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Tony Fletcher

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Hi All ,
Never knew you Guys had a forum !! So joined up today .
I live on Vancouver Island and feed PF though PP . Found PF to be way better than FR24 these days !! Seems like they have change how they get their live information . Which left out us SBS3 operators on the west coast .
I use ACARSD and live feed usin a SBS3 24/7 to PP/PF/ADSB-Concentator/Live-Military Modes . I also leave my VRS on most of the time - the site can be seen at http://70.67.17.252/VirtualRadar/GoogleMap.htm .
My location at Ladysmith is a little restricted as their are hills to the west and south , north and east coverage to good . But YVR traffic is OK once the departing traffic gets up past 2,000ft . Islands to the east restrict .
Not all is lost as there are other PP live feeders on the main land - so we all contribute to PP .

Look forward to reading the news etc .

Tony
Ladysmith
 
Hi Tony. I'm on the Sunshine Coast, with a good view of YVR take offs and landings over Georgina Strait. I'm also a new member. Hope you enjoy.
 
Hi Shawn ,
You have a SBS or Radarbox or just interested in Aviation .
Live Aircraft Tracking has become a very active item . The new ADS-B & ADS-S air traffic navigation , plus other channels which will be added to the ADS is getting more and more active on the West Coast . When I first started with my older SBS1 a few years ago I was lucky to see ten planes a day using ADS-B . Now its showing more and more each month .

Tony
 
Hey Tony

I'm interested in watching the aircraft fly over. I'm also interested in ship finder, I like to track the ships leaving Vancouver, as well as the tugs working the coast. Hope you have a good weekend.
Shawn
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Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments here Tony.
Really appreciate your continued support and the great data that you share.

Even from afar I love to watch all of the air traffic in your part of the world.
We have a few receivers and feeds now and will continue to improve.
All our own receivers around there also contribute to PP.

AIS data is always more of a challenge with the reduced range but we are steadily improving that too.
I only recently realised just how big Vancouver Island is!!!

All the best,

Mark
 
Mark Daniels said:
Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments here Tony.
Really appreciate your continued support and the great data that you share.

Even from afar I love to watch all of the air traffic in your part of the world.
We have a few receivers and feeds now and will continue to improve.
All our own receivers around there also contribute to PP.

AIS data is always more of a challenge with the reduced range but we are steadily improving that too.
I only recently realised just how big Vancouver Island is!!!

All the best,

Mark
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Mark Daniels said:
Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments here Tony.
Really appreciate your continued support and the great data that you share.

Even from afar I love to watch all of the air traffic in your part of the world.
We have a few receivers and feeds now and will continue to improve.
All our own receivers around there also contribute to PP.

AIS data is always more of a challenge with the reduced range but we are steadily improving that too.
I only recently realised just how big Vancouver Island is!!!

All the best,

Mark
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Hi Mark ,
Yes - Vancouver Island is big - But 99% of the people live on the east coast !! Any more - and it will roll over !!
We still have to leave the Island to get to any European destinations though . Hoping they lengthen the main runway at the Victoria Airport [CYYJ] . They are talking about it . Then the larger planes will be able to talk off with a full fuel load .
We do now have direct flights from Nanaimo [CYCD] to Calgary[CYYC] and back . Westjet started that way back in July . Westjet have bought 20 DHC-400Q and it was one of the first routes using the new plane .
So things are slowly improving .

Tony
Ladysmith
 
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