Thanks Mal,<div><br></div><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 !</div><div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Carlos VK1EA</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>On Friday, February 14, 2020,  <<a href="mailto:vk8mt@hamradio.org.au">vk8mt@hamradio.org.au</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>HI <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>APRSdroid worked well last year, from Darwin to Sydney.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=13&ts=1567728000&te=1567814400&call=a%2FVK8MT-10" target="_blank">https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&<wbr>z=13&ts=1567728000&te=<wbr>1567814400&call=a%2FVK8MT-10</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Mal<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><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">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">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [OZAPRS] APRS from an airliner: keeping it simple<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hi, <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I fly a lot, I wish I could avoid it but I have bills to pay...<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span 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<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Too complex (it seems)<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Looking at <a href="http://aprs.fi" target="_blank">aprs.fi</a> today, I saw a person doing something similar over Canberra and Sydney, but only at low flight levels:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span 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">https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&<wbr>z=7&call=w%2F8750050954&<wbr>timerange=86400&tail=86400</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">73, <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Carlos VK1EA<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="f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