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From Nils Schiffhauer DK8OK on the UDXF mailing list; any transcription errors are entirely mine...
Hi - HFDL is the biggest HF network worldwide. Monitoring one active channel, you will easily get >10.000 messages in 24 hours by >1.000
individual aircraft. If you are decoding multitude channels in parallel, you will get >50.000
messages per day.
To keep an overview, Mike Simpson has developed a smart tool called "Display Launcher" with sub-tools to organize HFDL messages from e.g.
PC-HFDL decoder. This combination worked flawlessly in all important regions of the world - but showed some glitches on PCs which localized operating system (W10) uses a different notation of the decimal separator (e.g. the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Italy, Germany ...) and the use of the "stop" character
in UK/USA.
Just this weekend, Mike has re-written parts of his indispensable tool which takes care of the European sensibilities (where, however, the
BREXIT had already worked for the UK ...). You can download it for free at: Downloads - Mike's Utility Programs
(bottom of the page)
First experiences this Sunday morning were very encouraging: no nagging windows at start, no "looping through" of just one message so far -
thanks Mike for enriching the community!
Mike's software is capable to digest 25 input channels at once. Together with an able SDR, Simon Brown's software V3, software VAC for setting up
Virtual Audio Cables and 25 instances of PC-HFDL, you can install a real professional monitoring station. It will also disclose those aircraft,
deliberately suppressed by commercial web services (which, in turn, have many other advantages/you have to use both in parallel).
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To fill in the software references;
PC-HFDL can be had from this Yahoo group: Yahoo! Groups
Simon Brown's VAC software: (version 3 is for XP support, but here's a later version
Virtual Audio Cable - connect audio applications, route and mix sounds
Mike
Hi - HFDL is the biggest HF network worldwide. Monitoring one active channel, you will easily get >10.000 messages in 24 hours by >1.000
individual aircraft. If you are decoding multitude channels in parallel, you will get >50.000
messages per day.
To keep an overview, Mike Simpson has developed a smart tool called "Display Launcher" with sub-tools to organize HFDL messages from e.g.
PC-HFDL decoder. This combination worked flawlessly in all important regions of the world - but showed some glitches on PCs which localized operating system (W10) uses a different notation of the decimal separator (e.g. the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Italy, Germany ...) and the use of the "stop" character
in UK/USA.
Just this weekend, Mike has re-written parts of his indispensable tool which takes care of the European sensibilities (where, however, the
BREXIT had already worked for the UK ...). You can download it for free at: Downloads - Mike's Utility Programs
(bottom of the page)
First experiences this Sunday morning were very encouraging: no nagging windows at start, no "looping through" of just one message so far -
thanks Mike for enriching the community!
Mike's software is capable to digest 25 input channels at once. Together with an able SDR, Simon Brown's software V3, software VAC for setting up
Virtual Audio Cables and 25 instances of PC-HFDL, you can install a real professional monitoring station. It will also disclose those aircraft,
deliberately suppressed by commercial web services (which, in turn, have many other advantages/you have to use both in parallel).
===============
To fill in the software references;
PC-HFDL can be had from this Yahoo group: Yahoo! Groups
Simon Brown's VAC software: (version 3 is for XP support, but here's a later version
Virtual Audio Cable - connect audio applications, route and mix sounds Mike
