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New Hobby - Airplane Tracking
Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a
bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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New Hobby - Airplane Tracking
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:32:12 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:16:24 -0400, wrote: Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ You can also listen to RSW here https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...rsw&mount=krsw === Yes, and FMY is he https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...kfmy&icao=kfmy -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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New Hobby - Airplane Tracking
On 6/27/20 1:16 PM, wrote:
Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com Is there an app for monitoring Fat Harry's ankle bracelet? -- .. |
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New Hobby - Airplane Tracking
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:42:32 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:32:12 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:16:24 -0400, wrote: Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ You can also listen to RSW here https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...rsw&mount=krsw === Yes, and FMY is he https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...kfmy&icao=kfmy OK, so what's ESW and FMY? -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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New Hobby - Airplane Tracking
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 21:18:50 -0000 (UTC), Justan Ohlphart wrote:
On 6/27/20 1:16 PM, wrote: Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com Is there an app for monitoring Fat Harry's ankle bracelet? LOL! You're a f'ing nut! -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 21:18:50 -0000 (UTC), Justan Ohlphart
wrote: On 6/27/20 1:16 PM, wrote: Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com Is there an app for monitoring Fat Harry's ankle bracelet? Why? Tracking is only interesting on moving targets. |
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New Hobby - Airplane Tracking
John wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:42:32 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:32:12 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:16:24 -0400, wrote: Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ You can also listen to RSW here https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...rsw&mount=krsw === Yes, and FMY is he https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...kfmy&icao=kfmy OK, so what's ESW and FMY? -- Freedom Isn't Free! Airport codes. |
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 23:53:53 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: John wrote: On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:42:32 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:32:12 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:16:24 -0400, wrote: Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well. About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing. I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones. My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com. Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data. We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them. Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC. All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon. Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart. With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized. We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going. It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on. If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ You can also listen to RSW here https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...rsw&mount=krsw === Yes, and FMY is he https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...kfmy&icao=kfmy OK, so what's ESW and FMY? -- Freedom Isn't Free! Airport codes. RSW is the new airport, FMY was built for bi planes in the 20s and upgraded as a training field in WWII. It was out in the country in those days, Now it is downtown. They were still landing commercial 727s there when I moved here tho. It was pretty exciting when one rotated and climbed out about 40' over you on US41. They all moved over to RSW as their gate leases expired but even in 86, you could go out there and only see a handful of flights an hour in the middle of the day. At night it pretty much closed. The military used to play there, flying in from all over. FMY is all private aviation or charter now. |
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New Hobby - Airplane Tracking
Justan Ohlphart wrote:
On 6/27/20 1:16 PM, wrote: Things have been a little slow here so thought I'd post something a bit out of the ordinary and get some discussion going about what we are all doing to spend time during the Covid crisis. To set the stage, I've had a long time interest in electronics, ham radio, short wave radio reception, etc., ever since I was a kid. Those interests eventually morphed into a career of programming, designing and managing computer systems, so the skills I learned early on served me well.Â* About 5 years ago I started another hobby which combined my interest in boats and boating with my interest in electronics and computing.Â* I set up a receiving station for the AIS position report transmissions that all large boats transmit, as well as many smaller ones.Â* My equipment decodes position reports and boat data, logs it to my chart plotting software, and forwards it to a web site called www.marinetraffic.com.Â* Anyone can log onto that site and see the position of boats all over the world thanks to a network of volunteers like myself who share their data via the internet. Recently I learned that there is a similar network of hobbyists who track the position of aircraft by decoding what is called their ADS-B transponder data.Â* We live near two fairly active airports, and have a steady stream of planes and hellicopters flying around so I thought it would be cool to know more about them.Â* Thanks to some recent advances in electronics it is now possible to buy a minature USB device which not only receives radio signals but decodes their data and makes it available for processing on your PC.Â* All that, with an antenna, for about $30 or so on Amazon.Â* Now when I hear an airplane fly over, with a few mouse clicks, I can get all of their flight data and plot the position of the plane on a chart.Â* With a few more clicks the tail number, registration data and a picture of the plane is displayed. From there you can see their flight plan if any, know where they came from, and where they are going. I have quickly learned that there is a lot more going on up there than I'd ever realized.Â* We've got a huge number of private jets zooming around, lots of small aircraft, flight school planes practicing, mosquito control hellicopters spraying, sheriff's hellicopters patrolling, med evac aircraft doing their thing, and the usual number of commercial flights coming and going.Â* It can be a bit addictive to watch all of this going on.Â* If you're a real junky you can also monitor control tower transmissions on various web sites. https://www.amazon.com/FlightAware-FA-PROSTICKPLUS-1-Receiver-Built-Filter/dp/B01M7REJJW https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-install-pro-stick-dvb-t-on-windows/25070/2 https://www.liveatc.net/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com Is there an app for monitoring Fat Harry's ankle bracelet? I missed the first post so this might have been mentioned but https://www.flightradar24.com is my go-to. |
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