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General Discussion / Re: Mode C/S
« on: December 23, 2015, 05:54:22 pm »
An alert is whats important until everyone has a Pilotaware.
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General Discussion / Re: ARF transmission with 20151219
« on: December 22, 2015, 11:05:24 pm »
My two ARF systems are still working well with the latest version of PAW. Looking forward to the new version. if it's better than my current set up I will be delighted Thanks Lee for all your hardwork on making PAW so good.
Steve
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Moving Forward
« on: December 14, 2015, 10:23:29 am »
Lee,
The Mode C would be a game changer. I am sure I can do some testing for the system I will tell you in a private message what is poss.
Steve
The Mode C would be a game changer. I am sure I can do some testing for the system I will tell you in a private message what is poss.
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Test flight from Sherburn (EGCJ)
« on: November 22, 2015, 05:32:05 pm »
Watched you on FlightRadar 24
Steve
Steve
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General Discussion / A Supplied Aerial Test
« on: November 21, 2015, 10:35:13 am »
PAW Friends.
I use the aerial supplied with the DVB-t Unit and am really happy with the range.
This morning in a bored moment I unscrewed the top section of both my PAW unit to see what happened.
The answer....... Not a lot.
From My Home in Ruislip West London (the rear of my house faces 320 degrees) I am able to receive aircraft (at altitude) upto Leicester and East Mids. with the aerial element taken off i was still able to see aircraft at Oxford.
as my aircraft only flies at 108kts I may now leave the top element off.
I would be interested to hear anyone elses results for a similar test
Steve
I use the aerial supplied with the DVB-t Unit and am really happy with the range.
This morning in a bored moment I unscrewed the top section of both my PAW unit to see what happened.
The answer....... Not a lot.
From My Home in Ruislip West London (the rear of my house faces 320 degrees) I am able to receive aircraft (at altitude) upto Leicester and East Mids. with the aerial element taken off i was still able to see aircraft at Oxford.
as my aircraft only flies at 108kts I may now leave the top element off.
I would be interested to hear anyone elses results for a similar test
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Pilotaware Downloading
« on: November 07, 2015, 03:57:12 pm »
The Spare SD Card is the answer.
I upgraded to ******30 version last week, it was causing no end of issues so I swapped the cards back to ******18 sweet as.
I have 3 cards per unit . One in the PilotAware, the last version in a holder inside the Pilot Aware and the 3rd in a folder formatted and ready to load the latest version on.
Steve
I upgraded to ******30 version last week, it was causing no end of issues so I swapped the cards back to ******18 sweet as.
I have 3 cards per unit . One in the PilotAware, the last version in a holder inside the Pilot Aware and the 3rd in a folder formatted and ready to load the latest version on.
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: List of Working display options.
« on: November 07, 2015, 03:52:42 pm »
this may be sad of me but here is a list of my displays all working perfectly.
HTC Desire 510, Samsung Galaxy s3 and iPhone 4s smart Phones.
Ipad Mini latest retina version and Tesco Hudl 2.
greedy I know
Steve
HTC Desire 510, Samsung Galaxy s3 and iPhone 4s smart Phones.
Ipad Mini latest retina version and Tesco Hudl 2.
greedy I know
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: U-Blox 7 GPS - Lights
« on: November 06, 2015, 10:50:44 pm »
I run 2 Ublox-7's pretty happy with both.
GPS units made in the far East tend to have a 'Almanac' that is looking for satellites it expects to see over the far East. it can't see over Europe when it expects to see them.
As a result at first time power up thousands of miles from where it expects to be can take a time for it to find itself.
Give it a fair chance by giving it the best view of the sky it can
Steve
GPS units made in the far East tend to have a 'Almanac' that is looking for satellites it expects to see over the far East. it can't see over Europe when it expects to see them.
As a result at first time power up thousands of miles from where it expects to be can take a time for it to find itself.
Give it a fair chance by giving it the best view of the sky it can
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Mode C
« on: November 04, 2015, 02:18:41 pm »
A warning is a warning this is not to replace the Mk1 eyeball, but if something gives a warning and you lookout see and avoid then it has done it's job.
In practice I would set to where an alarm was close(ish) for a non bearing contact.
I am aware of signal strengths from my previous Job as a BBC Engineer (33years).
Steve
In practice I would set to where an alarm was close(ish) for a non bearing contact.
I am aware of signal strengths from my previous Job as a BBC Engineer (33years).
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Mode C
« on: November 04, 2015, 11:29:05 am »
Lee
That looks very encouraging.
Steve
That looks very encouraging.
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Rx Tx antenna seperation
« on: November 02, 2015, 02:02:46 pm »
In my latest config with great ADS-B reception and very good P3i coverage my antenna are as close to touching as I can get them separated only by the radius of the small mag base (on the subject of mag base I have broken the magnet out and discarded and 'Hook and Loop' fastened the antenna to the box).
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General Discussion / Re: Barometric Sensor
« on: November 01, 2015, 09:20:25 am »
Lee,
How do you confiqure the Pressure sensors? I use the hobbytronics ones straight out of the packet.
Steve
How do you confiqure the Pressure sensors? I use the hobbytronics ones straight out of the packet.
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Mode C
« on: October 31, 2015, 08:15:41 pm »
Lee,
That would be fantastic I think a warning that prompts us to look for an aircraft if it near us on a similar level in our proximity is a possible life saver.
I would be happy to help flight test this.
If there was an option on the config page that allowed the user to dial in signal strengths in % for proximity warning to allow for flight tests. I understand the differences in output power of transponders. Is it the airlines have one power and GA have lower output? I am sure to miss Airliners but it is us users in class G I want warning about.
Steve
That would be fantastic I think a warning that prompts us to look for an aircraft if it near us on a similar level in our proximity is a possible life saver.
I would be happy to help flight test this.
If there was an option on the config page that allowed the user to dial in signal strengths in % for proximity warning to allow for flight tests. I understand the differences in output power of transponders. Is it the airlines have one power and GA have lower output? I am sure to miss Airliners but it is us users in class G I want warning about.
Steve
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General Discussion / Mode C/S
« on: October 31, 2015, 08:16:44 am »
Lee,
I know this has been discussed before and I know the reasons why not..
I think PAW is fantastic and am promoting it with all my might, the question I then get asked from pilots is does it do mode C (1090mhz tx's). When I say No because of the technical reasons the aircraft only TX's Ident and Altitude they all say ok but a rough proximity and a height would be great.
The question I ask is are you further investigating a Signal Strength altitude alert?
As for calibrating the signal strength? Do we know the position of your furthest ADS-B signal and where it is in relation us, do we know the signal strength of that input? If that is the case could we not set a percentage of that signal strength to determine other risks?
Steve
I know this has been discussed before and I know the reasons why not..
I think PAW is fantastic and am promoting it with all my might, the question I then get asked from pilots is does it do mode C (1090mhz tx's). When I say No because of the technical reasons the aircraft only TX's Ident and Altitude they all say ok but a rough proximity and a height would be great.
The question I ask is are you further investigating a Signal Strength altitude alert?
As for calibrating the signal strength? Do we know the position of your furthest ADS-B signal and where it is in relation us, do we know the signal strength of that input? If that is the case could we not set a percentage of that signal strength to determine other risks?
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Decreasing ADS-B traffic
« on: October 30, 2015, 10:43:12 pm »
I have had an interesting effect it might be worth noting.
If I use my pilot aware and monitor aircraft everything compares to FlightRadar24.
If it then log off but leave my PAW on for a couple of hours when I log back on again the screen is awash with hundreds of aircraft, after a few seconds the number come down to a sensible realistic display again akin to FlightRadar24.
If I use my pilot aware and monitor aircraft everything compares to FlightRadar24.
If it then log off but leave my PAW on for a couple of hours when I log back on again the screen is awash with hundreds of aircraft, after a few seconds the number come down to a sensible realistic display again akin to FlightRadar24.