Ok I will have one last go as I am not getting my point across.
Most Gliders fly at the weekend when there is limited radar services OCAS.
There is a very small risk of collision with powered aircraft.
If we force all gliders in cloud to fit a Transponder or stay out then the small number of TCAS equipped aircraft can see the gliders, but the club IMCR pilot with no TCAS will still hit them.
If the Gliders take a PCAS box with them they will get to “see” all transponder equipped aircraft within 5 miles. This box is powered by two AA batteries, lasts 6 hours and is the size of a mobile phone. The glider pilot can then avoid the power pilot on the 1 occasion in 40 years when the two would hit.
This has the advantage that everyone can keep flying as now, no huge campaign has to be launched at the CAA, and we would all be safer!
Rod1
(ex glider pilot / current power pilot with mode c and traffic)