Setting up Alerts for 'interesting' stuff?

[GlynH]

Question for those of you who use Alerts if I may?

Say for example I want to keep a look-out for the following;

Vulcan XH558
Air Force One
Airbus A380

I guess the Vulcan could be identified by inputting its registration G-VLCN into the Registration tab and the A380 by inputting A380 in the Aircraft tab?

How about Air Force One? Type is VC-25A but where would this go?
Tailcode of 28000 or 29000 maybe?

And how about being alerted to the presence of UK & US Military aircraft picked up locally by my own RB while still being alerted to the A380 worldwide using the network or is the Alerts for Network Flights a 'Global' setting?

Has anyone used the Alert to send an SMS text message instead of an email?

What other 'interesting' aircraft do you keep a specific look-out for and how do you have them entered in the Alert tab?

Thanks & regards,
-=Glyn=-

[tarbat]

I think Alerts are one of the best features of Radarbox.

I use G-VLCN for the Vulcan, and I use A38* for any A380s.  If you can find out either the registration or ModeS code, then use that for the others.  Remember you can use wild-cards (*).

For UK military, use a ModeS code of 43C*.   You won't get many of these over the network, since most don't have ADS-B.  But yes, the "Alert for Network Flights" is for all alerts.

My alerts:
G-SAR* = Search & Rescue aircraft
G-SASA & G-SASB = Our Air Ambulances
G-CG* = Coastguard helicopters
G-CROY = My friends aircraft (no Mode-S yet, but he might fit it)
XH558, G-VLCN
G-FR* = The FR Aviation aircraft used during RAF exercises

A38* = A380s
EUF* = Eurofighter
Squawk = 7500, 7600, 7700

Add anything within 2 miles of my Home.

[malcdee2001]

Hi Glyn

If you enter in the mode-s box AE1*, AE0* and A3C* this will allert you to all US and UK military flights.

Malc

[Allocator]

Question for those of you who use Alerts if I may?

Say for example I want to keep a look-out for the following;

Vulcan XH558
Air Force One
Airbus A380

I guess the Vulcan could be identified by inputting its registration G-VLCN into the Registration tab and the A380 by inputting A380 in the Aircraft tab?

Yes, that's correct.  You could also put the Mode S code in instead of G-VLCN, because until your database autopopulates, it probably won't have the Vulcan aircraft details populated, unless you have already put these in manually.  Also, watch out for aircraft types when putting something like A380 in the alert list.  A38* will cover all A380 variants.  Try putting B747 in compared to B74*

How about Air Force One? Type is VC-25A but where would this go?
Tailcode of 28000 or 29000 maybe?

The way to go here is always going to be the Mode S code.  Look the aircraft up in airframes.org yo get the Mode S

And how about being alerted to the presence of UK & US Military aircraft picked up locally by my own RB while still being alerted to the A380 worldwide using the network or is the Alerts for Network Flights a 'Global' setting?

Easy, put 43C* in the Mode S alert box to be alerted to all Brit Mil aircraft (they won't be in the Network data anyway as they don't give position.  AE0* works for US Mil aircraft, although there are other code blocks too.  As long as you have the Include Network Data box ticked in the Alert setup, then you will get your A380's too

Has anyone used the Alert to send an SMS text message instead of an email?

I guess that you would have to write a routine to do this, as RB doesn't send an SMS message - no idea here I'm afraid.

What other 'interesting' aircraft do you keep a specific look-out for and how do you have them entered in the Alert tab?

Anything else that interests me - vintage jets on the display circuit, Liberty Bell B-17, Atlantic Airlines L188's

[Roadrunner]

For US Mil I use
AE*
ADFD*
ADFE*
ADFF* in the Mode S box and have aircraft starting with each of these codes listed (note the bulk of US Mil use the AE* codes. Using ADF* instead of the 3 others listed picks up some non-mil aircraft)

Regards

Mike

[GlynH]

Interesting replies...keep 'em coming!

Malc, is that a misprint in your post - you mention A3C* which I assume is for UK Military but shouldn't that be 43C* or have I missed something here?

I see G-SPIT is listed along with its Mode-S code of 40230B on www.airframes.org but where is the Lancaster?

I was expecting G-LANC or something?

What about the Red Arrows? Any other display aircraft?

What was the code for the B-17?


My listing so far;

Mode-S     Registration     Description
---------     -------------     -------------
40109F     G-VLCN           XH558  Vulcan
ADFDF8     82-8000         VC-25A Air Force One
ADFDF9     92-9000         VC-25A Air Force One
405AA5     G-HBOB         Air Ambulance - Thames Valley
404444     G-WNAA         Air Ambulance - Warwickshire & Northamptonshire
404070     G-CHSU          Police Helicoptor - Thames Valley
404715     G-CPSH          Police Helicoptor - Thames Valley
4010AC     G-EMID          Police Helicoptor - East Midlands
40230B     G-SPIT           Spitfire
43C*                              UK Military
AE0*                              US Military
AE1*                              US Military


Just seen your post Roadrunner - might have to refine my US Military listing a bit further...

Thanks & regards,
-=Glyn=-

[malcdee2001]

Yes Glyn it is a mistake, very sorry if it confused anybody.
Malc

[GlynH]

Hey no worries Malc,

It's just that as a newbie I am easily confused! :-)

Again as a beginner a nice feature for me would be to have a 3rd 'Description' field adjacent to the Mode-S and Registration fields similar to that shown in my previous post so I can tell at a glance what Mode-S & Registration details pertain to which aircraft.

As I said I am a beginner and it may be that when I become a work-hardened user like you lot I will know off-by-heart what callsign is for what aircraft but until then...

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

[tarbat]

Also worth noting that not all UK military is in the 43C* range.  For example, the Grob Trainers used by the RAF have ModeS codes like 400ED1:

[Roadrunner]

What was the code for the B-17?

Glyn

The Hex for the B17 N390TH was A4847A

Mike

[Allocator]

Also worth noting that not all UK military is in the 43C* range.  For example, the Grob Trainers used by the RAF have ModeS codes like 400ED1:

Ah, but these Grob trainers do not belong to the military.  There are "COMO" aircraft - Civilian Owned, Military Operated.

However, so are the Bell Griffin helicopters at Shawbury, and at least 2 of these have Mode S codes in the 43C* range, so no logic there than!