Just Bought a 3D radarbox :)

Pat_UK · May 02, 2011, 11:05:23 PM

hi guys

Just bought a used 3D radar box thats a few months old, waiting for it to be delivered now.

What would be the best subsription to have to start with, I have planes fling over my house all day as we live 2 miles form a small airport, so would be nice to get more info on them.

Thanks in advance

AirNav Support · May 03, 2011, 07:33:03 AM

You already get a delayed subscription included for a year.

So best to wait and see how that works for you, you can then decide whether you want realtime or to continue with the delayed.

Pat_UK · May 04, 2011, 12:44:50 AM

Delayed is a good idea to get my head round it all, although eventually I would prefer live, as it will be a bit pointless seeing the details 10 mins after the plane has gone past and landed ;)

Runway 31 · May 04, 2011, 06:14:37 AM

Remember it is only the network flights that are delayed. The stuff you see in Myflights is live.

Alan

eyeinthesky · May 04, 2011, 09:17:21 AM

Quote from: Pat_UK on May 02, 2011, 11:05:23 PM
hi guys

Just bought a used 3D radar box thats a few months old, waiting for it to be delivered now.

What would be the best subsription to have to start with, I have planes fling over my house all day as we live 2 miles form a small airport, so would be nice to get more info on them.

Thanks in advance

Pat.
Forget about the delayed stuff, buy a good aerial and a good coax system i get a range of 100 miles to 200miles and its live not old data.

Evanelpus · May 04, 2011, 10:25:00 AM

Get yourself a decent outdoor aerial and get it as high as possible. That way, MyFlights (ie your flights) will have sufficient coverage to put up with the 5 minute delay.

Even when I run my RadarBox, I always have flightradar24 on as well.

Pat_UK · May 04, 2011, 12:41:36 PM

I've been looking only at the network flights doh.
The my flights is great , I'm using the standard ariel and was showing a 172 miles away plane, that 180 miles away mon591 g-ozbp

Pat_UK · May 04, 2011, 12:42:16 PM

Who knows what I'll see with a good ariel

Evanelpus · May 04, 2011, 03:10:13 PM

Quote from: Pat_UK on May 04, 2011, 12:41:36 PM
I've been looking only at the network flights doh.
The my flights is great , I'm using the standard ariel and was showing a 172 miles away plane, that 180 miles away mon591 g-ozbp

That sounds pretty good with the bog standard aerial, where do you live and what is the surrounding area like? No hills, flats etc?

Pat_UK · May 04, 2011, 03:25:24 PM

Totally flat, nothing but fields for miles

Evanelpus · May 04, 2011, 04:05:28 PM

Sounds idyllic, spot on RB country!

RodBearden · May 04, 2011, 04:34:19 PM

Unless you live on top of a hill :-)

Shame about the bigger hill on one side of me, though :-(

Rod

anorak · May 04, 2011, 05:37:56 PM

Try living on Exmoor! :-)