On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 12:14:37 PM UTC-4, Ramy wrote:
There are anecdotal evidence that PowerFlarm range was significantly reduced after the last upgrade. I've seen 50% reduction in range in all directions with the flarm range tool in all my flights after the update when comparing to last year. Perhaps this is coincidence so I wonder if others experience the same as I haven't seen discussion about it. The sooner the flarm folks are aware of it the better.

Ramy

Hi Ramy, since I upgraded to 6.02, I've seen a range increase from 5.4 km average to 6.4 km average (over about 23 hrs flying so far this season), and also an increase in max range. I use a Core and centre-fed dipole FLARM antenna. Each of these were in the vicinity of 1,100 flarm events on single flights. I would check my antenna - particularly if you shortened it - with a known good antenna (connector tightness, etc). I crewed at the Chilhowee contest, and the consensus there was that the ranges had increased, and thermalling false alarm rate had dropped.

Dan
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