Unexpected ADS-B Ranking
My FlightRadar24 feeder ranking has reached previously-unseen heights due to previously-unseen daily max ranges for ADS-B traffic received during a recent spate of miserably hot-and-humid weather. At least it appears…
ADS-B Feeder and Minnesota Summers
I mounted my Raspberry Pi ADS-B feeder outside my office to avoid damage to the coax as it passes through the window (original 1896 pocket windows with unhelpful storm windows);…
Unexpected ADS-B Range III
This is insane: 10 months where the max distance received hovered around 235nm with an occasional upwards blip, now 4 out of 10 days over 300nm. What the fuck!?! It…
Random Learnings #72
Tuesday afternoon my wife and I stopped by MSP's aircraft viewing area and saw liveries not seen (often, ever?) at MSP: All Nippon Airways and Iberia. Delta dominates MSP flight,…
Truth in Capacity
The Minnesota Twins claim that attendance at yesterday's Athletics/Twins game was 19,701 or 51% of total capacity. Having attended said game, I will confidently state that attendance was substantially less,…
Unexpected ADS-B Range II
Recently my ADSB feeder received traffic from 300 nautical miles away, my personal record by at least 35 nautical miles. Today's FlightRadar24 feeder recorded ADS-B traffic from 302 nautical miles…
Random Learnings #71
While flipping through the Britannica Book of the Year 1948 at breakfast, I read Denmark's entry: The question of U.S. privileges in Greenland, Denmark's great island, was raised vociferously by…
Unexpected ADS-B Range
For almost a year I've been feeding ADS-B traffic to FlightRadar24, installing a tuned antenna on the roof and productionizing my Raspberry PI setup. In addition to FlightRadar24, I also…
Book Review: The Phoenix Land
From the Amazon listing: This fascinating memoir, written on the heals of Banffy's famous Transylvanian Trilogy, describes life in the post-World War I kingdom of Hungary. Banffy brilliantly describes both…
New-Age Stats?!?
The first half statistics for Friday's Storm/Fever game had me puzzled: how does one evaluate 56% vs. 49&? Everyone should know that 56% is a user-friendly presentation of the decimal…