"Effective Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 0800 hours ... [we] will transition into Wildland Fire Season. Dispatches for
wildland incidents will be enhanced to reflect in-season apparatus requirements based on specific zone threat levels."
Dozers and Air Ops are ramping up and getting checked off on their certs & quals for the season... there's been a lot of interagency trainings and what not going over the past few weeks.
I got a new outdoor antenna for my #ADSB rig. It increased my range by over 100 nm.
My next step will be getting a Raspberry Pie so I can use FlightAware's PiAware system, which is going to run me around $150.00. I have to save up for it so it will be a month or so before I get it.
@mikolasan I have a typical problem of ground-based radars, I mostly see airplanes that are high in cruise altitude. Only the ones in the bottom right are low, as they are landing at the nearest airport
@firephoto yeah, I have some low hills in front of me, so low flying aircraft hide behind them. And I only see maybe 150 degrees, from south west to north
@bbaugh@quakes This is a screen shot using Selenium. If I were you, however, I would use folium (if you are able to... python) I do this with @nwstornado_bot and @easwatch -- using something like this.
I know there are plenty of folks here who are #adsb nerds but what about #ais? Are there open AIS networks like that have been built for capturing ADSB data?
Ah, forgot about that bot. Now to see if I can revive it... possible flights circling in Los Angeles. Logic works, but screen shots do not seem to be. #ADSB#aviation
20% off at the Flightaware store, for the ADSB/aviation geek crowd. Good prices on band pass filters and receivers, they typically are only during their Black Friday sales. #ADSB#aviation#sdr
Yesterday I created a ADS-B placefile script after I was generously provided a chance to use adsb.one's new API.
No icons yet, but it updates every 15 seconds and works fairly well!
Currently I only have placefiles for St. Louis and Tallahassee (250 mile radius). I don't wanna bog down the API as it seems relatively new and that community has been so kind to me in the past.
@ai6yr That's actually a great idea. That community has always been cool to me on Discord and I can't recommend them enough. I avoided it for a little while after ADSBx sold out (I don't handle drama well), but now things are so much more chill and I'm back to feeding again.
The Wing Loong-10 is a series of ChiCom unmanned aerial vehicles of the High-Altitude Long Endurance type, featuring some stealth characteristics. As of 2017, it is being developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group for reconnaissance and precision strike missions.
Looks to have landed at Foshan (ZGFS)
CAIG Wing Loong-10 UAV using callsign 00CA6181 and hex code #783132 passing over Hezhou
Chi likes to fly it at 39,400 next to Taiwan. At that altitude, this platform had a complete view of the entire island of Taiwan for about an hour and a half. 1/2 #ADSB#783132
Im testing out using an #airspy mini #SDR vs the #RTLSDR v3 on my ADSB system.
I'm all that hard core on #adsb but its nice to corollate the #ACARS testing I do with ADSB data.
As usual with aircraft data, it needs to soak for a week before you can really make any conclusions.
Was a bit surprised to see this Osprey V22 fly past on the map.
Fixed my #adsb receiver, hopefully- switched to a beefy AudioWind DC to DC regulator to go from 12V to 5V supply for the #raspberrypi - prior converter seemed unreliable. #electronics
@ai6yr
I know worse.
Worse even than the micro-mini-coax plugs for laptop wifi cards.
Raspberry Pi to a wood board: The origin of Breadboard was screwing 4 pin sockets and parts to a real breadboard and then solid wires to assemble a kit radio in 1920s UK as a kit needed no GPO licence fee at first.
Seeing a whole bunch of BA (and other) flights getting #acars msg to turn around. Like. Right now.
6 hours into the flight?
Yeah, turn around. #acars#adsb#adsc
A roof mounted antenna for flight tracking with #adsb really helps.
Here's the sort of difference you can expect.
I've got hills in the north and west which still limits performance. But getting a 500m pole is probably out of the question.
For those interested this is using a #RaspberryPi, a FlightAware USB Pro Stick Plus, the 60cm 1090MHz Antenna that's on Pi Hut for £25 with an 11 metre run of LMR-400 grade cable into the attic where the Pi is located, powered using the official PoE+ hat.
Looks like my PiAware is up and running, so that's a good milestone. I still have work to do but I'll enjoy the buzz of mild success for now! Also it's cool that my Pi shows the NEXRAD weather radar on the map at the same time as well. #adsb#raspberrypi#hamradio#wx
