Upgrading an Existing OGN Ground Station to Rebroadcast Glider Locations on 869.5MHz.
December 2019.
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Introduction
Why should you upgrade an existing OGN Ground station to Rebroadcast Glider Locations
on 869.5MHz? When upgraded the Ground Station is termed an OGN-R Station. -R signifying
data rebroadcast
In upgrading to OGN-R you will be helping the gliding and General Aviation Communities
(Foot-launched, Gliding, Microlights and Powered Aircraft) in Europe and the UK to improve
the interoperability of the various Electronic Conspicuity systems available today. These are
ADSB, FLARM, PilotAware, Mode- S and Mode-C. By installing an OGN-R station at your
location (Club or House) you will be contributing to the ground network that will assist the
interoperability between systems by up-linking situational awareness data to PilotAware
equipped aircraft.
In addition as part of the installation you will get a real time, on site Virtual RADAR station
that can be displayed on a computer, monitor or TV screen. This will via the OGN-R upgrade
show all GA aircraft equipped with Flarm, PilotAware and ADSB in real time and also Mode-S
equipped
aircraft with a small MLAT† delay. †Note this is currently operational in the UK
where we have sufficient MLAT data available from 360RADAR. In mainland Europe we are
growing the capability.
We don’t expect you to do it all alone. Whilst stocks last Pilo
tAware will provide you with
the Radio Bridge and software free of charge and will also provide a Pi2B, free of charge, if
you are currently running an earlier model. You will need to provide the rest, as described
in this document, which you can do for less than £150.
An OGN-R ground based station will provide about a 30-40Km area of coverage to help
aviation safety around your site.
You can do everything yourself or we will help.
Interested? Let
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s go!
