I was flying past Bembridge today and my Radar display showed GS-OGN1 but the site seems to be referred to as PWEGHJ on the map showing transmitting Glider Stations. Can I have an explanation please?
The ‘GS-OGN1’ on your PAW Radar display is simply an indicator that you have one Ground Rebroadcast Station within range.
As reported by Deker above, there
is now a new PilotAware OGN-R Rebroadcast Station sited on Bembridge Airfield. The Ground Station itself is denoted on your PAW Radar Display by an antenna mast symbol with relative altitude, but no callsign label is shown on the radar display.
On tablet navigation systems Ground Stations are shown as G/STN and marked as an antenna mast on EasyVFR, but (unfortunately) indicated by an aircraft symbol on SkyDemon (though again indicated by the relative altitude as being ‘on the ground’). (We
have tried to get SD to show ground stations as Antenna Masts, but for their own reasons, SD refuse to do so).
EGHJ is the standard ICAO code for Bembridge Airfield, which has therefore been used as the Ground Station Identifier - in accordance with the OGN standard site-naming convention. This is therefore it’s identifier on the OGN network. PilotAware adds the prefix ‘PW’ to the Rebroadcast side of the station, which is then shown on sites such as ‘Glidertracker’ as PWEGHJ.
Hope this helps explain what you are seeing.
Best Regards
Peter