[ACARS] WACARS not decoding?

Paul Blair [email protected]
Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:02:59 +1100


I've not listened out for some time, so I hooked up WACARS (0.7) to catch=20
up with things.

I'm getting plenty of signal on 131.55, but a typical decode looks like=
 this:

VHRN
  ;f>%97
Using Ground Station C East Midlands.Message No. Y=1E=18|
Message Type Y|
?i&43)RjfJa;y#t#=1Ev=01=1AlQ=06g#2D=3D&2"[ZKp^j',A5

or this:

VH-OJD B747-438 24481/764 HJLP(City of Brisbane)
  "=0C`!%1
Using Ground Station S Sydney.Message No. =08q`=07
Message Type =10c
q7?t=1C=7F=7F#;KWk~vNZF~~vVr~~mtl\|]l$$tm=1C=04Y)y{	Ih{	=19y[Y(-=08LL
=08L-N

I'm in Canberra, Australia, with most of the east coast traffic "in sight".

I'm using a P3 computer with a SB Live sound card. Anything I can do to=20
improve things?

Paul Blair