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AirNav Radar => AirNav Radar Discussion => Topic started by: JRS98 on December 04, 2008, 03:56:27 AM

Title: Military Callsigns
Post by: JRS98 on December 04, 2008, 03:56:27 AM
I was a little disappointed when I found out that the Radarbox doesn't show as many Military callsigns as the SBS-1 does. I haven't seen any callsigns for C-5's or KC-135's yet. I was told by a user of both RB and SBS-1 that it's a matter of the way the two boxes decode the info. So can something be done about this or is it just the way it is?

Thanks
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: tarbat on December 04, 2008, 06:57:20 AM
It's on the bug list to be fixed in v2.1 - see http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=1372.0
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: JRS98 on December 04, 2008, 07:57:59 AM
That's good news, thanks tarbat.
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: Tramline on December 04, 2008, 06:08:10 PM
I've noted that many users put 43C* in their alerts for UK Military.  Are they any other nuggets of info for USAF and other 'interesting' stuff?
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: besty on December 04, 2008, 06:12:24 PM
try AE0* and AE1* for usaf flights and also RCH for air mobility command flights both military and charter.
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: viking9 on December 04, 2008, 06:22:18 PM
KC-135 tankers of the 100thARW based at Mildenhall use the callsign QUID?? so QUID* in the callsign box will get them.

Tom
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: viking9 on December 04, 2008, 06:27:08 PM
Tramline,

Get yourself a copy of PlanePlotter. It displays callsigns and has lots of sharers too. You can get a fully functional trial version here:

http://www.coaa.co.uk/

Then join the PlanePlotter group.

Tom
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: Tramline on December 04, 2008, 08:41:42 PM
Quote from: viking9 on December 04, 2008, 06:27:08 PM
Tramline,

Get yourself a copy of PlanePlotter. It displays callsigns and has lots of sharers too. You can get a fully functional trial version here:

http://www.coaa.co.uk/

Then join the PlanePlotter group.

Tom

Hi Tom, thanks for your help.  Was that really the right link? 
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: DaveReid on December 04, 2008, 09:20:13 PM
Quote from: Tramline on December 04, 2008, 08:41:42 PM
Hi Tom, thanks for your help.  Was that really the right link?

No.  Try http://www.coaa.co.uk/planeplotter.htm
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: viking9 on December 04, 2008, 11:05:06 PM
Sorry, I somehow missed the end bit off the URL.

Tom
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: HadNav on December 07, 2008, 03:13:11 AM
Hi Tom.
I'm a new user of the RadarBox.
I downloaded and registered Planeplotter before I got the radarbox, and tried acars, with OK results. I 'm now working out how to use it with RadarBox.

I'm a new member of the yahoo PlanePlotter group :)

Nige
HadNav

Hadleigh, Suffolk
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: viking9 on December 07, 2008, 05:17:54 PM
Hi Nige,

I use PlanePlotter with the i/o set to RadarBox tcp. You will find that due to a bug PP does not record the squawk of aircraft seen by you.

Tom
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: HadNav on December 09, 2008, 01:46:28 AM
Hi Tom,
Thanks for info. Do you know if this bug in PP and squawk will be sorted soon?

Nige
Title: Re: Military Callsigns
Post by: tarbat on December 09, 2008, 08:17:34 AM
Nige, the bug is in Radarbox itself.  The lack of squawk code on port output has been reported to Airnav (#17), so maybe this will be fixed in v2.1.
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