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I hear what you say , but
Not prominent enough
- Needs to be the very top thing when the forum opens even if it means creating a new category for it. Maybe "Important information and FAQ's"
- Needs to have the answers to the common questions in it 'Why doesn't my Radar show on FR24' etc in there and to be referenced when a FAQ arrives
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FR24feed software
The change over is just about complete and the FR24feed software is just about being phased out.
Since many of us started this as a hobby, we built a camaraderie with one another helping and criticising.
This FR24 Vision became the next big thing and was a very expensive network to pay for and maintain. Feeders with privately owned hardware especially dongles was a cheap way to participate and drop out if things changed or didn't work out.
Viability, and reliability dictated a new investment in company owned receivers which could be controlled and modified globally with the users providing the electricity, internet and suitable location. Dongles and other privately owned receiver/antenna setups did not meet the quality requirements of a network accessible by many types of devices.
Using their own resources, the company started in earnest placing COS (Company Owned Systems) across the world. While previously shipping by postal there was a changeover to UPS with only 7 to 10 day delay. What used to cost 20 EUR or so by post now costs 250 EUR for express service. This extra investment is in addition to the 750 EUR system package cost.
It is hoped this can be recovered eventually by subscriptions which is a hard slog in the noise of the day.
In areas selected by FR24, F-receivers have priority over others. The system is superior to anything you can build or buy. Being an F-Feeder myself and also T-Feeder much to my chagrin my T-Feed disappeared from the Map Filter list even though feeding redundant information. Those T-Feeders supplying information not being supplied by F-Feeders are still alive and display on the FR24 map.
This has to be a successful service for the world to see our efforts in partnership with the company. True, we the hobbyists, will have to get our head around the evolving Vision of FR24. We are in a continuing journey, we either move forward or fall by the wayside. Talk is cheap but carrying out a Vision is expensive.
John
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The T-xxxx feeders with Radarcape box should be uploading at the same speed as FR24 boxes to the FR24 Servers.
Originally posted by paradiselost View PostIn areas selected by FR24, F-receivers have priority over others. The system is superior to anything you can build or buy. Being an F-Feeder myself and also T-Feeder much to my chagrin my T-Feed disappeared from the Map Filter list even though feeding redundant information. Those T-Feeders supplying information not being supplied by F-Feeders are still alive and display on the FR24 map.Brian
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The hobbiests like to see thier radar code on the map, to the site owners it's a PITA that the hobbiests like it - but that is probably the one thing that has led to the expansion of the fr24 over the others offering similar services. The others are now upping thier game and are trying to advance, any that don't advance are being defeated - even if they don't realise it.
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Maybe it's time to turn off the "x-xxxx Radar Code" thing on FR24 website/apps.
So it's not PITA anymore for FR24 people(Mike),etc.
Does anyone even look at the T-xxxx/F-xxxx/N-xxxx radar feeder codes anymore?Last edited by SoCalBrian; 2014-02-19, 00:29.Brian
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Aloha,
I sure look at them, partly out of curiosity, but also to spot new feeders in the surrounding area. And, yes, it does give a sense of satisfaction to be able to see my own code showing a contribution to the system. It has also tipped me off on occasion that I wasn't feeding when I thought I was.
Chuck
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Originally posted by Mike View PostThe new software that will enable T-feeders to get statistics has been delayed as we want to include more features in the new software. The biggest news apart from statistics as that we want to include our own decoder in the software. We are not satisfied by the data quality provided by other decoding software that users are using today. We get many, many error reports on data coming from software feeders, so there is no up side of giving worse and slower data higher priority. This update will improve the data quality of software feeders but it will still not reach the same quality as a FR24 box.
FR24 box data is faster, FR24 box has better data quality and the FR24 box data will always be the main source for our live air traffic database. This is the data where we have 100% control of the data and in the rare case that we find a decoding issue we can update and fix that easily. Software feeds will be available through the updated feeding software, and software feeders will see their feeding statistics when we have released the update, but in areas where there is both FR24 box feeder and a software feeder, the FR24 box will win over the software feeder in most cases. Software feeds will be primary used in areas where there is no FR24 box coverage.
We have been quite clear with that before, and to make it even more clear I think we should express it like this.
Please feed FR24 with your own hardware and FR24 feeding software, if you want to improve coverage in your region and/or if you want to get free premium. If your intention is to feed with the feeder software, only to spot your own radar-code on the map, we are sorry, but we can't provide you with that.
They are currently working on the airspy as well, which will also do ads-b decoding with updated software.
There was also this post:
Alternative receivers, antennas, amplifiers, connectors, adapters and general technical matters. No Flightradar24 issues.
On to which was replied in short:
the AGC has nothing to do here
it has no effects at all at these speeds
it just adjusts to the ambiant noise
not the signals
the rest is dsp magic
The RTLSDR has a noise floor of around -60dB while the airspy will be around -90dB.
Your own decoder is great, as long as you are not using the stolen software that is called rtl1090.
(If you have access to the rtl1090 source then please download the adsb# source, which he also has done, and look for the stolen code parts. If you have not and this has nothing to do with it, good, ignore this.)
But if you really want to get the best out of cheap and expensive hardware using dsp technology, you should really contact this guy.
- sdrsharp.com
- airspy.com
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Originally posted by SoCalBrian View PostMaybe it's time to turn off the "x-xxxx Radar Code" thing on FR24 website/apps.
So it's not PITA anymore for FR24 people(Mike),etc.
Does anyone even look at the T-xxxx/F-xxxx/N-xxxx radar feeder codes anymore?
In the new scheme of things it may go away but I'll miss it.
John
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Mike,
umm
Shouldn't the Radarcape boxes owned by people(not FR24) have the same data speed and data quality. Just like the FR24 boxes?
or are you saying Radarcape boxes owned by others are slower with different data quality than the FR24 owned boxes.
Originally posted by Mike View PostFR24 box data is faster, FR24 box has better data quality
The new software that will enable T-feeders to get statistics has been delayed as we want to include more features in the new software.
The Radarcape uses the built in software to upload to FR24 server.Last edited by SoCalBrian; 2014-02-19, 03:19.Brian
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Originally posted by peterhr View PostI hear what you say , but
Not prominent enough
- Needs to be the very top thing when the forum opens even if it means creating a new category for it. Maybe "Important information and FAQ's"
- Needs to have the answers to the common questions in it 'Why doesn't my Radar show on FR24' etc in there and to be referenced when a FAQ arrives
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Originally posted by SoCalBrian View PostMike,
umm
Shouldn't the Radarcape boxes owned by people(not FR24) have the same data speed and data quality. Just like the FR24 boxes?
or are you saying Radarcape boxes owned by others are slower with different data quality than the FR24 owned boxes.
How will the T-feeders statistics work for Radarcape T-xxxx users?
The Radarcape uses the built in software to upload to FR24 server.
My question is will a Radarcape feeder show up as a F or a T ?
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Per mike, F-xxxx radar codes is only used for FR24 boxes.
The Radarcape owned by others should be using T-xxxx.Brian
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