A really weird one, PAW grabbed traffic and held it.

[Admin]

Firstly, thanks for all the reports on this issue, especially everyone's persistence!

We have found a small issue when rebroadcasting MLAT that is causing this problem, unrelated to the data itself, and even when Mode-S/3D is disabled in PilotAware.

So we are going to disable MLAT rebroadcast for a short time, whilst we rollout a fix to the network.

Thx
Lee

[GeoffreyC]

There's definitely a pattern of this issue because it happened to me today from Lee on Solent back to Sandy.   In the circuit I noticed that GAWPW was above and behind me, but ‘stuck’ a constant distance behind, and apparently flying backwards!

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I will go back and see if there is a trace file on my plane, but when I looked after landing there didn't appear to be.

Geoffrey

Went back to the airfield today and checked my PAW to see if there was a trace file from that flight,  and as after I landed, it wasn't available.   I did check the trace from the previous flight just in case it had been merged in,  but it hadn't.

Hopefully the issue Lee has found with Mlat broadcasts applies to me as well.

Thanks Lee for looking into this

Geoffrey

[rogellis]

just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there 

Indeed, I regularly have the same problem with TCAS
     - but I presume that TCAS is doing its job properly....!


RE

[rogellis]

just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there 

Another problem is the lack of icon differentiation on the various displays.  You are looking for an aircraft, when the contact might actually be a white (flarm) glider on a white background.  And gliders are notoriously difficult to spot.

I did suggest more differentiation of aircraft icons, to both PAW and SD, but there is not too much progress on that.   I see SD differentiates between aircraft and helicopters, which is a start.

RE

[GeoffreyC]

Another problem is the lack of icon differentiation on the various displays.  You are looking for an aircraft, when the contact might actually be a white (flarm) glider on a white background. 

I did suggest more differentiation of aircraft icons, to both PAW and SD, but there is not too much progress on that.   I see SD differentiates between aircraft and helicopters, which is a start.

RE

SD shows different icons for different plane types.

A friend of mine configured his PAW with an aircraft type of bigjet- faithfully reproduced on screen as we flew together.

Geoffrey