Why does flightaware front map show less traffic than flight radar,

FlightAware General
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hi am new to flight aware and have added my beacon to the system and share my data which is working fine.
but wondered why the general map does not show as much general traffic than the heavy stuff and as far as I can see it does not show helicopter or small private planes where flight radar 24 does so, if anyone can help with an explanation it would help my puzzled self thanks in advance.
Derek

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Heavy traffic or Commercial aircraft are required by law to have an Adsb fitted by 2020, where as light aircraft below 10000ft are not (loose interpretation of the law). Helicopters and GA aircraft usually fit into this category hence why you will not see most of that traffic. FR24 may be showing aircraft they have from other sources i.e. MLAT or actual radar (supplied by some towers)

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Make sure you have enabled “position-only flights” in your FlightAware account settings. https://flightaware.com/about/faq#adhoc

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if your are comparing PiAware Skyview to the main FlightAware site you will see objects, such as helicopters or biz/private jets on Skyview that you won’t see on the main FlightAware site if the owner of the aircraft has requested it be blocked/not tracked by the public. so, your ADS-B/MLAT receiver will receive the signal and pass it on to FlightAware but FlightAware will not display if there is a “do not track” request. (FlightAware staff, pls advise if this is incorrect)

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hello, Thank you erriccarlson for your suggestion, I made the alteration, and will see if it helps me, I am enjoying live sky-view, as I an just short of Scotland an west of the English lake district.
Regards.
Derek

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The default is to NOT show planes that haven’t filed a schedule. This is the main reason helicopters and smaller GA planes do not show up on the FlightAware.com/live live map by default. You need to turn on “position only” to see these planes.

There is a FAA block list and these planes are blocked.

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david, thank you very much.

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thank you for your reply and it has helped me, I now I wondered if you can help me with a problem,I had to redo my sd card, and now have two site numbers so am unsure on how this will effect me and how I can amend my site number.
my site number was SITE 83695 – EGNC – G1GDB BOTHEL VILLAGE
But access the new site number, i did claim the feed so am now struggling with what will happen, my mlat is now not showing as I have the wrong site numbers on my user page.
thanks from a newbie wanting to learn…
Derek

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You have to put your old feeder id in the piaware-config.txt, which is in the partition you can access when you plug your sdcard into A PC.

Just search for feeder id in this forum, @abcd567 has written many useful tutorials, or check the FAQ on FlightAware.com

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many thanks for your post it helped me greatly. I am now up and running with my second new feed and logging into that one.
I am now able to access my node using Putty which is a great help.
Regards
Derek G1GDB

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thank you for your Reply, my set is now running ok, and I have just set up the pi so I now access it using putty.
73
Derek
G1gdb