[OZAPRS] APRS from an airliner: keeping it simple

[vk8mt at hamradio.org.au]

HI 

 

APRSdroid worked well last year, from Darwin to Sydney.

 

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap <https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=13&ts=1567728000&te=1567814400&call=a%2FVK8MT-10> &z=13&ts=1567728000&te=1567814400&call=a%2FVK8MT-10

 

Cheers

 

Mal

 

From: OZAPRS <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au> On Behalf Of Carlos PECO BERROCAL
Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2020 10:45 PM
To: Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Subject: [OZAPRS] APRS from an airliner: keeping it simple

 

Hi, 

 

I fly a lot, I wish I could avoid it but I have bills to pay...

Some airlines provide on-board internet access, there is a small amount of data you can move for free. I was thinking in a mechanism to obtain my GPS location from the aircraft mode-S transponder broadcast and then upload my posits to APRS-IS

 

Too complex (it seems)

 

Looking at aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi>  today, I saw a person doing something similar over Canberra and Sydney, but only at low flight levels:

 

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap <https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=7&call=w%2F8750050954&timerange=86400&tail=86400> &z=7&call=w%2F8750050954&timerange=86400&tail=86400

 

Is there someone here with experience with airliners? I have seen people beaconing from private and recreational, but never from big birds. 

 

73, 

Carlos VK1EA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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