Has anyone ever seen OPP helicopters on ADSB? Ottawa is getting one and am not sure if it is ADSB equipped.
Are OPP helicopters on ADSB?
- Thread starter thecanadiangod
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Noseybody
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I have only seen the plane on trackers, not the helicopter.
ChuckWillis55
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OPP helicopters do NOT show up on ADSB or Flight Radar.
Would anyone have the tail number of this new helicopter in Ottawa?
C-FOPP doesn't show up on Flight Aware or any of those public sites, but they DO transmit ADSB info, you just need to decode it locally.
ChuckWillis55
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The civil registration for the Ottawa bird will only be known when it is purchased. The OPP have two Airbus EC-135 birds : C-FOPP & C-FOPS. Had them for a few years. They are blocked from the tracking sites for obvious reasons. York Region have a helicopter, not sure of it’s registration (either C-FYRP or C-GYRP) and it’s NavCanada call sign is Air 2. The OPP birds use Air 1. They are rarely deployed together (except for Dougie’s photo op the other day).😉
Noseybody
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Just on the CTV Ottawa news at 5, won't be ready for 12 months.
Aviator747
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Flight Radar and some other services scrub data of military and other aircraft. You can make your own receiver with a SDR dongle and pi.
They do show up on ADSB if your not using the public sites that filter out some stuff. You can try AIRPLANES.LIVE - independent unfiltered ADS-B and MLAT aircraft tracking. Learn about ADSB aircraft tracking and join the community. or run one yourself.
I run one in my area as well and feed into AIRPLANES.LIVE - independent unfiltered ADS-B and MLAT aircraft tracking. Learn about ADSB aircraft tracking and join the community.
tar1090 <-- is mine.
I run one in my area as well and feed into AIRPLANES.LIVE - independent unfiltered ADS-B and MLAT aircraft tracking. Learn about ADSB aircraft tracking and join the community.
tar1090 <-- is mine.
BC_Scan
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My observations with same here in BC for the 7-8 Air RCMP heli's , some days he turns the TP on, some days off , it depends which way the winds blows (insert joke) A local SAR heli right now in Alberta firefighting cause he has night vision. For BC based searches, some days its on (rarely) most time it's off. Other day in Alberta I saw him fighting fires, it was on so go figure, FYI
