Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
Data is not the solution and should not be relied upon or used as a guide to safe air navigation - don’t be disillusioned on that as it is unreliable when used in the way that you have described.
You need to use an ADSB receiver (starting at $300, such as the “Ping” unit), which will interface with OZRunways and Avplan. They are a separate 3rd party box.
Arguably if either of these aircraft had one of these with Avplan or OZRunways, they would have been able to see the other aircraft’s position.
A data based system as in 4g would not necessarily have signal and would not give the same results as the above set-up.
Do yourself a favour and protect yourself with 4G and ADSB-in as a bare minimum.
I don't see why OZRunways can't have an arrangement with something like FlightRadar24 to display their traffic as an overlay. OZRunways own traffic system is hopeless as it won't show anyone who isn't using the same app.
I know it would still rely in a data connection but in reality, 4G data is pretty good around most busy class G and not having to switch apps to Flight Radar 24 to get a quick glimpse of the traffic situation would be a godsend to situational awareness.