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"The devices used will be subject to the approval of the Records Chairman."
"Tracking/recording devices shall be tested at least two weeks prior to the start of the attempt to ensure that the Records Chairman will be able to access the data."
So, if they did have an issue with his choice of tracker, it seems that it should have been known in advance of the attempt and it was the rider choosing to ignore their requirements unless, of course they didn't realise it wasn't a public tracker?
hippy-
From the correspondance released it looks like they told him his tracking solution wasn't good enough on the 30th December. No idea whether there was earlier correspondance on this. At least they were willing to let him start whilst he got a SPOT tracker sorted, but he refused to.
In more recent FB posts Bruce has said he doesn't like the idea of everyone being able to tell where he is all the time (he didn't have a problem with UMCA people knowing where he is at any time). If he doesn't get over this then he'll never get UMCA on his side as that seems to be a key requirement for them so that the public can go out and try and find him on the road.
UMCA should clarify the rules and maybe even up the fee to $600 and provide the SPOT tracker as part of the fee (dropping back to $300 if the rider already has their own SPOT). The fee could include membership for the duration of the attempt too.
Greenbank
The UMCA's requirements were vague. The rules ask for "Live Tracking", he supplied something that he considered satisfied the "Live Tracking" requirement (Find My Friends app) so that anyone from the UMCA could see where he was at any point in time, but the UMCA want the Live Tracking to be public and not private/request-based, which they never originally said.
If the UMCA had been clearer in their original rules "You must have Live Tracking that is public and anyone can use to go and observe you, e.g. a SPOT tracker" then he would have been able to make a decision earlier.