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Old 4th August 2008, 06:59 PM
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Default YSSY Radar broadcast online?

I was searching around today to try and find a live broadcast for a Sydney radar but had trouble locating one that is active. Does anybody have a link to a site that broadcasts live radar?

I saw first hand on the weekend one of those Kinetic Avionics SBS transponders linked to a laptop tracking real-time but haven't found anybody sending that data live to the web for the public to view.
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Old 4th August 2008, 07:32 PM
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There is the 16right.com acars google maps, but its not as good as a radar would be.

Incidentally...

QF don't seem too worried about fuel prices

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Old 4th August 2008, 07:32 PM
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There is a site called Planeplotter that broadcasts via the web real time radar returns . It can be found at http://www.coaa.co.uk/planeplotter.htm..

Here is a screen shot taken just a few minutes ago of the YSSY area . Not very busy though .





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Old 4th August 2008, 08:27 PM
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Hi Rhys, now and then the ACARS transmissions are corrupted by weather conditions etc. and an aircraft appears in strange locations.

This example would be a great flight from Sydney to Brisbane at 500ft.
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Old 4th August 2008, 09:05 PM
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Hi Rhys, now and then the ACARS transmissions are corrupted by weather conditions etc. and an aircraft appears in strange locations.

This example would be a great flight from Sydney to Brisbane at 500ft.
Thanks for the clarification Grahame
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Old 5th August 2008, 09:12 AM
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Planeplotter is exactly what I am after. It will do until I can spare the $1,000 to buy my own transponder from Kinetics.
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Old 5th August 2008, 09:38 AM
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Glad I could be of help... Planeplotter is fantastic , I guarantee that you won't bother spending your $1000 when you can fully use PP . Enjoy ..

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