FB,
Do you really think the US taxpayer really gives a stuff in what is going on down here.Tazaksthan and the Eskimos get the same benefit we do,think of all the industries in the States that get the same benefit, US AOPA, truckdrivers, US airlines, US recreational boaties, Mom and Pop in the street.
If you think they are passionate about their gun laws, wait for the outcry if the government tried to take the GPS signal away or start charging for it.
If this is the best you can do for stopping ADS-B, I'd give it away. There is a window of opportunity for getting it cheap or free, when that window closes don't come sooking on here that you weren't told.
Dick re-SSRs
'This is not the truth-these units can be continuously be updated and refurbished at very reasonable cost to keep operating "like new".'
The cost is not reasonable, an ADS-B ground station is a fraction of this cost. Its like telling Qantas they could keep the Classics and that they could be updated and refurbished at a very reasonable cost to keep operating "like new". How much to keep the spares on hand and the Technicians working on them, or Lindsay Fox to keep his old trucks on the road?