New Location

Allocator · May 06, 2009, 07:05:33 PM

Moved up the road a few miles, so I'm closer to Northolt now than Heathrow. Standard antenna is 4 feet above ground level on the outside window ledge of a 3 floor brick building facing east.

I must say that I'm very surprised at the range I'm getting considering the location. Nice room, but lower down and I can't see the Heathrow climbouts from the window!

Allocator · May 06, 2009, 07:09:04 PM

Still getting pretty good coverage of Heathrow though - filters set to only show traffic below FL150.

Allocator · May 06, 2009, 07:25:43 PM

Heathrow is busy :-)

Jordan · May 06, 2009, 08:04:08 PM

Youre still very close to Heathrowm I wish I would live in a place with that amount of taffic....
but, next month im at london, and im gonna buy this thing, cant wait to see the traffic!

Allocator · May 06, 2009, 08:25:02 PM

I work all over the place, but at the moment it's near Heathrow. I spent ages trying to see an A380, but whenever I was in front of my RadarBox, it was dark when the A380 went out! I saw the lights many times, but I didn't see the aircraft until flying out of Heathrow to Venice a couple of weeks ago :-)

Talking about traffic, you should see the road traffic at times - agghhhhh!!!!

Jordan · May 06, 2009, 09:16:11 PM

But now the SIA A380 arrives with daylight...
and yea ive been to london last time in september, you guys dont really drive fast in there...

WAL 2T · May 06, 2009, 10:01:12 PM

Allocator if you're staying off the A40 I hope the place you're at has decent soundproofing!

However, being stuck in traffic isn't all that bad. If you're gridlocked on the M25 in the right place at the right time, you never know, it might just be at an A380 moment.

Allocator · May 11, 2009, 07:31:13 PM

Neathrow is on Rwy 27 today, and I CAN see the inbounds from my new east facing window. The inbounds are passing just to the north-east of me at about FL70 :-) They are just coming in, one after the other - well done Heathrow Director!

I can see the northbound departures too - fantastic!

Altitude filters in to only show traffic below 15,000 ft - otherwise, it's just too busy!