Hexcode 780022 UP-B5702 Scat Airways B752.

[andymartin]

The above Hexcode popped up on my PGR in Antalya yesterday and according to the basestation SQb bizarrely it was B-2089 ,an Air China 773!!.
I can confirm that it was later visually identified by me from around 50 yards away to actually be the above Scat 752.  Its an ex China Southern machine so is that just coincidence that the incorrect hex is refering to an aircraft from the same country?  And can Hexodes be reused on different aircraft?
Also, what site do i use to inform whoever compiles the basestation sqb that this needs updating?
Cheers,Andy

[Anmer]

Not sure where you got your Basestation.sqb but you need to update your local copy.

Hex codes are allocated in blocks per country so it's not too surprising that this one "belongs" to China.  I don't know China's policy regarding allocation of hex codes to aircraft.

780022 was previously allocated to B-2816 which was B752 of CSN.

Airframes doesn't show a hex code attached to UP-B5702.

For B-2809 it's showing 780022.  You can "edit" the Airframes record for UP-B5702.

[andymartin]

Hi Mike

Thanks for the reply. yes i can update my local copy of the basestation sqb but i download a new copy every month from mantma, not sure where that comes from  but the original actually needs updating, so not sure how one goes about that.?

Airframes is showing that hex attached to the correct aircraft as it was previously B-2816 with CSN, but its also showing as current the incorrect B-2089!

Regards
Andy

[Anmer]

As Gary Jones of GAS once posted on the AirNav forum, maintaining an accurate up-to-date database is not a simple task.  In fact it was impossible.

Many use the database to record aircraft their receiver has picked up, personalising (type, owner, reg etc.) the "received" hex codes with update utilities, such as GAS' SBS-1 Populate and Active Display.  But GAS doesn't data for every hex code and we must also use alternative references and update our database manually.

Others want a complete database of hex codes, including aircraft not picked up by their receiver.  To do this they rely on a third party, such as Matma.  But if GAS can't maintain an up-to-date database, I suspect Matma can't either.  If you follow the Database Update Requests posts on the AirNav forum you'll get an idea of the scale of the task.

One thing to bear in mind.  In downloading a new Basestation.sqb file and replacing the old one once a month, you're overwriting your previous flight records (aircraft picked up).