FLARM in Stealth Mode at US 15M/Standard Nationals - Loved It!

At 14:29 05 August 2015, Tango Eight wrote:
On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 10:08:08 AM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:
The US 15M/Standard Class Nationals required FLARM to be in stealth
mode
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for the duration of the contest. I have to say, I absolutely enjoyed
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experience. FLARM became what it was always supposed to be - a
collisi=
on avoidance tool - rather than a tactical leaching tool. I found
that
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I would get alerts for gliders in the same thermal or approaching/exiting
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he thermal up to about 1 mile away, but no more. Not a single surprise
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onflict from a FLARM-equipped glider. =20
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I wonder if others had the same positive experience. I would hope
other
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contests would consider requiring Stealth Mode.=20
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Erik Mann (P3)

How (or was) was this monitored/enforced?

-Evan Ludeman / T8

One answer might be:
http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/softwar...e_Stealthy.exe

Which will report the Stealth State of every IGC file in a folder, with a
few exceptions.

LX7007F,LX7007FC and Colibri 4F do not report the Flarm state in the IGC
file, but the LX7007F (not sure about the others) have a feature whereby
Stealth Mode can be Locked In for N days.

On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 12:45:10 PM UTC-4, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
At 14:29 05 August 2015, Tango Eight wrote:
On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 10:08:08 AM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:
The US 15M/Standard Class Nationals required FLARM to be in stealth
mode
=
for the duration of the contest. I have to say, I absolutely enjoyed
the=
experience. FLARM became what it was always supposed to be - a
collisi=
on avoidance tool - rather than a tactical leaching tool. I found
that
=
I would get alerts for gliders in the same thermal or approaching/exiting
t=
he thermal up to about 1 mile away, but no more. Not a single surprise
c=
onflict from a FLARM-equipped glider. =20
=20
I wonder if others had the same positive experience. I would hope
other
=
contests would consider requiring Stealth Mode.=20
=20
=20
Erik Mann (P3)

How (or was) was this monitored/enforced?

-Evan Ludeman / T8

One answer might be:
http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/softwar...e_Stealthy.exe

Which will report the Stealth State of every IGC file in a folder, with a
few exceptions.

LX7007F,LX7007FC and Colibri 4F do not report the Flarm state in the IGC
file, but the LX7007F (not sure about the others) have a feature whereby
Stealth Mode can be Locked In for N days.

Several years ago Urs indicated to me that it was quite practical to configure in Stealth and lock it it the device for a specified period of time(GPS provides the calendar). It would be nice if we could convince the Flarm folks to implement this feature. With this, one check at the start of the race and the scorer is done and there are no concerns about device or log failures.
UH