New Zealand Radar

[Westone]

Entered service a couple of days ago

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[Petenz]

Is it at all likely that ADS-B is going to be loaded onto the Dash 8's or is that unlikely?

[Oblivian]

Depends on how long they keep em. Target is some years away yet

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[Petenz]

Only 3 1/2 years by my reckoning. I guess the 76's will fill the gap eventually when the Dash 8's are dropped. May see less and less smaller airports go hungry .

[nzfatmatt]

https://www.flightradar24.com/VHNWO/9478f1f

Sounds Air's newest PC12 ZK-PLX is on it's way.

[Oblivian]

Eyes on the sky come Wednesday.

Next go-day for Nasa super pressure balloon out of wanaka

[Petenz]

Balloon

Eyes on the sky come Wednesday.

Next go-day for Nasa super pressure balloon out of wanaka

10.15 and no sign as yet of this super balloon. Too much wind?

[Oblivian]

At this time, the weather running through Thursday, April 7, will not support a launch attempt. Weekend weather is showing some potential, but the final call for any launch day won’t be made until the day before launch.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/superpressureballoon/

[41south]

QF171 diverting to CHC after a runway change at Wellington. NZ457 went north and did a couple of laps of the race track before coming back from the other direction.

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[baznz]

A new receiver has come online
T-NZDN7 located on Mount Saint Bathans inland Central Otago hosted by F-NZQN1/T-NZWF1
Hope to see improved MLAT in the area.

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[Bilstein]

A new receiver has come online
T-NZDN7 located on Mount Saint Bathans inland Central Otago hosted by F-NZQN1/T-NZWF1
Hope to see improved MLAT in the area.

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Ahh, that will explain why I have seen T-NZDN7 showing as the radar pick up on planes flying over the Mackenzie Country or even over the West Coast.

On a related question, when there are several receivers picking up the same aircraft, why is there only one receiver displayed is it by luck of the drawer? (example I have had had several planes fly overhead that switch from say, local receivers near me to ones that are about 110 - 120km away even though the aircraft is within naked eyesight from my receiver about 10 - 20km away)

[Oblivian]

Theory, Fastest uploader
Practice, appears to be random with some sway to onboard processing (F-)

[Kpin]

A new receiver has come online
T-NZDN7 located on Mount Saint Bathans inland Central Otago hosted by F-NZQN1/T-NZWF1
Hope to see improved MLAT in the area.

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Nice! But why is it related to NZDN when Wanaka is much closer?

[Petenz]

HBAL 278

HBAL 278 showing up off the West Coast; close to waypoint 'libla'

[Westone]

HBAL 278 showing up off the West Coast; close to waypoint 'libla'

Just noticed this myself. It is not showing up on flightradar24. Perhaps they have an altitude limit set.