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Collecting private flight data on the World Economic Forum Atendees with an...
Every year politicians and business men meet at the “World Economic Forum” in the small mountain town of Davos, Switzerland to discuss various topics and create business deals. This year Quartz, an...
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FlightBox: Commercial RTL-SDR Based ADS-B (1090ES & 978UAT) Receiver for Pilots
For some time now, small aircraft pilots who don’t have access to expensive ~$1000+ ADS-B gear have been successfully using an RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi combination to receive ADS-B and UAT to display...
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Review: FlightAware 1090 MHz ADS-B Antenna and Filter
In this post we will review the FlightAware ADS-B Antenna and their 1090 MHz band pass filter. The FlightAware ADS-B antenna is a collinear type antenna, with 5.5 dBi of gain, a rugged weatherproof...
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ADS-B Decoder for the SDRplay RSP Now Available
A new ADS-B decoder for the SDRplay RSP has recently been released by the SDRplay programmers. The SDRplay is a $149 USD software defined radio with a 0.1 – 2000 MHz range, 12-bit ADC and up to 8 MHz...
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FlightAware ProStick: A new ADS-B optimized RTL-SDR with built in LNA
The FlightAware team have today announced the release of the “ProStick”, an RTL-SDR dongle that they write has been modified for improved ADS-B reception. The new FlightAware RTL-SDR’s main defining...
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Comparing ADS-B Reception with the RTL-SDR, Airspy and Beast Receivers
Over on satsignal.eu the author has set up a page showing live statistics of his ADS-B reception for the RTL-SDR and Airspy software defined radios, and also for the Beast ADS-B receiver. The Airspy is...
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RTLSDR4Everyone: ADS-B with an LNA and more Comparisons
Over on the RTLSDR4Everyone blog author Akos has uploaded two new posts. In the first post he discusses his opinion on the recently announced FlightAware ADS-B Optimized ProStick, which is an RTL-SDR...
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Recent Updates to the JAERO L-Band and C-Band AERO Decoder
JAERO is a program by Jonti that was released late last year which allows us to use a SDR such as an RTL-SDR to receive L-band and C-Band AERO messages. AERO is essentially the satellite based version...
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Review: FlightAware ADS-B RTL-SDR + LNA Positioning
Recently FlightAware released a new RTL-SDR dongle sold at zero profit at $16.95 USD. It’s main feature is that it comes with an ADS-B optimized low noise amplifier (LNA) built directly into the...
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RTLSDR4Everyone: ADS-B Bias-T Filter and External amplification
Akos from the RTLSDR4Everyone blog has recently come out with a new post where he explains how to get the best ADS-B reception with an LNA and filter. In his experiments he uses an LNA4ALL low noise...
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A new RTL-SDR based Portable ADS-B Kit for Pilots is on Kickstarter
Back in March we posted about the FlightBox, a portable RTL-SDR ADS-B 1090ES and 978UAT receiver built for use by pilots in small aircraft. 1090ES provides ADS-B which allows a pilot to see on a map...
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SDRplay Updates: Android Support, ADS-B Decoder Upgrades and Acquisition of...
The SDRplay team have been hard at work during the last few weeks. First they announced beta support for Android via SDRtouch, then they announced an improved ADS-B decoder, and finally they have just...
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An ADS-B Decoder for the GOMX-3 Satellite ADS-B Repeater
The GOMX-3 is a CubeSat which carries an experimental ADS-B repeater. Since it is a satellite the experimental receiver hopes to be able to receive ADS-B from orbit, then beam it back down to earth at...
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Building an ESP8266 Based Plane Spotter with an RTL-SDR Feeder
Living near Zurich airport, Daniel Eichorn wanted an easy way to show his house guests what planes are flying near him. Usually he opens up his Flightradar24 app on his phone, but he wanted a more...
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ADS-B Traffic Analytics with Valo and an RTL-SDR
Valo is a software service for real time big data streaming analytics of data from many sensors. On their website they explain their service as follows. Valo is a single platform for streaming (real...
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RTLSDR4Everyone: Review of the FlightAware ADS-B RTL-SDR
Akos from the RTLSDR4Everyone blog has recently uploaded a review of the FlightAware ADS-B ProStick RTL-SDR dongle. The FlightAware (FA) dongle is a standard RTL-SDR with SMA connector, but with a very...
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RTLSDR4Everyone Four New Posts: FlightAware Pro Stick Plus Review, Avoid...
Akos from the RTLSDR4Everyone blog has recently uploaded four new articles. The first article reviews the new FlightAware Prostick Plus. The Prostick Plus is an RTL-SDR dongle optimized for ADS-B...
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New Low Power RTL-SDR’s for Stratux ADS-B Receivers
Stratux is an RTL-SDR based project that gives small plane pilots access to ADS-B data, without having to purchase an expensive commercial ADS-B installation. It consists of software that runs on a...
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FlightAware Prostick vs FlightAware Prostick Plus: Review
Recently the FlightAware Prostick Plus was released. The Prostick is a modified RTL-SDR with a LNA built into the dongle. It is optimized for ADS-B reception and works very well due to the low noise...
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Radio For Everyone New Posts: Building an ADS-B Station, Easy Homemade...
Akos the author of the radioforeveryone.com blog has recently added two new articles to his blog. The first post is a comprehensive guide to setting up your own ADS-B station. The guide focuses on...
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