What do the PlanePlotter RX codes mean here ?

[viking9]

Hi Phil,

If you want a location for an RPi GS you should contact your local Amateur Radio Club.

Many clubs maintain radio repeater stations on hilltops and they may allow you to co-locate equipment there.

Wind generators to supply electrical power work well on hilltops.

Tom

[satcom]

"APRS is used by the FLARM network" .... sounds interesting, what's that ?

FLARM is used by gliders and some light a/c and helos...plus the Battle of Britain Flight
Its more a low power collision avoidance system than a tracking device
You can see FLARM targets on pp with the hex prefix GG

PP is not openly advertised in magazines etc as its not  a commercial product in that respect...although Mike won't agree with that statement

I'm not the only one who would disagree:

Definition of commercial product

A product that can be sold, rather than one still being developed.

http://lexicon.ft.com/term?term=commercial-product

[viking9]

Surely you pay an annual subscription to COAA, not buy the product?

[Pidea]

Thanks for the replies guys - I'll check out the local radio club.

[Anmer]

Surely you pay an annual subscription to COAA, not buy the product?

I pay an annual subscription to Sky.  Does that make it a private, non-commercial product?

[IanH]

Definition of commercial product

A product that can be sold, rather than one still being developed.

http://lexicon.ft.com/term?term=commercial-product

That could applies to mega corporation's "commercial products" as well with Service Packs becoming available at regular intervals 

urely you pay an annual subscription to COAA, not buy the product?

Well I paid once a few years ago and I'm still using it.

[viking9]

Well I paid once a few years ago and I'm still using it.

Really Ian. So you are not contributing your data?

[Pidea]

Bringing this back on to topic for a moment ....

Of all the bits of kit listed on here:

http://g4est1.no-ip.org/MyWeb/g4est/sharerdb/phpscripts/receivers.php

are they all capable of sharing data into the PP network ?

I know that the rtl1090 software is no longer suitable for a ground station setup as I had to ditch mine and move to dump1090.

[IanH]

Satcom is probably the best person to answer this. He will know what is able to contribute to the MLAT network.

[satcom]

The list refered to shows receivers and types of input

Basically apart from the rtl dongle in conjunction with dump 1090 windows  the
Kinetic family ...SBS1 and variants , SBS3 and kinetic Puck , plus  Beast and Radarcape are all capable of delivering raw data for use as a ground station.

[Pidea]

Excellent thanks - I'll proceed to plot those ones out on a Google Map.  But first .... chocolate then a glass of wine.  It's been a long day !