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What do traffic alerts look like?

3/8/2012 7:14 AM

Cobra

Joined: 4/20/2011

Posts: 2602

What do traffic alerts look like?

I have a 720 + SkyRadar, which I purchased for weather awareness, knowing that there were limitations to the ADSB traffic alerts without an "ADSB out" transmitter in the plane.

However, I know that if I'm in an area with another plane that has ADSB out, I might happen to get traffic alerts. I also noticed that Ed said in a recent post, "In terminal radar areas, all traffic is displayed, but outside (about 77nm from the radar antenna) traffic reports depend on someone in your immediate area with an ADS-B transceiver to "wake up" the broadcast station and transmit traffic." I didn't know that in terminal radar areas, traffic info was always broadcast.

I have never seen a traffic alert on my 720 (or on the 700 I had before that), even though I'm based in the Houston area and many of my flights start and/or end by traversing the busy I-10 corridor between HOU and IAH.

What does a traffic alert on the iFly look like? Is it possible I've been getting traffic alerts, but didn't know it, or was in the wrong mode to see them displayed?

3/9/2012 9:43 AM

Walter

Joined: 7/8/2009

Posts: 2778

Re: What do traffic alerts look like?

Cobra,

The FAA has been unclear in their communication on how ADSB traffic works - but they have been clear that an ADSB Transceiver is required to have reliable traffic. It is my understanding that once a transceiver "wakes up" a broadcast station, that station will compile the traffic in the immedieate vicinity of that transciever and include it in the transmission. I think the area is a 5 mile radius, +/- 3000 feet.

Thanks,
Walter

Walter Boyd
President, Adventure Pilot

3/9/2012 3:02 PM

RONSIM

Joined: 11/3/2010

Posts: 98

Re: What do traffic alerts look like?

Sounds like someone might be confusing TIS-B traffic reporting, available in many terminal areas with a Mode S transponder and appropriate display (i.e. Garmin 430, etc.) -- and with the ADS-B traffic which must have someone transmiting the ADS-B signal to get the "wake-up call".?

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