[ACARS] Re: ACARS digest, Vol 1 #103 - 2 msgs

[roger preston]

> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Just been checking all my messages since the beginning of the year and =
> compiled them into a list for you perusal:
Trust you used the computer to count them...
> 
> Not particularly riveting reading, but its all I get in the centre of =
> the country.  On good atmospheric days I get the Auckland - Melbourne =
> traffic if I am lucky, hence the LH and UA aircraft.  Biz jets are =
> becoming more common and the Miami Dolphins BBJ was a good capture last =
> month.
Count your blessings. Here beside LHR, I get several megabytes of data
on just one ACARS VHF freq.... As to sorting it, I'm not sure quite what
to do. I like the idea of capturing the load factor type messages for a
given flight every day and then boiling it down to a simplified graph
monthly graph. Otherwise, it's a bit like having data but no
information.
Anyone suggest ways to bring it to life?
(I used to set the PC to beep when a given flight cropped up - might be
waiting to collect a friend from the airport - but now with so many
freqs, it doesn't seem quite so certain that a given flight number will
appear.)
Roger