in
contests.

My understanding is that all FLARM units are compatible with each
other.

I assume that anyone willing to give up the 1090 MHz features and the
extended range, and who doesn't care what the FCC thinks, would be
happy using the classic FLARM in USA.

Regular FLARM units run on a frequency that is not permitted in the US.

--
Mike Schumann

That is not true. Flarm devices automatically change frequency
depending on the location. That support is in legacy Flarm units. The
issue as pointed out clearly by others is those units are not FCC
approved and cannot legally be sold/operated in the USA.

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I sure hope that those who already have the European flarm will still
use it in the US rather than turning it off due to FCC beaurocrats.
We would probably have at east one pilot alive today if the FCC
approved those units earlier.

Ramy