How to use ADS-B traffic when flying with a portable Sentry receiver (video tip)
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Portable ADS-B receivers provide subscription-free weather and traffic information to pilots, displayed on mobile devices like iPad or iPhones. Here we’ll take a look at how to use the traffic display and alerting features when flying with a Sentry portable ADS-B receiver and ForeFlight.
Bret is a senior vice president at Sporty's and senior flight instructor for Sporty's Academy. In addition to Bret's teaching responsibilities, Bret leads Sporty's video production and app development team and serves as editor of iPad Pilot News. As an airline transport pilot, Bret is a senior captain in Sporty's corporate flight department.
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I have a Sentry receiver, but it will not show the warnings in relation to other traffic. I understood in the past that is was due to using a sentry, and that somehow did not make it possible. Did this change, or is it a setting? I have ownship turned on.
thanks