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Hak5: Using a Solar Powered Embedded Device with an RTL-SDR to Track Aircraft...
Over on YouTube Hak5, a popular electronics enthusiast channel has uploaded a video showing their project which involves creating a remote solar powered ADS-B receiver with the RTL-SDR. They used a...
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Receiving and Decoding FLARM (Tracking Gliders, Helicopters etc) using the...
Over on our Facebook page, a user has let us know about the Open Glider Network project which makes use of the RTL-SDR dongle to decode FLARM. FLARM is a low cost and low power consumption ADS-B...
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FlightAware Introduces PiAware for use with RTL-SDR and dump1090 on a...
FlightAware is an online service providing real time flight tracking. The flights are primarily tracked by volunteers who run ADS-B decoding hardware which is networked through the internet to the...
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Monitoring Military Aircraft with an RTL-SDR
The military air communications monitoring enthusiasts over at milaircomms.com have been using a system involving RTL-SDRs to monitor military air traffic through ADS-B. While military aircraft...
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Monitoring Military Aircraft with an RTL-SDR Part 2
Last month we posted about monitoring and logging military ADS-B data on milaircomms.com. It turns out that there is another service at www.live-military-mode-s.eu that also does military ADS-B...
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New RTL-SDR ADS-B App for Android
Over on the Google Play store there is a new (released July 2014) RTL-SDR ADS-B Android app available for purchase called “ADS-B Receiver”. This app allows you to with the aid of an RTL-SDR and USB OTG...
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Using dump1090 in Windows
Dump1090 is a command line based ADS-B decoder for the RTL-SDR. It is considered by many to be the best ADS-B decoder for the RTL-SDR available at the moment. Dump1090 is most commonly used in Linux...
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ADS-B Front-End with LNA and SAW Filter for Improved Reception
Japanese blogger and RTL-SDR experimenter ttreftech has had an ADS-B front end kit (In Japanese, use Google Translate) consisting of a low noise amplifier (LNA) and SAW filter available for sale in...
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Visualizing ADS-B Data in 3D using MATLAB
Over on Reddit user JorgeGT has posted an animated 3D visualization of his local ADS-B air traffic data using a MATLAB script he wrote. The script collects data from a dump1090 server. If you have a...
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Hak5: Mobile SDR Apps
On this episode of Hak5, a popular YouTube technology channel, Shannon shows two Android based ADS-B RTL-SDR apps that we have mentioned on this blog previously. One is “ADS-B on USB SDR RTL” and the...
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Recording Video of Passing Aircraft with A Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR
Electronics experimenter Simon Aubury has recently made a write up on his blog about a project he has been working on. His project is the use of a Raspberry Pi with servo mounted video camera and...
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Receiving VOR Radio Navigation with an RTL-SDR and GNU Radio
Over on YouTube user hpux735 has uploaded a video where he explores the feasibility of receiving VOR radio navigation signals using GNU Radio and an RTL-SDR. VOR is an acronym for VHF Omni Directional...
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Decoding Aviation VOR and ILS Signals with RTL-SDR
Previously we’ve posted about how hpux735 (aka William) was able to use an RTL-SDR to decode an aviation VOR navigation signal using GNU Radio and an RTL-SDR. VOR is an acronym for VHF Omni Directional...
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Fingerprinting Aircraft with Aircraft Scatter
Over on a Finnish aircraft spotting forum, one poster OH7HJ has been using the “Aircraft Scatter” technique to fingerprint individual aircraft (in Finnish, use Google Translate to read in English)....
View ArticleDecoding and Plotting VOR Signals with an RTL-SDR: Part 4
Previously we posted about Will’s (aka hpux735) project [1] [2] where he has been using an RTL-SDR dongle to help understand and decode aircraft navigation VOR signals. VOR is an acronym for VHF Omni...
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New ADS-B Decoder for the Airspy Released
Youssef, the main programmer of SDR# and creator of the Airspy software defined radio has just released a beta version of an ADS-B decoder for the Airspy. The software is called “ADSB Spy” and is...
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New ADS-B Mapping and Decoder App for Android from FlightAware
Flightaware.com is a web based online radar service for aircraft. The plane position data is obtained from contributors running ADS-B decoding hardware, such as a special ADS-B receiver box or simply...
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Review of Adam 9A4QV’s Folded Monopole ADS-B Antenna
Recently we bought and tested one of Adam 9A4Qv’s ADS-B folded monopole antennas. This is a well thought out 50 ohm antenna designed for receiving ADS-B signals between 1030 and 1090 MHz. It has an...
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A self contained ADS-B Receiver using a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR
Over on the Raspberry Pi Reddit discussion board user spfoamer has posted about his Raspberry Pi + RTL-SDR based outdoor ADS-B receiver. ADS-B stands for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast and...
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ADSBox: New ADS-B Decoding Software for Linux
Recently Roman, a programmer and reader of RTL-SDR.com wrote in to let us know about his ADSBox software which is a free opensource Linux based ADS-B decoder (page in Russian, use Google Translate)...
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