Sometimes I exist in the confluence of radio, data modes and OSINT.
Here's a small write-up on tanker operations out of MacDill AFB and over the Caribbean today.
#Venezuela #USAF #OSINT #ADSB #VDL2 #AvGeek
open.substack.com/pub/rastrean...
Here's a small write-up on tanker operations out of MacDill AFB and over the Caribbean today.
#Venezuela #USAF #OSINT #ADSB #VDL2 #AvGeek
open.substack.com/pub/rastrean...
K35R operations over the Caribbean
Busy day for aerial refueling
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Sometimes I exist in the confluence of radio, data modes and OSINT.
Here's a small write-up on tanker operations out of MacDill AFB and over the Caribbean today.
#Venezuela #USAF #OSINT #ADSB #VDL2 #AvGeek
open.substack.com/pub/rastrean...
Here's a small write-up on tanker operations out of MacDill AFB and over the Caribbean today.
#Venezuela #USAF #OSINT #ADSB #VDL2 #AvGeek
open.substack.com/pub/rastrean...
📶 WG-92 #VDL2 met with #RTCA SC-222 and #SAE AEEC at @eurocontrol.bsky.social premises in Brussels to progress their work programme. Great discussions as they move forward with their standardisation efforts.
September 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
📶 WG-92 #VDL2 met with #RTCA SC-222 and #SAE AEEC at @eurocontrol.bsky.social premises in Brussels to progress their work programme. Great discussions as they move forward with their standardisation efforts.
Are they still using ACARS, VDL2 or HFDL?
September 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Are they still using ACARS, VDL2 or HFDL?
VdL2 might very well be the most anti-EU Commission ever, and with Barroso having been a President of the Commission, that was a hard task.
Von der Leyen's Commission will allow selling north american vehicles in the E.U. market, including oversized, under-regulated pick-up trucks and SUVs that were forbidden until now.
etsc.eu/etsc-mutual-...
The Commission is "pursuing the most radical deregulation agenda in EU history:
etsc.eu/etsc-mutual-...
The Commission is "pursuing the most radical deregulation agenda in EU history:
August 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
VdL2 might very well be the most anti-EU Commission ever, and with Barroso having been a President of the Commission, that was a hard task.
VdL2 è più a destra perché le persone hanno votato di più la destra alle Europee r quasi tutti i 27 governi sono di destra o estrema destra, per me è ok votarla se c'è un compromesso ma sta andando proprio nella direzione inversa e non ha senso votare la fiducia se lo si pensa...
July 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
VdL2 è più a destra perché le persone hanno votato di più la destra alle Europee r quasi tutti i 27 governi sono di destra o estrema destra, per me è ok votarla se c'è un compromesso ma sta andando proprio nella direzione inversa e non ha senso votare la fiducia se lo si pensa...
Il problema temo sia, come diceva Luca, l'equilibrio fragile e che punta a destra sul quale è stato costruito il vdl2. É terribile, ma l'alternativa qual era? Credo sarebbe stato peggio.
July 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Il problema temo sia, come diceva Luca, l'equilibrio fragile e che punta a destra sul quale è stato costruito il vdl2. É terribile, ma l'alternativa qual era? Credo sarebbe stato peggio.
L'unico problema vero é che é impossibile sfiduciarla. Altrimenti va fatto. É umiliante per l'unione europea ed é la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso.
C'yuna differenza abissale tra il vdl1 e vdl2. Ora siamo quasi peggio di Barroso
C'yuna differenza abissale tra il vdl1 e vdl2. Ora siamo quasi peggio di Barroso
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
L'unico problema vero é che é impossibile sfiduciarla. Altrimenti va fatto. É umiliante per l'unione europea ed é la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso.
C'yuna differenza abissale tra il vdl1 e vdl2. Ora siamo quasi peggio di Barroso
C'yuna differenza abissale tra il vdl1 e vdl2. Ora siamo quasi peggio di Barroso
Cannot stress how ridiculous it is for VDL2 to be unpicking rules agreed only last year by VDL1. And to do so at this pace.
It makes a mockery of proper decision-making, let alone Commission’s own so-called ‘better regulation’ approach. And of course it is happening across board, on many issues.
It makes a mockery of proper decision-making, let alone Commission’s own so-called ‘better regulation’ approach. And of course it is happening across board, on many issues.
May 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Cannot stress how ridiculous it is for VDL2 to be unpicking rules agreed only last year by VDL1. And to do so at this pace.
It makes a mockery of proper decision-making, let alone Commission’s own so-called ‘better regulation’ approach. And of course it is happening across board, on many issues.
It makes a mockery of proper decision-making, let alone Commission’s own so-called ‘better regulation’ approach. And of course it is happening across board, on many issues.
We are nowhere close to the dramatic situation in the USA.
That said, the words "health equity" & "health disparity" are totally absent from all key EU health policy documents under VDL2.
Banning words is dangerous, not using them might have a similar effect...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
That said, the words "health equity" & "health disparity" are totally absent from all key EU health policy documents under VDL2.
Banning words is dangerous, not using them might have a similar effect...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
The peekaboo of the Trump regime. Our concerns about the dismantling of public health
www.bmj.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We are nowhere close to the dramatic situation in the USA.
That said, the words "health equity" & "health disparity" are totally absent from all key EU health policy documents under VDL2.
Banning words is dangerous, not using them might have a similar effect...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
That said, the words "health equity" & "health disparity" are totally absent from all key EU health policy documents under VDL2.
Banning words is dangerous, not using them might have a similar effect...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
I connected my acars/vdl2 receivers to an old omnidirectional FM aerial on the chimney using a multicoupler to see if I got more @acarsdrama vs aerials sitting on the windowsill.
In the past couple of hours they've received more messages vs the whole of last Sat so it looks to be working […]
In the past couple of hours they've received more messages vs the whole of last Sat so it looks to be working […]
Original post on widget.uk
widget.uk
March 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I connected my acars/vdl2 receivers to an old omnidirectional FM aerial on the chimney using a multicoupler to see if I got more @acarsdrama vs aerials sitting on the windowsill.
In the past couple of hours they've received more messages vs the whole of last Sat so it looks to be working […]
In the past couple of hours they've received more messages vs the whole of last Sat so it looks to be working […]
Trump was technically elected by 312 voters, not 77,3M.
Kallas, as part of the VdL2 slate, was elected by 370 votes.
Kallas, as part of the VdL2 slate, was elected by 370 votes.
February 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Trump was technically elected by 312 voters, not 77,3M.
Kallas, as part of the VdL2 slate, was elected by 370 votes.
Kallas, as part of the VdL2 slate, was elected by 370 votes.
I couldn't check properly last night. The data is VDL2, and the best decoding software is:
github.com/szpajder/dum...
For that program, the recommended frequencies are:
--centerfreq 136675000 136725000 136775000 136825000 136875000 136975000
I'm using an RTL-SDR.COM v3.
Cheers,
David
github.com/szpajder/dum...
For that program, the recommended frequencies are:
--centerfreq 136675000 136725000 136775000 136825000 136875000 136975000
I'm using an RTL-SDR.COM v3.
Cheers,
David
GitHub - szpajder/dumpvdl2: VDL Mode 2 message decoder and protocol analyzer
VDL Mode 2 message decoder and protocol analyzer. Contribute to szpajder/dumpvdl2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I couldn't check properly last night. The data is VDL2, and the best decoding software is:
github.com/szpajder/dum...
For that program, the recommended frequencies are:
--centerfreq 136675000 136725000 136775000 136825000 136875000 136975000
I'm using an RTL-SDR.COM v3.
Cheers,
David
github.com/szpajder/dum...
For that program, the recommended frequencies are:
--centerfreq 136675000 136725000 136775000 136825000 136875000 136975000
I'm using an RTL-SDR.COM v3.
Cheers,
David
VDL2, my googling tell me
January 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
VDL2, my googling tell me
I generally work 7am to 7pm, get home and then work from 9pm to 1130 most nights.
No idea why it's all failed, but came home to disco lights on the r-Pi's.
Managed to get my main adsb rig up and my acars/vdl2 rig.
My effing #Iridium acars rig joined in also.
No idea why it's all failed, but came home to disco lights on the r-Pi's.
Managed to get my main adsb rig up and my acars/vdl2 rig.
My effing #Iridium acars rig joined in also.
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I generally work 7am to 7pm, get home and then work from 9pm to 1130 most nights.
No idea why it's all failed, but came home to disco lights on the r-Pi's.
Managed to get my main adsb rig up and my acars/vdl2 rig.
My effing #Iridium acars rig joined in also.
No idea why it's all failed, but came home to disco lights on the r-Pi's.
Managed to get my main adsb rig up and my acars/vdl2 rig.
My effing #Iridium acars rig joined in also.
Argh.
So damn busy at work I've barely any time to do anything non-work related.
So even more annoyed that my Pi cluster suddenly developed power supply issues, knocked all my #ADSB #VDL2 and #ACARS rigs offline and (probably) fried the image on one of the cards.
When the hell do I fix that?
So damn busy at work I've barely any time to do anything non-work related.
So even more annoyed that my Pi cluster suddenly developed power supply issues, knocked all my #ADSB #VDL2 and #ACARS rigs offline and (probably) fried the image on one of the cards.
When the hell do I fix that?
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Nu det nu, at Kommissionen skal ud af starthullerne - læs vores oversigt over, hvad der skal ske de første 💯 dage 👇
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social
#eudk #VdL2
thinkeuropa.dk/brief/2024-1...
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social
#eudk #VdL2
thinkeuropa.dk/brief/2024-1...
Ud af starthullerne: Kommissionens første 100 dage
Den 1. december tiltrådte EU’s nye hold af kommissærer. Tænketanken EUROPA bringer her et overblik over de vigtigste tiltag planlagt i de første 100 dage af Ursula von der Leyens Kommission 2.0.
thinkeuropa.dk
December 5, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Nu det nu, at Kommissionen skal ud af starthullerne - læs vores oversigt over, hvad der skal ske de første 💯 dage 👇
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social
#eudk #VdL2
thinkeuropa.dk/brief/2024-1...
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social
#eudk #VdL2
thinkeuropa.dk/brief/2024-1...
I’m still buzzing from that all time Premier League classic last night at the Cathedral on the Hill, but I found the energy to post this piece on promoting trade and investment in NE England on the back of the NEMCA’s corp plan & the vdl2 EU Commission approval.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
From the world to the North East, and back
After Brexit UK regions will have to promote themselves with in build disadvantages, but it isn't impossible to attract investment with ambition backed by a coherent strategy.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:25 AM
I’m still buzzing from that all time Premier League classic last night at the Cathedral on the Hill, but I found the energy to post this piece on promoting trade and investment in NE England on the back of the NEMCA’s corp plan & the vdl2 EU Commission approval.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
First Bluesky post today as I engage @politico.eu #Brussels event #sustainablefutureweek listening in on first green files and focus from #Vdl2 @eucommission.bsky.social with comments from MEP @saramatthieu.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 9:49 AM
First Bluesky post today as I engage @politico.eu #Brussels event #sustainablefutureweek listening in on first green files and focus from #Vdl2 @eucommission.bsky.social with comments from MEP @saramatthieu.bsky.social
Here's @Politico.eu's verdict on Von der Leyen 1
VD's biggest contribution was her centralized decision-making helped Europe react quickly to crises.
Also some unexpected over-performers like Kyriakides 🇨🇾 (health) or Hoekstra 🇳🇱 (climate)
Bring on VDL2!
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
VD's biggest contribution was her centralized decision-making helped Europe react quickly to crises.
Also some unexpected over-performers like Kyriakides 🇨🇾 (health) or Hoekstra 🇳🇱 (climate)
Bring on VDL2!
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Von der Leyen’s first Commission: The final verdict
Who’s at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.
www.politico.eu
November 29, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Here's @Politico.eu's verdict on Von der Leyen 1
VD's biggest contribution was her centralized decision-making helped Europe react quickly to crises.
Also some unexpected over-performers like Kyriakides 🇨🇾 (health) or Hoekstra 🇳🇱 (climate)
Bring on VDL2!
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
VD's biggest contribution was her centralized decision-making helped Europe react quickly to crises.
Also some unexpected over-performers like Kyriakides 🇨🇾 (health) or Hoekstra 🇳🇱 (climate)
Bring on VDL2!
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
VDL2, la nuova commistione europea
November 28, 2024 at 5:38 AM
VDL2, la nuova commistione europea
Habemus nouvelle Commission européenne (avec une majorité rickrack comme j'avais expliqué plus tôt)
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Habemus nouvelle Commission européenne (avec une majorité rickrack comme j'avais expliqué plus tôt)
The approval of #VdL2 is characterized by a strange mix of a historically smooth process AND a historically low support in #EP
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social #eudk
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social #eudk
November 27, 2024 at 12:43 PM
The approval of #VdL2 is characterized by a strange mix of a historically smooth process AND a historically low support in #EP
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social #eudk
@thinktankeuropa.bsky.social #eudk
Interesting graphic on the EP vote on the VdL2 Commission. Much smaller majority at the start than previous Commissions, and I expect the “VdL2.0 coalition” to erode quickly. (Nb. Will try to look at the RCV breakdown later):
November 27, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Interesting graphic on the EP vote on the VdL2 Commission. Much smaller majority at the start than previous Commissions, and I expect the “VdL2.0 coalition” to erode quickly. (Nb. Will try to look at the RCV breakdown later):
European Union is at crossroads:
•No active government in Germany & France, post-European in Italy & Netherlands, anti-European in Hungary & Slovakia.
•At EU Parliament, dominant EPP with 188 seats looks at radical rights 162 seats as alternative to Left+Greens.
•Commission vdL2 not flying yet.
🙃🇪🇺🙃
•No active government in Germany & France, post-European in Italy & Netherlands, anti-European in Hungary & Slovakia.
•At EU Parliament, dominant EPP with 188 seats looks at radical rights 162 seats as alternative to Left+Greens.
•Commission vdL2 not flying yet.
🙃🇪🇺🙃
November 24, 2024 at 9:53 AM
European Union is at crossroads:
•No active government in Germany & France, post-European in Italy & Netherlands, anti-European in Hungary & Slovakia.
•At EU Parliament, dominant EPP with 188 seats looks at radical rights 162 seats as alternative to Left+Greens.
•Commission vdL2 not flying yet.
🙃🇪🇺🙃
•No active government in Germany & France, post-European in Italy & Netherlands, anti-European in Hungary & Slovakia.
•At EU Parliament, dominant EPP with 188 seats looks at radical rights 162 seats as alternative to Left+Greens.
•Commission vdL2 not flying yet.
🙃🇪🇺🙃