CRJ_simpilot Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) That if you go to the adsbexchange website to view air traffic they have ADS-C capability? What is ADS-C? Only the coolest damn thing ever. It's squawk delivered via satellites and thus anyone in the world can deploy a SDR (Software Defined Radio) and a ~10' wide Sat dish to receive the signals in their hemisphere. What's really cool is now you can literally see the north Atlantic tracks and across the pacific in real time. I just discovered this feature recently and don't ever recall seeing it before. And I do use their website from time to time. Especially when I wanna know why I'm hearing a dual prop plane overhead at 2AM way up above the clouds on a cold night in February while having a smoke. LOL! (Usually it's a life flight of sorts). More Info. on ADS-C. Inmarsat at Wikipedia. Track 'em. https://www.n2yo.com/database/?q=inmarsat#results There are of course other competing aircraft tracking products on the Internet, but did anyone see this? https://opensky-network.org/network/alerts Opensky also has data for all aircraft traffic during the pandemic. Quick reference: 7500: Hijack 7600: Radio failure 7700: Emergency. The squawk code is PCM (Pulse Coded Modulation). More Info. on this and more here. I inquired about it some eight years ago now! Edited April 28, 2022 by CRJ_simpilot OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 "Has anyone noticed" Apparently not. LOL OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I've been away from FS for a couple of years but this is interesting. Unfortunately living in a highrise any dish install is taboo. "Especially when I wanna know why I'm hearing a dual prop plane overhead at 2AM way up above the clouds..." Reminds me of about 35 years ago when I lived in rural AL; around midnight a thunderous noise caused me to run out in time to see a pair of Lockheed Neptunes flying south very slowly at probably around 100ft altitude, almost wingtip to wingtip. The cockpits were lit (odd) and I could easily see the crew, one waved at me. One plane was painted two tone grey, the other was solid black with vague red markings. I watched til they disappeared over the horizon, never varying speed or altitude. To this day I wonder what was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 @jgf Maybe a couple of these guys? https://p2vneptune.com/profile31.shtml Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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