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1. #PLANEPLOTTER SQL FULL#
2. #PLANEPLOTTER SQL SOFTWARE#
3. #PLANEPLOTTER SQL TRIAL#
4. #PLANEPLOTTER SQL PLUS#
5. #PLANEPLOTTER SQL SERIES#

Simply put, register PP and then apply for a 21 day MU trial. That may sound a little complex at first.

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Once PP has been registered users can apply for a Master User (MU) trial (21 days), pay an annual fee after that (currently 12 Euros) or become a Ground Station (GS) thus enabling MU status for free, just by sharing data to the existing network.

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In addition, the multilateration feature is not available until the software is registered and authenticated. Its worth mentioning that during the trial (unregistered) period “sharing” is disabled, but users can get a feel for the software and connect a suitable receiver (in my case a bog standard RTL dongle coupled to RTL1090) to view local traffic. Because PlanePlotter has a free 21 day trial period I decided to take the plunge and try out some of the features. My overwhelming desire to actually plot military aircraft got the better of me.

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With his wife they run the Centro de Observação Astronómica no Algarve (COAA) and a B&B, hence the official website for all the software Bev has published (including the Plotter series Plane and Ship and many more beside) resides at .uk. PlanePlotter is the brainchild of Bev M Ewan-Smith, a physics graduate, holder of a Cambridge doctorate and an amateur astronomer. Ironically, its has been the best 25 Euros I’ve ever spent and my system has been running 24/7 ever since, battling on even when my laptop went tits up this week! From my perspective if my “latest hobby” was short lived I didn’t want to splash out on another fancy desktop icon that saw little use. No, PlanePlotter is the real deal network system, but it is a shareware program (i.e. And yes I know FR24 has something similar, but its Mlat system is not readily available and gets switched off on a whim. PlanePlotter is the first and only multilateration software available to enthusiasts which can locate Mode-S aircraft that are not transmitting ADS-B position reports – it is accurate too, in most instances, enough to pop outside and watch the Mlat aircaft fly overhead. I needed aircraft filtering, alerts, different charts, I needed to see military aircraft… lets face it, I needed PlanePlotter! Having played around with ADSBScope a freeware aircraft tracking program, it was obvious to me that I needed something a bit more adaptable, more feature rich. The most commonly heard phrase on forums regarding this device is “if it doesn’t work its only a tenner” (or words to that effect), but, it does work, and it has opened up areas of the radio spectrum that was the preserve of dedicated kit costing hundreds if not thousands 10 or more years ago. Imagine for a second though what the hobby would have been given the equipment available today.īut I digress, the RTL USB dongle has really kick started my hobby – initially just as a novelty item – a dirt cheap SDR. I wasn’t short on spotting opportunities what with four local USAF bases just an hour or so away and an active RAF airfield (Coltishall) on my doorstep. That said, back then, this was probably enough. Those were the days! A 494 FS F-111F being pushed back into its HAS after one of its final training sorties in ’92 (no real relevance barring shameless nostalgia!)

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You see, PlanePlotter (PP for short) has opened my eyes to what could have been – much in the same way that I wish I could be magically transported back to the 1980’s when the skies above were full of F-111’s, A-10’s, and the occasional SR-71 inbound Mildenhall. Pricey items too, so I stayed clear, but over the past couple of months I have deeply regretted not investigating it further.

I vaguely remember somewhere in between a company producing a “radar box”, but these were civvy orientated and my love was military, pure and simple. I was pretty much sorted – not much got past me at my local airfield.

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The 90’s saw the addition of my first scanner plus a spotting scope for good measure. As time went on I added a 35mm SLR (remember those?) and a collection of high powered lenses. Back in the 1980’s the only tools I had were a pair of binoculars, a copy of Ian Allan’s abc Military Aircraft Markings, a note book and pencil. PlanePlotter Version Reviewed: 6.4.1.0-6.4.1.2 (GS/MU rN)Īs an aviation enthusiast of many a decade I can tell you that this sort of hobby evolves over the years. Note also the KC-135R (QID81) and MC-130J (LEGIT41) Here a USAF E-3C (SHUCK80H) is being successfully Mlated (manually by me – the blue lines are hyper curves used during the process). Download PlanePlotter At the heart of the PlanePlotter system is Mlat.