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Jim
I know 2020 is still far away and there will likely be much better options on the market when we get closer, but I'm planning some panel work "soon" and am considering stepping up to meet the 2020 mandate.
My question is, how big a deal is it if I install a 1090ES transponder instead of a UAT transponder?
It seems like UAT would be the better choice for my Cherokee. When the day comes that we're all equipped, most folks in my part of the sky will have UAT-in, so if a UAT-in plane and I are in a part of the country where we're reliant on air-to-air data sharing (because ATC isn't receiving my 1090ES signal or nearby traffic isn't receiving a ground signal from ATC), then (s)he won't be able to hear me.
Do I have that right? How heavily should that factor into my purchase decision?
For what it's worth, the airspace I fly in seems well-covered by ADSB towers. I'm not sure that I've ever been out of range of one in the last year or so (according to my portable receiver).
My question is, how big a deal is it if I install a 1090ES transponder instead of a UAT transponder?
It seems like UAT would be the better choice for my Cherokee. When the day comes that we're all equipped, most folks in my part of the sky will have UAT-in, so if a UAT-in plane and I are in a part of the country where we're reliant on air-to-air data sharing (because ATC isn't receiving my 1090ES signal or nearby traffic isn't receiving a ground signal from ATC), then (s)he won't be able to hear me.
Do I have that right? How heavily should that factor into my purchase decision?
For what it's worth, the airspace I fly in seems well-covered by ADSB towers. I'm not sure that I've ever been out of range of one in the last year or so (according to my portable receiver).