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Old 27th Jan 2024, 22:14
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ApolloHeli
 
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
Surely a standard encoding altimeter set to the QNH would give the correct altitudes to the Transponder anyway.
Crab, as far as I understand, the raw ADS-B data is pressure altitude (referenced to 1013.25hPa) [in accordance with ICAO Annex 10 Vol IV. 3.1.1.7.12.2.4]. For an amateur receiver simply listening for the ADS-B data and feeding this into a website, there is no correction and to determine the actual altitude AMSL, a correction will need to be applied corresponding to the QNH that day.
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