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[leilanidude]

I think some of the confusion is that Ino initially said he was setting up a "radar ground station". It isn't radar in any form. It is simply a radio receiver that captures all of the ADS-B signals within its range and the software processes that into how many flights and reported positions that it sees. It will most certainly pick up all of the normal commercial flights in/out of Hilo, even if they are not anywhere near his B and B on S Kulani Rd.

The other issue is that the tour helicopters do not need to have ADS-B installed until 2020, so unless a couple have added it already, Ino won't be getting any flight data from them anyway.

I think the device and the software are interesting overall though.