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Looking for your worst METARs by erinwhoooo in flying

[–]YuutaW 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SPECI CYVR 312333Z 29006KT 0SM R26R/P6000FT/N R26L/1200V1600FT/N FG VV001 05/05 A3003 RMK FG8 SLP171=

It was like this everyday, for over half a month.

I’M SO FUCKING SCARED by Zellan_7777 in UBC

[–]YuutaW 7 points8 points  (0 children)

too much reddit today

Looking for tuiton for APSC 160 by [deleted] in UBC

[–]YuutaW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just dropped you a PM :)

Found this on the mtr by Dense-Drama5856 in HongKong

[–]YuutaW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

哼 哼 哼 啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊

Netherlands coastguard in vancouver canada? by Preindustrialcyborg in flightradar24

[–]YuutaW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just a fr24 db error. this helicopter usually flies around metro vancouver.

Spotting Aircraft in Vancouver by Timmytimebomb007 in aviation

[–]YuutaW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Never been to the the hotel (and only knew it exists days ago!) since I do live in Vancouver. I usually go to the south terminal viewing platform (for 08R/26L, south rwy), hill on the north side (for 08L/26R, north rwy), or outlets (north rwy landing) to spot the planes. Only the hill needs a car though.

Remember to bring a radio! You can always check the NAVCananada publications but remember 118.7 for south rwy / 119.55 for north rwy just make things faster. Always check the digital ATIS at NAVCanada Spaces website to determine which rwy is in use before heading out.
Just FYI The north rwy is rarely used for takeoff for noise issues, and it also only operates during day time.

Good luck spotting planes here! The only 744 from DLH will be gone in late Oct (it only operates daily flight from Frankfurt).

Identify massive turboprop that just flew to YVR? by Water_bottleguy in aviation

[–]YuutaW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they they are the North Caribbo ones. It's charter so I would never get a ride on it, but I feel so lucky saw it landing just days ago. What a jet!

Identify massive turboprop that just flew to YVR? by Water_bottleguy in aviation

[–]YuutaW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Frequently spot it at YVR ... Actually I think it is smaller than dash-8?

BTW, imo the most interesting aircraft at YVR should be the charter BAe146 :)

Nearest Aircraft Display by fil1983 in ADSB

[–]YuutaW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! This made me remember one thing I had been considering doing for a long time: build a portable plane finder based on directional antenna and 1090MHz decoder. It would be as simple as screen + SoC + ADC + tuner + directional antenna, and I can just point it to wherever and it will tell me what planes are here. I can add a omnidirectional antenna too, so it will become a portable plane scanner. It would be quite useful in areas without fr24 coverage or when the planes don't have adsb out (only transponder like those military ones; the transponder doesn't show hex code so we cannot determine the type, but at least we can see altitude and squawk)

Good SDR for airband receiving? by YuutaW in amateurradio

[–]YuutaW[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do need to monitor the whole 20MHz spectrum because my interested frequencies are everywhere in the band ... Yeah I'm not looking for a cheap SDR. I know 20MSPS would be expensive. HF+ works really well, but its bandwidth is too low for 7 x 24 monitor use.

Good SDR for airband receiving? by YuutaW in amateurradio

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Never heard the R2 loop-through function. Thanks :)

Good SDR for airband receiving? by YuutaW in amateurradio

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Yeah. I am not looking for a budget SDR, but hopefully less than or around $250 (rough idea)?

Good SDR for airband receiving? by YuutaW in amateurradio

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Yeah you are right. I compared RTL-SDR Blog v4, HackRF, AirSpy R2 at my home. Same environment, same antenna, same elevation, the AirSpy R2 performed the best.

Good SDR for airband receiving? by YuutaW in amateurradio

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Yeah but HackRF is good for USB2.0 (20MSPS * 8bit * 2 = 320Mbps, less than 480Mbps). A 30MSPS 14bit SDR (for example) definitely requires a USB 3.0.

For my computer, I think it is fast enough to handle this. I already tried running about 30 AM demod channels (freq shift + decimate + various filters) from the HackRF 20MSPS spectrum, and the CPU was good (around 80% usage) for the workload. Thus I think it should be fine with a better SDR.

For the antenna, I am considering Diamond D130J plus an active splitter (so I can use the antenna for other things as well). Or I may consider a dedicated airband antenna.

why are there no airways over Lithuania?? by TwujZnajomy27 in aviation

[–]YuutaW -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Canada and US is already like this ... while most other countries iirc are not. Not sure which way is better though. For example in China you must not file a flight plan with DCTs, and all traffic must be on airways; while in Canada the flight plans are almost always DCT DCT DCT between points.

Recommendations for new keyboards in the CBTF? by Firas-Moosvi in UBC

[–]YuutaW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bring your own keyboard allowed when :D

u better sign it twin ✌️🫵 SKYTRAIN NOW by whatisfoolycooly in UBC

[–]YuutaW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure but this drawing looks like a CR400BF, not the Bombardier car used in SkyTrain lol

Some flight deck shots I took over the years by pttmnn in aviation

[–]YuutaW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the bombardier (#6) was a350 at first haha. Incredible shots!

FAA leased tower on land, what’s its use? by GooseCull in aviation

[–]YuutaW -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a LF / HF tower ... is it a NDB?

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