Flight Tracker
If you are interested in finding out more about flight tracking,
we can give you the start you need in finding out what it’s
all about. It is really quite easy to get in touch with the real
aviation world from your home computer. If you don't have an air
band receiver (a radio to receive air band communications) and
want to track thousands of flights with extreme accuracy the answer
is simple: a flight tracker.
You will be able to track more than 5000 flights, Live!
As long as you have an Internet connection, you may track several
flights all over the world. You will be able to see how traffic
is distributed in the main oceanic areas, the Atlantic and the
Pacific. Some incredible views of the world's airspace may be
seen directly from your PC.
You need to have an air band receiver (a simple radio that may
receive aviation communications). These kinds of radios may be
found in any electronics shop. In the USA they are usually found
at any Walmart or Radio Shack Store. A simple $80 USD receiver
will do a good work. Turn on your radio and depending on the country
you are in, select the proper frequency (131.550 in the USA, 131.725
in Europe). Then with a simple audio cable, connect the audio
output of your radio to the line-in of your sound card. Using
a Decoder you will start to receive thousands of digital messages
sent from aircrafts and ground stations.
You will be able to collect aircraft registrations to know if
you are receiving messages from a flight for the first time or
even see photos of the received aircraft. That's real photos of
that real aircraft, not photos from a similar one. The program
will return you a search over airliners.net airline photo repository,
the biggest in the world, with more than 200 thousand photos!
If you have an HF airband receiver, more expensive than a small
receiver, you can receive and decode signals from flight sin the
most remote places of our planet. These signals are called "Selcal",
and it is sent from the controller to the pilot. To decode it,
you can use a Decoder. Just connect the audio output of your HF
air band receiver to the line-in of your sound card and the signals
will be received.
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