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Originally posted by bhaal View PostSorry, I almost didn't understand what you meant for a moment there.. You mean the PiAware package is a .deb ... But in this instance it's built for Raspbian (the Raspberry Pi Debian dist), not Debian per se... What dist are you running on your Banana?
Originally posted by bhaal View Post
FR24 things are changing indeed.. But I'd say "jumping on the bandwagon" is the more appropriate term.. Presently with FA's MLAT setup I can see MLAT planes down to 1200ft normally (though directly around me I cannot, not enough feeders), even tracked a flight down to 600ft when it landed from the SE end of the short runway at YBBN last night..
If you want me to have a look at your Banana and see if I cannot get PiAware running let me know (the more coverage the better around me)..
and yeah, i'm hesitant to change the setup as it feeds a couple places, and works well, just not with mlat I spose, which in not too distant future will be less of a problem with mandated requirements to be ads-b capable getting ever closer, 18 months until all IFR a/c in AU airspace must be ads-b equipped, however for WA, thats less then 6 months,m all VFR a/c operating in and around BNE, SYD, MEL and PER getting an upgrade, must be ads-b capable as well, IIRC that's from 2014..
Its probably why we are seeing ATR's and Dash8's being upgraded now, since if they dont upgrade them, those a/c wont be able to fly in/out of 500nm of PER from Feb 4, next year.
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Originally posted by Ressy View PostI'm not, I'm running an actual HP server, I dont use debian full stop, our servers run Slackware, the problem is/was
Originally posted by Ressy View Postonly banana here are the ones I scoff down
Originally posted by Ressy View Postand yeah, i'm hesitant to change the setup as it feeds a couple places, and works well, just not with mlat I spose, which in not too distant future will be less of a problem with mandated requirements to be ads-b capable getting ever closer, 18 months until all IFR a/c in AU airspace must be ads-b equipped, however for WA, thats less then 6 months,m all VFR a/c operating in and around BNE, SYD, MEL and PER getting an upgrade, must be ads-b capable as well, IIRC that's from 2014..
Its probably why we are seeing ATR's and Dash8's being upgraded now, since if they dont upgrade them, those a/c wont be able to fly in/out of 500nm of PER from Feb 4, next year.
It's also the smaller craft that I like having MLAT capabilities for, things like helicopters and single piston planes, being right near YCAB and YRED, between them and YBAF I see a lot of small craft and helicopters... Including VHNVK and VHPSQ which I always like to watch but can't without MLAT as they rarely turn their ADS-B transponders on... VHPSQ will probably end up always on as it frequently goes above 9000ft .. but VHNVK may not... So yeah. I still see a use for low altitude MLATT-YBBN50 - Kallangur, QLD, Australia
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Originally posted by bhaal View PostThe problem is, you're running slackware Sometimes I wonder if it's still a thing, I guess it is, I haven't used Slackware since about 1997...
damn straight it is, it runs in places youd be surprised hehe
Originally posted by bhaal View Post
Yep, fully understand, and if you have the hardware running for other stuff then yeah, no point in spinning up a RPi for no reason..
It's also the smaller craft that I like having MLAT capabilities for, things like helicopters and single piston planes, being right near YCAB and YRED, between them and YBAF I see a lot of small craft and helicopters... Including VHNVK and VHPSQ which I always like to watch but can't without MLAT as they rarely turn their ADS-B transponders on... VHPSQ will probably end up always on as it frequently goes above 9000ft .. but VHNVK may not... So yeah. I still see a use for low altitude MLAT
ohh, do you listen to YCAB traffic? YCAB and YCDR ctafs change Nov 4, going from 118.8 to 125.85, they interfere with Gladstone too much lol
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Wow!! Finally VH-CXJ (7C0D65) which is a Learjet 45 currently registered to Careflight Queensland has had it's call sign updated.. I cannot find an ownership history for the plane, but it was first registered here in 2001... It's Callsign was AM452 (A Cuba to Mexico route) .. It's call sign now matches it's registration... So, unless it's been out of the country since 2001, then it's taken a little while for someone to notice.... I wonder how they figured it out?T-YBBN50 - Kallangur, QLD, Australia
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Originally posted by Ressy View Postpolair 1 and 2 keep them off for rather obvious reasons, that might be tricky in a couple years time, but I envisage exemptions for them as that time nears.
Originally posted by Ressy View Postohh, do you listen to YCAB traffic? YCAB and YCDR ctafs change Nov 4, going from 118.8 to 125.85, they interfere with Gladstone too much lolT-YBBN50 - Kallangur, QLD, Australia
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Originally posted by bhaal View PostYeah, have thought about that... Speaking of such things, do the F-18's ever show up? I see the C-17's and C-130's and the wedgetails, MRTT's etc .. but not yet seen any F-18s... Guessing they don't do regular Mode-S...
Originally posted by bhaal View PostActually I don't listen to the ATC feeds often... I've just got a couple more RTL-SDR dongles though, so might see how well I can get some of the signals etc..
rtl_fm -f 118.8M -M am -s 200000 -r 48000 - | aplay -r 48k -f S16_LE
They love fm radio though
rtl_fm -f 92.7M -M wbfm -s 200000 -r 48000 - | aplay -r 48k -f S16_LELast edited by Ressy; 2015-08-21, 10:45.
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Originally posted by Ressy View Postrtl_fm -f 118.8M -M am -s 200000 -r 48000 - | aplay -r 48k -f S16_LE
They love fm radio though
rtl_fm -f 92.7M -M wbfm -s 200000 -r 48000 - | aplay -r 48k -f S16_LE
Will keep trying when I get time...T-YBBN50 - Kallangur, QLD, Australia
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Originally posted by bhaal View PostI tried these, but no luck (on my ubuntu PC) I don't have a Pi plugged into a screen or anything, couldn't see aplay connecting to pulseaudio, and play (sox) was giving me under-runs ... maybe it just wasn't receiving anything, which in side this house with right next to the PC with the pissy little antenna which comes with the dongle doesn't surprise me..
Will keep trying when I get time...
PS
buwhahahahahahahahaha
pulseaudio is evil, we over here at slackware world dont have to worry about satans cousin being in the equation, alsa suits us just fine
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Originally posted by Ressy View Posthrmm, OK, 92.7 might not be strong enough for you, try 101.5 thats up the road at ocean view, should be stronger than the brissie stuff at broadcast park, mt coot-tha, but as I mentioned it might just be dongles deafness, after all something that covers 25Mhz to typically 1700Mhz obviously needs to be less sensitive in one area to cover them all, despite the antennas tuning.
PS
buwhahahahahahahahaha
pulseaudio is evil, we over here at slackware world dont have to worry about satans cousin being in the equation, alsa suits us just fineT-YBBN50 - Kallangur, QLD, Australia
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Originally posted by Ressy View Postoh its comedian day
ohh, do you listen to YCAB traffic? YCAB and YCDR ctafs change Nov 4, going from 118.8 to 125.85, they interfere with Gladstone too much lol
Originally posted by bhaal View PostYeah, have thought about that... Speaking of such things, do the F-18's ever show up? I see the C-17's and C-130's and the wedgetails, MRTT's etc .. but not yet seen any F-18s... Guessing they don't do regular Mode-S...
Originally posted by bhaal View PostWow!! Finally VH-CXJ (7C0D65) which is a Learjet 45 currently registered to Careflight Queensland has had it's call sign updated.. I cannot find an ownership history for the plane, but it was first registered here in 2001... It's Callsign was AM452 (A Cuba to Mexico route) .. It's call sign now matches it's registration... So, unless it's been out of the country since 2001, then it's taken a little while for someone to notice.... I wonder how they figured it out?
Here is a history of VH-CXJ, though it has done flight training for Cathay Pacific (under BAE).
CXJ was painted in Wagga a year or so ago, though missed getting a photo of the new livery.Last edited by YSWG; 2015-08-25, 12:11.F-YSWG1 and T-YSWG2
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Originally posted by YSWG View PostDongles don't handle the airband freq too well. Found that 10-15nm was the range I could get, the clearest was 5-10nm. Though need to test a UHF with airband freq, since everything at YSWG is CTAF.
Its like a radio scanner, being wideband, sitting on my desk it would give certain freqs whats known as an "S" 1 or 2 for certain transmitters, a commercial hand held for that band sitting next to it, is 15+ db over, because it doesnt have to worry about all the other crud.
Originally posted by YSWG View PostIgnore what AM452 is on any flight tracking site or VRS, "AMxxx" (short for 'Ambulance') is used for all aeromedical flights locally in Australia. Royal Flying Doctor Service (not the contracted ASNSW) is the exception which uses "FDxxx".
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Originally posted by acrimmo View PostLJ45 VH-CXJ is AM452
Even if they don't have the 'AMxxx' on their ADS-B they still use it over the radio.
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Update:
Start looking for it soon/this weekend in Australia. It will show up as "C130" on the FR24 map.
It's flying to Hawaii today.
N405LC just departed Anchorage Intl (PANC) at 10:23 AKDT enroute to Kahului (PHOG/OGG) for an estimated arrival at 16:26 HST.
Originally posted by SoCalBrian View PostWatch for this tanker to fly to New South Wales, Australia in about 2 weeks. It's equipped with ADS-B.
Let's see what tanker number it will fly under in Australia.
Coulson’s L-382G awarded contract in Australia
Tanker 132 N405LC is due to start there on September 1
http://fireaviation.com/2015/08/07/c...-in-australia/Last edited by SoCalBrian; 2015-08-27, 18:30.Brian
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