[ACARS] WACARS not decoding?

Paul Blair [email protected]
Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:32:00 +1100


Kevin:

That improved things...but not a lot.

Still experimenting!

Paul


At 12:11 pm 21-01-2004, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>try varying the radio volume, I usually get results like that with too=20
>high a volume
>
>Kevin
>
>Paul Blair wrote:
>
>>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|
>>Message Type Y|
>>?i&43)RjfJa;y#t#vlQg#2D=3D&2"[ZKp^j',A5
>>or this:
>>VH-OJD B747-438 24481/764 HJLP(City of Brisbane)
>>  "`!%1
>>Using Ground Station S Sydney.Message No. q`
>>Message Type c
>>q7?t=7F=7F#;KWk~vNZF~~vVr~~mtl\|]l$$tmY)y{    Ih{    y[Y(-LL
>>L-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
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