About Vulcan Radar
Vulcan Radar is a desktop aircraft radar, hand-made in Cornwall by qualified technicians and supported from Poole. It has a 5-inch colour display, a tactile range control, and live aircraft on your desk — built by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, with no monthly subscription.
Who makes Vulcan Radar
Vulcan Radar is a trading name of South West Design Studio Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. The units are hand-made in Cornwall by qualified technicians. We design the hardware, firmware, and live feed together, and we sell and support the product from our business address in Poole, on the south coast of England.
It is a small UK hardware company, not a software subscription. You buy the unit once. Support, warranty, returns, and the live cloud feed are handled by the same company. UK shipping is offered as shown when you order on this website.
What Vulcan Radar is
Vulcan Radar is a purpose-built desktop aircraft radar. It shows nearby aircraft on a classic radar-style view, with range from 10 to 200 nautical miles, an illuminated power button, and a phosphor-green presentation inspired by traditional aviation instruments.
Set-up stays on the device: USB-C power, Wi‑Fi, and a UK postcode or worldwide coordinates. Tap a track to read callsign, airline, altitude, speed, heading, registration, and route. It is for personal awareness and enjoyment — never for navigation or air traffic control.
How we work
Hardware, firmware, and the Vulcan Radar cloud feed are developed together so the desk unit feels like one instrument rather than a tablet running a website. Languages, range control, and display modes are chosen for people who actually watch aeroplanes, not for a generic gadget catalogue.
If you need help, the Support page and the address on every Vulcan Desktop Radar box point to the same UK company. We would rather answer a setup question than hide behind a ticket mill.