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TAS60xA ADS-B question

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Topic: TAS60xA ADS-B question

Posted By: oskrypuch
Subject: TAS60xA ADS-B question
Date Posted: 17 May 2014 at 6:21am

The marketing is that the "A" units will paint ADS-B targets on your display, and correctly merge them with transponder sensed targets.

From the FAQs it appears that the referenced ADS-B traffic is just the 1090 ADS-B out traffic data direct from other aircraft, that the 600xA picks up through its own antennas, and uses to correct/sharpen the sensed data and extend the range?

What about 1090/978 traffic data (TIS-B) received from a secondary internal data source, like a 978/1090 transceiver. Will there be some way to intelligently merge that traffic data with a TAS60x unit, or perhaps only a TAS60xA unit?

The displays available are the IFD540 (soon) and ASPEN PFD.

* Orest

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Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 19 May 2014 at 2:18am

The TAS-A will receive both ground station and air-to-air 1090 MHz ADS-B information.

....and the 1090 ADS-B out traffic data direct from other aircraf,t that the 600xA picks up through its own antennas, and uses to correct/sharpen the sensed data and extend the range? This is one of the benefits. What about 1090 & 978? It will receive 1090 MHz Extended Squitter through Air-to-Air, it will receive 978 MHz through ADS-R from ADS-B ground stations (received via 1090 MHz), and it will receive TIS-B from ground stations (received via 1090 MHz). You'll need that A suffix.

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Steve Jacobson
sjacobson@avidyne.com

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 19 May 2014 at 3:38am

Ah, so in terms of operational benefit, the "A" units will largely eliminate the need for having a separate ADS-B transceiver, at least for traffic -- as long as you are participating, else the ground stations will not transmit traffic data to you.

So a 60xA unit + mode S ES like the 340 will make you compliant, and you will get all the info you need.

I get weather elsewhere, so FIS-B is not important to me.

Any timeframe for the A functionality in the TAS units? I presume it needs a trip back to the shop.

* Orest