SSA sailplane tracker - too complex

On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 5:08:59 PM UTC-6, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 16:02:18 -0600, Dan Marotta wrote:

Tell me how it will work with my Android smart phone which has no data
plan. I might be interested in trying it then.

Maybe the only way would be something like we have in the UK, but your
population density may be too low to give good coverage.

There is a really cheap FLARM software receiver, that runs on a
RaspberryPi with a small collection of additional hardware that, with a
decent antenna, can pick up FLARM transmissions from up to 50km or so
away. These receivers belong to glider pilots, plane spotters and
(probably) some hams. All feed into a server that publishes maps showing
where the gliders are. For instance, planefinder.net and flightradar24.com
use FLARM to track gliders. I use OGN (glidernet.org) to track gliders
here in the UK. This technology is in use in a lot of countries including
Canada, but not, I note, in USA.



On 7/24/2016 11:09 AM, wrote:
It does work with "all smart phones".

Apple = Glide Track - free Droid = IGCDroid - $10 one time purchase
(free trial)

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NOTE: It sure is in the USA with some folks having current ground stations with antennas sticking way up in the air! They currently have 60++ miles range.............

Best #711.