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Got back in the air again over this summer and fall, IPC, etc., after about 2-3 years of little-to-no flying. . .never really paid much attention to ADS-B traffic back then - I was in the DC FRZ and SFRA so much of the time and our airplane was lacking ADS-B in anyway. . .

I'm in coastal NC now, with a lot of traffic and crowded airspace, lot of guys squeezing around MOAs and Restricted areas. Not a lot diffrent than metro DC. . .

So, getting my feet wet in the system again I've noticed that often ADS-B in targets "jump" - like a couple miles, almost instantly. At least once I've eyeballed an airplane that I thought was "missing" on the display, only to see the display suddenly "catch up".

WTF? Software processing delays? latency? Not hitting a tower? An "add on" Skybeacon thingy not getting interrogated and triggering a response? Some shortcoming in my boxes?
 
not really sure what u mean but depending on what you're viewing adsb on, there could be settings of what traffic you want to see.....ie maybe you don't want to see traffic that's 20k' above you or 3k' below you. with these settings, a plane may not show up that's 3001' below u but if that drops to <3k' it'll just pop up "out of nowhere". otherwise, I personally don't notice any "jumping around" of traffic.
 
It's not often, or at least not constant - but I'll see a target, notice it's more or less at a constant altitude relative to me, then it'll suddenly "jump" along its path.
 
That is unusual - have never seen that.

What is your ADSB In source? It sounds as if you’re using the internet version vs a transponder or Stratus.
 
I’m using foreflight and stratus ,havnt had any problems .
FF and Stratus, as well. It' not a problem for me, or all that frequent. But I'm guessing I miss noticing it sometimes, as well. Not a big deal - ADS-B in is still kinda kludgy, maybe more an aid than something to rely on. Maybe if the circle gets "closed" someday and the non ADS-B aircraft that ATC radar can see gets uplinked to us it'll be more useful.
 
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