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AirNav RadarBox and RadarBox24.com => AirNav RadarBox and RadarBox24.com Discussion => Topic started by: charlie on March 01, 2009, 05:27:52 PM
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I have just bought a AirNav RadarBox and a nice bit of kit it is.
I have got logged 43C383 ModeS (RAF) and 43E78C ModeS M-HOIL reg (RAF).
Of course no positions were recorded but is there a website that I can look at to find out what type of aircraft they are as no photos were displayed.
I have picked up 3 US Forces aircraft and they have pictures attached.
Also are Police helicopters ModeS compatable as I have one just down the road from me?
I have only had th unit running for 3 hours but already have over 20o contacts.
I feel that this bit of kit wil be getting a lot of use
Cheers for any help recieved
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Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of the Radarbox :-)
You will find that there is plenty of help available.
One web site that you may find of particular use to tie up those Mode S codes is
http://www.airframes.org/ (http://www.airframes.org/)
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Police aircraft (including choppers) are generally Mode-S equipped, which means they will show up on your MyFlights list, but they aren't ADS-B equipped, which means they don't broadcast their position, so don't show up on the map or on the network. (Same applies to most military aircraft)
Hope that helps.
Rod
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By the way, Charlie, the M- registered aircraft won't be an RAF one, but is on the Isle of Man register, which uses mode-s codes from the RAF allocation.
It's a good idea to download Tarbat's D008.dat file, along with the associated country flags file from reply #5 on this thread: http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=1906.msg16810#msg16810 (http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=1906.msg16810#msg16810)
That fixes the problem.
Rod
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Thank you for all the help so far