Greetings from Belgium & first question

[TTECH]

Hello everyone,

I am from Belgium and very interested in aviation.
I am also interested in having my own radar but have a few questions about it:
- Is it legal to use Mode-S receivers in Belgium?
- Is it possible to track all kinds of military aircraft with it?
  I mostly spot military aircraft and so it would be nice to see what's flying around(like F16's and C130's).
  I use Flightradar24 to spot civil aircrafts but it doesn't show any military.

Looking forward to a reply!

Regards,
TTECH

[corsa]

Hi TTECH

Welcome to the forum, It's the best around.......!

Re: your question I would suggest that you take a look on our Plane Plotter section, I'm sure you will get a lot of help
from the members who use planeplotter, as they are able to receive military aircraft.

Good luck

Tom

[TTECH]

Thank you!
I'll ask it there.

[Smudger98]

Hello everyone,

I am from Belgium and very interested in aviation.
I am also interested in having my own radar but have a few questions about it:
- Is it legal to use Mode-S receivers in Belgium?
- Is it possible to track all kinds of military aircraft with it?
  I mostly spot military aircraft and so it would be nice to see what's flying around(like F16's and C130's).
  I use Flightradar24 to spot civil aircrafts but it doesn't show any military.

Looking forward to a reply!

Regards,
TTECH

Welcome to the site TTECH,

Answer 1,
No, Mode S or ADSB wont track any Mil flights or for that matter lots of turbo props DHC8`s or ERJ`s - as far as I know only plane plotter can use MLAT to track Military most of the time.

No doubt one of the regulars will be able to explain more or for a good start try the PP section..

Hope that helps a little,
Smudger.

[TTECH]

Thank you for the answer!
I have posted my questions in the PP-section

regards,
TTECH

[mhm]

Welcome to the forum Ttech

[TTECH]

Thank you.