ADS-B

[rustynswrail]

Coming off a discone that reception range is pretty good. If you had a dedicated ADS B antenna that range would definately increase - I get about 180 NM range. I will try and dig up a link to the antenna I had shipped from the UK...

Otherwise you can use a multiband mobile telephone aerial, the long thick black type. Better than a discone. But a dedicated aerial would be the preferred option.

R

[Farsouthscanner]

Thanks guys. I am happy with the discone for the time being at least.
One problem though, since I have got the receiver I can't get REX, I am sure its nothing at my end as looking at the plans leaving Sydney REX doesn't appear there either so something has happened to them.
Anyway I will try and set it up to contribute to FlightRadar24 on the weekend.
Mark

[jaskel]

i use em, I have a radarbox and track heaps of commercial jets Good to listen to scanner and see them on the screen!

[criten]

jaskel, do you submit to flightradar24.com ?

Recently I've been toying with a RTL SDR USB stick + RTL1090 app. The cheapest ADS-B receiver to date. I just need to improve my antenna when I next get the time. Was looking at using a USB balun to put the USB stick in the roof cavity, so the coax to the antenna is only a couple metres.

http://www.rtl-sdr.com/adsb-aircraft-ra ... h-rtl-sdr/

[jaskel]

yes I do but mainly feed radarbox24.com as I like the interface better!

[Garry]

Today, I received an aircraft on my ads-b that displayed the image of a plane on my screen (as per normal) but the aircraft had a series of blue rings around it. Can any of you tell me what that symbol means please

[cartman]

Noticed that a lot of surface vehicles are appearing (and disappearing) on the flightradar24 feed of Sydney Airport via ADS-B, MLAT and WAM. The id actually states "ground vehicle" so they are not a plane. Logged their id and a search of google aircraft forums has identified several of them, including the perimeter security patrols (which become obvious when you click on them ... the white line shows where they have been). When I left Sydney last Tuesday morning there was a SNP patrol car on the perimeter road at the end of Runway 34 Right (southern end of third runway)

SYDNEY AIRPORT
7CF3A1-Unid White Minibus
7CF3A2-Unid White Commodore Sedan
7CF3C7-Vehicle: Fire 7 - Tender 1
7CF3C8-Vehicle: Tender 2-Rosenbauer Panther Mk 8-ARFF Firefighting
7CF3C9-Vehicle: Fire 9
7CF3CA-Vehicle: Tender 4-Rosenbauer Panther Mk 8-ARFF Firefighting
7CF3CB-Vehicle: Tender 5-Rosenbauer Panther Mk 8-ARFF Firefighting
7CF3CC-Vehicle: Fire 2
7CF3CD-Vehicle: Fire 4
7CF3CE-Vehicle: Tender 9 - Mercedes - ARRF Response
7CF3CF-Vehicle:
7CF3D0
7CF3D1
7CF3D2-Ute-ARFF Firefighting
7CF439-Car 1-Airfield Operations Manager (Toyota Kluger)
7CF43A-Car 2-Airfield Operations Coordinator (Mitsubishi Challenger)
7CF43B-Car 10-Airfield Safety-Toyota Prado
7CF43C-Car 60-Mitsubishi Triton-Airfield Works
7CF43D-Car 61
7CF43E
7CF43F-Runway Sweeper-Isuzu FRR500-Sitec 175
7CF440
7CF441-Car 9-Airfield Operations Co-ordinator International Apron (Mitsubishi Triton)
7CF442-Car 24-Ramp Operations
7CF443-Airfield Works
7CF444-Car 64 (Mitsubishi Triton)-Airfield Works
7CF445-Car 73-Airfield Works
7CF446-Car 65 (Mitsubishi Triton)
7CF447-Car 11-Airfield Works-Toyota Hilux
7CF448
7CF449-Car 66-Mitsubishi Triton-Airfield Works
7CF44A-Car 67-Mitsubishi Triton-Airfield Works
7CF44B-Car 68-Mitsubishi Triton-Airfield Works
7CF44C-Car 69-Mitsubishi Triton-Airfield Works
7CF44D-Car 70-Mitsubishi Triton-Airfield Works
7CF44E-Car 5
7CF44F
7CF450-Car 72-Ramp Operations Team-Domestic Apron (Mitsubishi Triton)
7CF451-Car 3-Mitsubishi Triton
7CF452-Car 4-Airfield Operations Cordinator-Domestic Precinct-Mitsuibishi Triton
7CF453-Unid dual cab ute
7CF454
7CF455-Car 47-Airport Lighting and Maintenance
7CF456-Car 48-Airport Lighting and Maintenance-Toyota Land Cruiser
7CF457-Car ?? - Subaru Station Wagon
7CF458
7CF459-Tractor 2-Slasher
7CF45A-Tractor 1-Slasher (New Holland Tractor) aka Mower 2
7CF45B-Runway Sweeper 2-Isuzu FRR500
7CF45C-Truck 39-Spill Response "Spill 1"
7CF45D
7CF45E
7CF45F-Toyota Prado
7CF460-Runway Sweeper 1-Isuzu FRR500
7CF461-Unid Vehicle
7CF462-Car 33-Spill Response-Isuzu FRR500
7CF463-Unid vehicle
7CF464
7CF465
7CF466
7CF467
7CF468-Car 56
7CF469
7CF46A
7CF46B
7CF46C
7CF46D
7CF46E
7CF46F-Car 22-Ramp Operations
7CF470-Car 23
7CF471
7CF472-unid vehicle
7CF473
7CF474
7CF475
7CF476
7CF477
7CF478
7CF479
7CF47A
7CF47B-Runway Sweeper-Nissan Patrol Works Ute
7CF47C-unid vehicle
7CF47D
7CF47E-Mower 4-Rideon
7CF47F
7CF480-Tug GB-Aircraft Tug Green Bravo-Pushback and towing
7CF481-Tug GC-Aircraft Tug Green Charlie -Pushback and towing
7CF482-Tug?
7CF483-Tug GF-Aircraft Tug Green Foxtrot - Pushback and Towing
7CF484-Tug GI-Aircraft Tug Green India -Pushback and towing
7CF485-Tug GT-Aircraft Tug Green Training One -Pushback and towing
7CF486
7CF487
7CF488-Unid vehicle
7CF489
7CF48A
7CF48B
7CF48C
7CF48D
7CF48E
7CF48F
7CF490
7CF491-Unid Tug
7CF492-Tug SZ-Aircraft Tug Silver Zulu-Pushback and Towing
7CF493
7CF494
7CF495
7CF496
7CF497
7CF498
7CF499
7CF49A
7CF49B-Tug RB-Aircraft Tug Red Bravo-Pushback and Towing
7CF49C-Tug RD-Aircraft Tug Red Delta-Pushback and Towing
7CF49D-Tug RE-Aircraft Tug Red Echo-Pushback and Towing
7CF49E
7CF49F-Tug-Unid
7CF4A1-Tug RJ-Aircraft Tug Red Juliet-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A2 Tug RK-Aircraft Tug Red Kilo-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A3-Tug BA-Aircraft Tug Blue Alpha-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A4-Tug RM-Aircraft Tug Red Mike-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A5-Tug RN-Aircraft Tug Red November-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A6-Tug YG-Aircraft Tug Yellow Golf-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A7
7CF4A8-Tug RS-QANTAS Aircraft Tug Red Sierra-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A9-Tug RW-Aircraft Tug Red Whiskey-Pushback and Towing
7CF4A0-Tug RH-Aircraft Tug Red Hotel-Pushback and Towing
7CF4AA-Tug BX-Aircraft Tug Blue Xray-Pushback and Towing
7CF4AB-Tug RZ-Aircraft Tug Red Zulu-Pushback and Towing
7CF4AC
7CF4AD
7CF4AE
7CF4AF-Red C0-Qantas International Terminal Car
7CF4B0-Red E1-Qantas Red Engineering One
7CF4B1
7CF4B2-Unid
7CF4B3
7CF4B4-Tug BE-Aircraft Tug Blue Echo-Pushback and Towing
7CF4B5
7CF4B6-Tug BH-Aircraft Tug Blue Hotel-Pushback and Towing
7CF4B7-Tug BM-Aircraft Tug Blue Mike-Pushback and Towing
7CF4B8-Tug BN-Aircraft Tug Blue November-Pushback and Towing
7CF4B9
7CF4BA
7CF4BB-Tug GA-Virgin Aircraft Tug Gold Alpha-Pushback and Towing
7CF4BC-Tug GB-Virgin Aircraft Tug Gold Bravo-Pushback and Towing
7CF4BD-Tug GC-Virgin Aircraft Tug Gold Charlie-Pushback and Towing
7CF4BE-Tug WB-Aircraft Tug White Bravo-Pushback and Towing
7CF4C1-Tug GH-Virgin Aircraft Tug Gold Hotel-Pushback and Towing
7CF4C2-Tug GI-Virgin Aircraft Tug Gold India-Pushback and Towing
7CF4C3
7CF4C4
7CF4C5-Tug GZ-Aircraft Tug Gold Zulu-Pushback and Towing
7CF4C6
7CF4C7-Tug WA-AircraftTug White Alpha-Pushback and Towing
7CF4C8
7CF4C9
7CF4CA-Unid vehicle
7CF4CB
7CF4CC
7CF4CD
7CF4CE
7CF4CF-Tug GS-Virgin Aircraft Tug Gold Sierra-Pushback and Towing
7CF4D0-Tug GD-Aircraft Tug Green Delta-Pushback and Towing
7CF4D1
7CF4D2-Tug BG-Aircraft Tug Black Golf-Pushback and Towing
7CF4D3-
7CF4D4-Car 86-Utility
7CF4D5
7CF4D6
7CF4D7-Tug BH-Aircraft Tug Black Hotel-Pushback and Towing
7CF4D8
7CF4D9-Car 75-Airfield avionics and lighting
7CF4DA-Car 76-Avionics & Airfield Lighting
7CF4DB
7CF4DC
7CF4DD-Car 77-Airfield safety
7CF4DE-Car 78
7CF4DF-Unid ground vehicle
7CF4E0-Car 59-Airfield Safety-Toyota Prado
7CF4E1-Car 88-Unid vehicle
7CF4E2-Car 89 - Works Vehicle
7CF4E3-
7CF4E4-Car 17-Unid
7CF4E5-Car 18-Unid
7CF4E6-Unid White Subaru Outback
7CF4E7-Runway Sweeper 3/4
7CF4E8-Tug YH-Aircraft Tug Yellow Hotel-Pushback and Towing
7CF4E9-Unid Vehicle
7CF4EA-Tug SX-Aircraft Tug Silver Xray-Pushback and Towing
7CF4EB
7CF4EC
7CF4ED
7CF4EE-Unid Vehicle
7CF4EF
7CF4F1-Tug GK-Aircraft Tug Green Kilo-Pushback and Towing
7CF4F3-Tug GM-Aircraft Tug Green Mike-Pushback and Towing
7CF4F7-Tug TE-Aircraft Tug Teal Echo-Pushback and Towing
7CF782 Radar SOVSM2
7CF7BC Ground -
7CF7BD Ground -
7CF7BE Ground -
7CF7C0 Ground TEST1234
7CF7C1 Ground TEST1234
7CF7C2 Ground TEST1234
7CF7C3 Ground TEST1234
7CF7CA Ground SSM1
7CF7CB Ground SSM2
7CF7CC Ground-SYD
7CF7CD Ground-SYD SSM4
7CF7E1

SYDNEY REGION ID's
7C4D02 = VH-PHW - Polair 1/21
7C4E49 = VH-PQZ - Polair 2/22 - Bell 412
7C4CED = VH-PHB - Polair 3/23
7C4CF8 = VH-PHM - Polair 4/24
7C4D05 = VH-PHZ - Polair 5/25 - Bell 412EP
7C1239 = VH-DVV - Polair 6/26 - Cessna 208 Caravan
7C0FF9 = VH-DFV - Polair 7/27- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
7C1185 = VH-DQV - Polair 8/28 - Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
7C4D03 = VH-PHX - Polair 9/29 -Eurocopter AS.355N
7C5CC0 = VH-SLU -Lifesaver 1/Lifesaver 21
7C2A34 = VH-IME - Careflight 3
7C7EF0 = VH-ZCY - Careflight 21
7C6178 = VH-TJE - Rescue 201
7C6179 = VH-TJF - Rescue 202
7C617A = VH-TJG - Rescue 203
7C617E = VH-TJK - Rescue 208
7C6182 = VH-TJO - Rescue 209
7C81CC = VH-ZXA - WESTPAC 1
7C81CD = VH-ZXB - WESTPAC 2
7C81CE = VH-ZXC - WESTPAC 3

Fire Fighting
A11CBB - N17085 - DC10 Water Tanker - C/S "Bomber 911"
A24A03 - N247AC - Erickson S-64E Skycrane

Military
?? - A15-303 - Army - Boeing Chinook CH47F
7CF870 - A40-001 - Army - MRH90 Taipan C/S "Angl 22/Whse 21"
7CF892 - A40-035 - Army - MRH90 Taipan C/S "Angl 21/23"
7CFA0A - N52-002 - Navy - Airbus Helicopters H125 - C/S "Taipan 42"
7CFA0F - N52-007 - Navy - Airbus Helicopters H125 - C/S "Taipan 47"
7CFA11 - N52-009 - Navy - Airbus Helicopters H125 - C/S "Taipan 49"
7CFA14 - N52-012 - Navy - Eurocopter EC135 - C/S "Taipan 52"


http://adsb.16right.com/live/map/
Live ATC available

[Bigfella237]

What an excellent idea, why not add them for conflict/collision avoidance, kudos to whoever thought of that one!

Andrew

[Garry]

Its a similar thing to AIS in Newcastle, the helicopter that flys out to the ships has AIS fitted but not ADS-b

[cartman]

Logged Tony Robbins plane leaving Sydney this morning at 1.56am
On Flightradar24 it shows up as GLEX
On 16right.com ADS-B live information showed a corporate jet N304CC leaving 1.56am with a Mode-S code of A32E63 being tracked by MLAT
I was actually aware that he was leaving at this time so i knew the period to look at
Did a query on Flightaware on the N304CC which then returned a reply that Tony Robbins Productions has requested this plane not be tracked
However it stills shows up on Flightradar24.com via the local Sydney MLAT
There is a blurb here on it (without disclosing the client)

https://www.flyvictor.com/aircraft-oper ... xrs-n304cc

As soon as the plane was outside 16right.com MLAT coverage the plane for all intents and purposes disappeared (though I am aware of where he was going, as i was at the function he was attending)