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withinboredom on July 17, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE app...

If you're anywhere within ~150km of an airport with radar, you will likely get hits on certain days (due to atmospheric lensing).

kccqzy on July 17, 2023 | [–]

Not just any airport but only airports with TDWR.

(There are none on the west coast: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_TDWR.svg)

And then more rarely, certain military airports.

haswell on July 17, 2023 | [–]

I’m in Chicago under an approach path to O’Hare, and Midway airport is within that range as well.

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