FAA database now also gives hexadecimal mode-S code

freqhopping · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2012, 2:45 PM

Anyone know when they started including this. I just noticed today. I don't recall noticing it during the weekend.

MtnBiker2005 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2012, 3:07 PM

We can guess it happened late summer sometime.

Few yahoogroups posted about it.

Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:52 am
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planep.../message/72010

Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:19 pm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AirCom.../message/16335

Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:14 am
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioM.../message/54185
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CivilA.../message/11030

Jay911 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2012, 4:55 PM

Cool. Canada gets the binary equivalent for each registration ("mark"). Too bad more aircraft aren't actually using Mode S - just seems like airliners only around my neck of the woods.

jmhayes · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay911

Canada gets the binary equivalent for each registration ("mark"). Too bad more aircraft aren't actually using Mode S - just seems like airliners only around my neck of the woods.

I've seen about 3000 discrete ModeS codes that start with C0. Don't give up :-)