Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-02-01 Thread Chad Nowak
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:54:22 +1000 At 05:22 PM 1/02/2007, you wrote: Mike Wrote: Well don't keep us all in suspense. What was it? Which ever glider is not booked at the club (since they are all Flarm equiped) Chad Nowak The serious situation

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-02-01 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 09:18 PM 1/02/2007, you wrote: To put it simply, it sounds similar to the incident at Benalla. I had someone to my left and behind at about the same altitude. Even though the red light would have been on I don't remember seeing it. I guess I had my eye's outside of the cockpit. Anyway I

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-02-01 Thread Matthew Gage
Mike, TCAS is actually incapable of causing an accident. Pilots do that ! However, incorrect use of TCAS can cause an accident. TCAS requires BOTH pilots to do what TCAS directs for the desired outcome to be provided. If ONE does something different, then an accident can (AND HAS) occur. I'm

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-02-01 Thread Chad Nowak
-To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:57:20 +1000 At 09:18 PM 1/02/2007, you

E: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-31 Thread nandrews
: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna This started as a comment about wider applicability of the technology to the wider GA community. AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED the flarm units

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-31 Thread Ben Jones
that if you want a little bit of extra signal the buy a external antenna...same applies to GPS's or VHF's Nigel keep up the R+D work. Regards Ben - Original Message - From: nandrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna What are you going on about Mike? No one said

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-31 Thread Chad Nowak
],Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:03:06 +0900 The same could be said for a handheld gps mounted on your leg plenty of shielding from the Aircraft , depending on the position

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-31 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 08:35 PM 31/01/2007, you wrote: Being one that has had Flarm alert me to a serious situtation before I'd like to say thankyou to you Nigel for putting up with all you do and making this not only avalible to us but also continuing to build and improve the product. Keep it up and I'm sure

Re: E: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-31 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:06 PM 31/01/2007, you wrote: I have not read the German incident but I am sure we will see others and possibly in Australia we might have a collision between 2 flarm equipped aircraft - I hope not - the technology does not guarantee safety - we all know that but I have equally many

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-31 Thread Chad Nowak
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:47:37 +1000 At 08:35 PM 31/01/2007, you wrote: Being one that has had Flarm alert me to a serious situtation before I'd like to say

[Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-30 Thread nandrews
What are you going on about Mike? No one said the existing antenna was not working and it is fine for most installations out of the box which is what we have used for the last 14 months. In some cases Carbon fibre fuses can block SOME of the signal, not all of it AND in some cases cross

Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-30 Thread Mike Borgelt
This started as a comment about wider applicability of the technology to the wider GA community. AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED the flarm units are not that suitable due to reduced range and airframe shielding issues which Nigel himself mentioned in a private email to me as a result of an earlier

RE: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna

2007-01-30 Thread David Lawley
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] .Flarm antenna This started as a comment about wider