Been tracking airplanes tonight. I started with FlightAware (using one of their receivers) but they filter out all military aircraft 💩
I live across the bay from a large Naval Air Station and specifically wanted to see the good stuff. Been tinkering with some scripts but do not have anything running on my receiver as yet. Was using this website and saw an aircraft that did not have any commercial designation attached - walked outside and saw a Growler right where the website said it would be. Very cool. Should have the scripts running sometime soon.
This is very much of a set-it and forget-it device. I will refer to it when I see something up in the air and I want to know what it is. It will also be interesting to track events like Blue Angels performances, comings and goings of unusual aircraft from the Boeing museum and from the Arlington Air Show.
My one complaint is that since I live at the base of a large bluff, I do not have line-of-sight for anything South of here. Had the thought this evening about offering this to the local Ham Radio club to locate on their repeater tower at the top of the island - a bit under 600' above sea level.
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