Hi Neil,
As members of the PilotAware Team, we (and lots of users) have tried since the start of OGN-R to get Tim D to display the Ground Stations as ‘Masts’.
Their presence is sent to the EFB’s using a specific code for ‘fixed objects’, which Tim argues is only meant to be used for ‘tethered balloons’. He has in the past accused Lee/us of ‘bastardising the accepted protocols for our own ends’ and despite pleadings to the contrary continues to treat these signals as ‘traffic’. Worse still, he displays them as ‘jet aircraft’, - despite the fact that he himself has implemented a range of symbols for different traffic types, which could easily be extended to include a suitable symbol for ‘fixed or tethered objects’.
I have great respect for Tim and get on extremely well with him as a person, but unfortunately I have come to the conclusion that getting him to change his mind on this is never going to happen.
Best Regards
Peter