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Technical Support / Re: Combo PAW, Skydemon & Dynon Skyview installation
« on: November 21, 2019, 08:26:10 am »
DavidN,
This was posted on the Flyer GA forum by Uavionix (Ramsey) on 30 July 2019:
"Hi all, the UAT FIS-B trials are currently suspended. That is not to say they will be suspended forever. The transmitter assets remain in place. There are two drivers behind this decision.
1. uAvionix conducted a survey a few months back through direct email, social media, posts on this forum, and through skyDemon's newsletter. The results of that survey clearly indicated there would be little interest from the GA community to pay for such a service. There was a great deal of interest from the community in having the service provided to them at no cost.
2. In order for a service to become a commercial offering, the 978MHz frequency must be allocated for this purpose in the UK. Our understanding is that CAA and OFCOM are currently in negotiations for this very thing. We are being supportive where we can, but the details of that negotiation are unknown to us and we haven't any understanding of what that timeline might be. We are hopeful.
We did not produce a formal announcement in effect as an experiment in itself. We wanted to understand if the removal of the service would be noticed and give an indication of how much it was being used. Sadly, it took multiple months before the first inquiry came to us.
Hopefully it can be recognized that this was not an inexpensive endeavor. If we can generate demand, perhaps there will be a future business model of some sort."
Tony
This was posted on the Flyer GA forum by Uavionix (Ramsey) on 30 July 2019:
"Hi all, the UAT FIS-B trials are currently suspended. That is not to say they will be suspended forever. The transmitter assets remain in place. There are two drivers behind this decision.
1. uAvionix conducted a survey a few months back through direct email, social media, posts on this forum, and through skyDemon's newsletter. The results of that survey clearly indicated there would be little interest from the GA community to pay for such a service. There was a great deal of interest from the community in having the service provided to them at no cost.
2. In order for a service to become a commercial offering, the 978MHz frequency must be allocated for this purpose in the UK. Our understanding is that CAA and OFCOM are currently in negotiations for this very thing. We are being supportive where we can, but the details of that negotiation are unknown to us and we haven't any understanding of what that timeline might be. We are hopeful.
We did not produce a formal announcement in effect as an experiment in itself. We wanted to understand if the removal of the service would be noticed and give an indication of how much it was being used. Sadly, it took multiple months before the first inquiry came to us.
Hopefully it can be recognized that this was not an inexpensive endeavor. If we can generate demand, perhaps there will be a future business model of some sort."
Tony