Leadsled, you are supposedly reknowned for your enclopaedic memory. Your arguments were shot down early last year on one of Scurvy's threads.
UAT was invented BEFORE ADS-B
TSO145 chipsets ARE available
Mode A,C,S 1090ES DO260A transponders are avilable right now. EU2600 and fit in the same hole as the KT76. Complete with that cable
not yet agreed by the airlines who have to finally fund it proposed subsidy
The Q and DJ have already signed off on ADS-B. In fact they urge DoTaRS to get out of the way and let it happen!
ADS-B and WAMLat is a very potent tool.
You say,Do you want AirServices watching your every move? I say, YES!
Not for my own direction, but for my position and intentions be known to pass on as KNOWN traffic to the people that PAY for the service. RPT and IFR.
And finally, does Aus GA need a unique broadband service? Who is going to pay for the bandwidth? What are you going to download? METRAD has a huge hole around Cobar that needs filling so pretty useless for anyone outside the J-Curve. Do you really need realtime MET and NOTAM services? I can already get that with my laptop tabletPC and a broadband connection right now. Just need to be near a mobile network.