Southern Borders plane tracking

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Braving the bitter winds this morning Ive got my adsb antenna up again. The range in some directions is certainly much better - at the higher flight levels Im getting out over Northern Ireland & the Isle of Man here :)

Here is the last splat from Galashiels:

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And here is the first splat from Kelso - the system has been back up an hour or so at this point:
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Im quite pleaased with that considering the summer flights have now ended & the skies will be quieter up ere :)
 

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So after running for about 8 hours the splat has evolved to this:

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There is a distinct north-east / south-west bias although Id say there is plenty more to come in some directions. South-east is probably limited by The Cheviots to some degree and north-west is hampered by the brick chimney & roof as the antenna isnt clearing the roofline yet.

Rings at 20 miles - the outer purple line is 160 miles, so my maximum range today has been about 165 miles
 

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Maximum range now up near 200 miles out to the west and 160 to the east. Theres is still a distinct "butterfly shape" to the splat though

Im hoping the antenna survives the current gales.......



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The multilateration map is interesting too - my logging station is getting an occasional ping interacting with other stations well outside my coverage area especially to the south.

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Im very impresed with this distant multilat today - Ive pinged with someone in South Wales!

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The strong winds this week have bent the aerial over a bit - and now I seem to be getting better range north west!

Heres the Xmas day splat from Kelso

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I had the local police heli in the area earlier - first time Ive seen one of them round here. (There is a big police presence in the next village over after an apparent murder/suicide on Boxing Day.)

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The gods of VRS have been kind to me today Ive broken the 200 miles barrier for the first time today ^_^ and had some good contacts up towards the north west

Rings now set at 25 miles with the outer purple line being 200 miles.


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Jan 19th splat map rings set at 25 miles, outer purple ring at 200 miles. Definitely more to come up north :)

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Just glancing back through the sdr threads and come upon this again. So heres what the antenna spalts have evolved into after a year since the last report. The map has changed from Google to Open Maps as Google decided to try & charge (like thats ever going to happen!)/ Pic 1 is overall range. Pic 2 is the full range splat.

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Range rings every 25 miles with the thick ones every 50 miles, so the maximum range SW out over Ireland is ~220 miles :)
 

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Another duff tp location wrecked the mid range jaggies so Ive done a reset again. This was the final splat before reset.

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