I noticed in your "new ADS-B receivers" thread that back in March someone setup a receiver in Kingston, Ontario (CYGK). I didn't know about your site back then but I don't see any targets near Kingston now so I assume whoever it was took down the receiver.
I live near Toronto (CYYZ) and I was thinking of buying and setting up a receiver but I wanted to know a few things first. For example, I see there's a receiver in Los Angeles but there don't seem to be very many targets in the area. Like, around 5-15. Is this typical? I'd expect Los Angeles to be busier than Toronto and I'd be pretty disappointed with less than 10 targets. Is this because most aircraft flying in Canada don't have ADS-B at all, or do they just turn it off except when necessary? Or is it more due to the positioning of the receiver?
I'm also curious why the Kingston feed was taken down in case there's some other problem making it difficult to receive ADS-B data in the area. If it was just due to lack of interest I might be willing to buy the receiver from the feeder if I could get in touch and work out a deal with you.
Thanks for your time.
I live near Toronto (CYYZ) and I was thinking of buying and setting up a receiver but I wanted to know a few things first. For example, I see there's a receiver in Los Angeles but there don't seem to be very many targets in the area. Like, around 5-15. Is this typical? I'd expect Los Angeles to be busier than Toronto and I'd be pretty disappointed with less than 10 targets. Is this because most aircraft flying in Canada don't have ADS-B at all, or do they just turn it off except when necessary? Or is it more due to the positioning of the receiver?
I'm also curious why the Kingston feed was taken down in case there's some other problem making it difficult to receive ADS-B data in the area. If it was just due to lack of interest I might be willing to buy the receiver from the feeder if I could get in touch and work out a deal with you.
Thanks for your time.
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