Quick Question

Location : Wakefield Spotter Watch Member : No

Just a quick question for you Reach guys!

Whats this mean?

"direct MAM > DIKAS"

Does it mean direct over Manchester going state side of just a beacon etc??

Regards
J

Subject: Re: Quick Question 2008-12-01, 13:22

Hi.

I think MAM is Marham and DIKAS is a way point over Wales hope that helps. :)

Regards.

Mark. :)

Location : huntingdon.cambs

hi mate.what this means is direct marham then dikas down in south wales.the reach machines will fly from the southwest of the country,then on towards brize norton,then to marham,then navpi off the east coast and onwards to holland and germany.they fly this route in both directions many times a day and their contrails can be seen from many miles.

Location : Wakefield Spotter Watch Member : No

Ahh thanks for the quick replyies.

Does anybody know the routes over Wakefield/Manchester because i see mostly C17s,C130s,C5s routing to the US.

Regards
J

Subject: Site 2008-12-01, 13:58

Hi there

Take a look at this site

http://www.reportingpoints.info/

All the info you need

Cheers

Location : Wakefield Spotter Watch Member : No

Ahh many thanks for that!

Just what i needed :)

Regards

J

Location : Wakefield Spotter Watch Member : No

Just another quick question:

How do you know if you will get something over your house by using SBS etc ..

Just something i am unsure about ..

Regards
J

Subject: Re: Quick Question 2008-12-11, 14:33

Hi James.

with SBS simple. you don't with most mil flights.

they don't transmit position data so you have to get them on the scanner and listen to their flight routing.

with planeplotter getting data from sbs, there is superb development going on using the sharing of data to roughly locate the position of aircraft that are not transmitting position data using circles of reception to sort of triangulate an approximate postion.

so all an sbs does for mil reception at the moment is ties up the aircraft for you as the hex codes are unique ( but not without errors ).

you have to gather as much data as you can and build a picture of what is happening in the sky above you.

SBS will alert you of the proximity of a mil flight with your range of reception.

then using your scanner and this group and other yahoo groups such as militaryairband yahoo group etc, you figure out the aircraft and what the route is.

if you see one in the sky overhead then be sure to note the direction and time and you can then trace it later from postings etc.

hope this helps

Geoff

Location : Wakefield Spotter Watch Member : No

Hi Geoff,

Many thanks for that, I have a basic understanding now on tracking a RCH flight.

Regards
J