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I've found that on the commercial flights from ADL to BNE and CBR my
quite basic android Samsung Galaxy J1 keeps up with things quite
easily on Oziexplorer once it locks onto sufficient satellites to
get a fix. I've only ever tried it from a window seat, and once
it's locked in, it will usually get enough signal to operate
satisfactorily on the tray table. I'm not interested in
exploring options for beaconing - I've always understood that there
was no legal outlet or option to do so. <br>
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In an earlier lifetime when I was a recreational pilot, APRS had not
quite come of age in the sense of suitably compact equipment to make
it feasible. I eventually got a Yaesu VX8-GR, but my flying days
were pretty well over by that time. <br>
73<br>
Terry<br>
VK5ATN<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/02/2020 4:45 pm, Carlos PECO
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Thanks Mal,
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<div>I have to confess that I have never tried the GPS inside the
plane, maybe it was as simple as placing it close to the window
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<div>73,</div>
<div>Carlos VK1EA</div>
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On Friday, February 14, 2020, <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>HI </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>APRSdroid worked well last
year, from Darwin to Sydney.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a
href="https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=13&ts=1567728000&te=1567814400&call=a%2FVK8MT-10"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&<wbr>z=13&ts=1567728000&te=<wbr>1567814400&call=a%2FVK8MT-10</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Mal</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> OZAPRS <<a
href="mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carlos PECO BERROCAL<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 13 February 2020 10:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Australian APRS Users <<a
href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OZAPRS] APRS from an airliner:
keeping it simple</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hi, </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I
fly a lot, I wish I could avoid it but I have
bills to pay...</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Too
complex (it seems)</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Looking
at <a href="http://aprs.fi" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">aprs.fi</a> today, I saw
a person doing something similar over Canberra and
Sydney, but only at low flight levels:</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a
href="https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=7&call=w%2F8750050954&timerange=86400&tail=86400"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&<wbr>z=7&call=w%2F8750050954&<wbr>timerange=86400&tail=86400</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Is
there someone here with experience with airliners?
I have seen people beaconing from private and
recreational, but never from big birds. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Carlos
VK1EA</span></p>
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