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Chartfox is a pretty good resource for free worldwide charts.
Otherwise Naivgraph is great and costs about 2 coffees per month!
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Hi everyone.
Another movement in the staff team that can be formally announced. Ryan McDonald has been appointed the Interim Director of Operations - he has some big shoes to fill thanks to the hard work of previous director, Harrison Scott.
Ryan will serve in this role for a period of up to 6 months until a suitable, permanent replacement can be appointed.
I look forward to seeing Ryan's contribution to the community in the coming months. Please congratulate him, when you next see him online.
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Hi all,
It has been filtered down from above, that the VATSIM Community Discord is ready for testing by division staff ONLY.
Click this link to sign up: https://community-dev.vatsim.net/
QuotePlease tell them that this server is confidential and the link is not to be shared with anyone outside their division staff.
Join at your own peril...!
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Hi everyone.
We aren't wasting any time here - let's get straight to business.
I am pleased to announce that Josh Micallef, a well known and active member of our community, has been appointed to the role of Director of Events. His application was outstanding and he showed a clear vision for the events department, regarding the next 6 months and beyond. The selection panel was very impressed by his presentation and the decision was unanimous.
I am excited to see what positive benefits his work will have on our community engagement and enjoyment.
Please congratulate Josh next time you see him online.
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Some more positive feedback for some of our VATPAC controllers, which is nice to see in the email inbox.
QuoteYesterday while flying out of YPPH (Perth) I was handled by Mackenzie from Brisbane (1370299). He was very professional and was able to handle a heavy workload. He had great phraseology and was friendly and happy to help newbies to the network. Anyone else on frequency at that time would also agree. I am looking forward to flying in his airspace again.
QuotePlease pass on my thanks to James. A fun afternoon of tripping about from YMAY. Friendly and positive and helpful with everyone. Good one James!
QuoteSean it (sic) an awesome controller on APP every time he controlled deftenily (sic) my favourite app controller, Great work controlling traffic in VATPAC airspace, Sean he is an awesone controller Keep it up Sean!
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Thanks Greg.
I'm sure those that missed the meeting will appreciate the clarity.
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Are you using Swift, Alan? Swift documentation can be a bit confusing but there are some great tutorials out there on youtube.
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Yes @Sean McCormack. Thanks to you and @Steve Marion for your help!
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Testing the new fully-AFV-integrated alpha build this evening...
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Yes, the forums were broken until we fixed it this morning.
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Fascinating thread.
Are we discussing if the AIP Book isn't a legally binding document or whether NAPs are legally binding?
The AIP references Noise Abatement Legislation throughout (https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00285)
Further...
QuoteAIP ENR 1.5
9.1.4 Aircraft operating outside tower hours of operation (at locations which do not have continuous tower services) must comply with relevant noise abatement procedures only where they do not conflict with circuit direction requirements detailed in the ERSA entry for that location.
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QuoteAIP GEN 0.1
4.5 The rules of the air and ATC procedures are, to the extent practicable, incorporated into the main text of the AIP Book inplain language. Where the subject matter of AIP is related to regulations and orders, the relevant Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs), Civil Aviation Orders (CAOs), Air Services Regulations (ASRs) and Air Navigation Regulations (ANRs) may be cited.
4.6 Throughout the AIP the term “should” implies that all users are encouraged to conform with the applicable procedure. The verbs “must” and “shall” are synonymous and mean that the applicable procedure is mandatory and supported by regulations or orders. The word “must” is preferred over “shall” and is used almost exclusively throughout the AIP Book.
Hope that helps!
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In IT, as one problem is solved another is often created.
It's unfortunate, but we're all working VERY hard right now and appreciate everybody's patience.
The amount of traffic on the network is unprecedented right now. We're anticipating CTP type traffic this weekend and working hard to ensure the systems can stand up.
Unfortunately, broken controller information on the datafeed used by external clients isn't a priority at the moment. As William said, frequency hopping happens regularly in the real world - some days you get certain centers, other days you don't.
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Correct.
However, on VATSIM we'll have people messaging each other saying:
22Quote"hey you didn't make any UNICOM broadcast and cut me off on the runway"
"Uhh i'm on the CTAF frequency 120.5"
"Well i'm on 122.8 as per the CoC"
And as we know, sometimes VATSIM pilots can be less-than-courteous at times
A great solution as mentioned by others, 122.8 in COMM2 and ERSA CTAF in COMM1. The only downside is that you won't be able to hear the difference between "traffic melbourne..." on COMM1 and "traffic melbourne..." on COMM2 without having the window open at all times.
122.8 at all times is safest (for now...)
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11On 10/1/2019 at 9:10 PM, Callum Strawbridge said:
Correct. There will be no transceivers for CTAF at this point. We may in the future bring this in for airports with CTAF to give them additional range (in line with RW airports) however, we can't do this until CTAF is officially supported. For the meantime, tuning a frequency will suffice.
The AFRU only transmits as a response to a radio call on the frequency (as per Richards link) and the transmission strength is usually limited to 30NM. Unfortunately, this doesn't always work and you'll often find yourself transmitting on 126.7 and getting greeted by 4 different nearby AFRU's
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The client was certainly a learning curve. A lot more keyboard shortcuts to remember, things in new places, new ways to move around the scope and interact with aircraft, etc.
It's actually quite a lot different from Euroscope + TAAATSmod, which just goes to show that TAAATSmod only scraped the surface of it's real-world counterpart. vatSys is much more of an in-depth simulation.
This learning curve is why documentation is an important element of this beta phase.
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A great decision to limit the cross-coupling to CTR frequencies for starters.
Well done team.
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Which airports have transceivers that re-broadcast CTAFtransmissions and extend range? That's not what an AFRU does..
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Daniel,
At this stage, I would encourage you (and everyone else) to use 122.8 for all UNICOM/CTAF operations.
Because 122.8 is (at this stage) the only published/designated UNICOM frequency, you can't be sure every pilot would be on a specific Australian CTAF (from the ERSA) if you were tuned to that, especially international pilots.
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I did nothing apart from testing. All thanks to Jake's hard work
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Hi Everyone.
I'm excited to say that @Jake Saw has asked me to gather some controllers to conduct beta testing for the new ATC client he has been working on for the last few years.
The client accurately simulates all aspects of TAAATS just like the controllers use in the real world and I have thoroughly enjoyed the learning curve when using it....
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We need your help to:
- Identify bugs and errors with the program;
- Write user documentation;
- Provide feedback on user-friendliness, etc.
We would like you to have:
- Any level of controller rating (S2, S3, C1, C3, etc);
- Any level of experience & knowledge (no time online requirements);
- Proficient in Microsoft word, documentation writing;
- Willingness to learn accurate real-world procedures and techniques implemented by the program.
It would be great if you:
- Can code in .NET // C#; or
- Can make graphics and instructional images; or
- Can make instructional videos.
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Are you interested? Send me an email and provide me with an overview of how you meet the above requirements.
[email protected]I will acknowledge your email, but you should expect to hear of your success in late October. We are looking for 5-10 people with varying levels of experience.
Thanks everyone. Lot's of exciting things happening at the moment with VATSIM technology so gather your friends and poke those who have been away for a while, get them back into it!
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Sorry - When did this happen? When you say servers, do you mean an individual server or all of the networks 'servers'?
The VATSIM network can support 1500+ simultaneous users (as seen every 6 months with Cross the Pond).
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FSD does not have a 500 member limit.
I'm 95% sure that the current voice codec was written in the 21st Century. VATSIM was text-only before voice.
Also, the last update to FSD that we made was 5 months (not that long) ago.
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Hello from VATSIM Tech.We've just provisioned a brand-new Australia server. Within the next 24 hours, the existing "AUSTRALIA" server will go offline.Please ensure your clients are up-to-date and using the latest server file to switch to the new server called "SYD-1".This is part of the preparations for launching the new VATSIM voice infrastructure
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Landing lights are good when approaching a busy airport (CTAF or Towered) as it helps other pilots (and ATC) to see you, also good on an overcast day when there's no sun making it harder for others to see you.
There's no point in burning the globes if you don't have to (unless you're lucky enough to have those nice new LED lights.)
Further, most SOPs I've seen have Full Pump and Landing Light off at 500FT and both stay off until downwind on approach to land (if needed, as above).
17AUG | Daniel Smith
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Well done Daniel on some consecutive positive feedback! Keep it up