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Forum Info => Welcome to Radarspotting.com => Topic started by: TTECH on March 19, 2014, 02:27:18 PM

Title: Greetings from Belgium & first question
Post by: TTECH on March 19, 2014, 02:27:18 PM
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
Title: Re: Greetings from Belgium & first question
Post by: corsa on March 19, 2014, 02:41:32 PM
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
Title: Re: Greetings from Belgium & first question
Post by: TTECH on March 19, 2014, 03:03:29 PM
Thank you!
I'll ask it there. ;)
Title: Re: Greetings from Belgium & first question
Post by: Smudger98 on March 19, 2014, 03:06:19 PM
Quote from: TTECH on March 19, 2014, 02:27:18 PM
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.
Title: Re: Greetings from Belgium & first question
Post by: TTECH on March 19, 2014, 03:09:40 PM
Thank you for the answer!
I have posted my questions in the PP-section ;)

regards,
TTECH
Title: Re: Greetings from Belgium & first question
Post by: mhm on March 20, 2014, 11:43:10 AM
Welcome to the forum Ttech
Title: Re: Greetings from Belgium & first question
Post by: TTECH on March 20, 2014, 11:45:05 AM
Thank you.