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Demonstrating the New 3D Maps in SDRAngel
In December of last year we posted about a video demonstrating the many features that the SDRAngel software comes standard with. Recently they've added a new feature which are 3D maps that can be used...
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rsadsb: Terminal Based Aircraft Radar on the Raspberry Pi
Thank you to Wayne Campbell for submitting news about the release of the latest 0.5.0 iteration of his RTL-SDR compatible 'rsadsb' software package that plots ADS-B aircraft positions on a terminal...
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New HAM FM and ADS-B Radar Android Apps
Thank you to James Mainwaring for submitting news about the release of his two new RTL-SDR compatible Android Apps "Ham FM Radio (RTL-SDR)" and "ADS-B Radar (RTL-SDR)". The Ham FM Radio app allows the...
View ArticleSkies-ADSB: A Browser Based 3D Aircraft Tracker with RTL-SDR ADS-B Receiver
Thank you to Don for submitting news about the release of his new software titled "Skies-ADSB". Skies-ADSB is a browser based app that provides a 3D view of the air traffic around your area. The...
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Feeding ACARS Data to Airframes.io
Thank you to a contributor for submitting an article about Airframes.io, which is an ACARS/VDL2/HFDL/Satellite ACARS aggregation site. The article below it attributed to Kevin Elliot and was edited by...
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An Inside Look into FlightAware’s RTL-SDR
Over on the FlightAware blog, Hardware and Software Engineers Eric Tran and Ziquan Wang have put up a blog post showing how they have designed the FlightAware RTL-SDR hardware and software, and detail...
View ArticleA WebUSB Based RTL-SDR Aircraft ADS-B Decoder
Over on GitHub @devdevcharlie has uploaded open source Javascript code for creating an ADS-B Aircraft Radar system entirely within a web browser. The code makes use of the Web USB API, which enables...
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ADS-B Radar Android App Updated with Open Street Maps
Thank you to James Mainwaring for letting us know about the latest update to his "ADS-B Radar (RTL-SDR)" Android App. The update brings an Open Street Map (OSM) display, allowing for aircraft to be...
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Suspends Live ADS-B Aircraft Tracking Accounts Including...
As a reaction to an altercation with a stalker that endangered Elon Musk's child, Twitter has taken action to suspend all Twitter accounts that involve the real time tracking of aircraft and...
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SDRangel Now Available on Android: Mobile ADS-B, AIS, APT, Digital Voice,...
SDRangel is a free open source software defined radio program that is compatible with many SDRs, including RTL-SDRs. SDRAngel is set apart from other programs because of it's huge swath of built in...
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ADS-B Exchange Acquired by Private Firm JETNET
Today news has come out that ADS-B Exchange (ADSBx) founder Dan Streufert has sold ADSBx to a private firm called JETNET for (an estimated) $20 million. Dan was the sole owner of ADSBx, and after the...
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A Simulated Aircraft RADAR with Real Radar Scope Tube and ADS-B Data from an...
Over on YouTube we've found an interesting project by RingingResonance where he's created a simulated traditional radar scope using a real analog radar scope tube, and ADS-B data gathered from an...
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A Portable RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi Based ADS-B Alarm for Drone Pilots
Pilots of RC planes and drones need to be aware of the area they are flying in, to make sure that they stay well out of the path of manned aircraft. However, this can sometimes be difficult with...
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Combining ADS-B and VDL2 Data on PlanePlotter
Aircraft transmit multiple types of radio signals, including ADS-B and VDL2. ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) is an air traffic surveillance technology that enables aircraft to...
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Demonstrating the FM Capture Effect – Why Aircraft use AM
Over on his YouTube channel Tall Paul Tech has uploaded a video that demonstrates the FM (frequency modulation) capture effect. Apart from the costs and difficult logistics to change from AM to FM...
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Tech Minds: Make your own Aircraft Tracking Antenna with RTL-SDR
Over on the Tech Minds YouTube channel Matt has posted a video tutorial that shows how to build a cheap quarter wave ground plane antenna tuned for 1090 MHz. This is the frequency of ADS-B (Automatic...
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Taylor Swift Threatens Legal Action Against Owner of X Account that Tracks...
Jack Sweeney is a student who operates various social media and websites dedicated to tracking the private jets of celebrities and notable persons. In the past he's drawn the ire of Elon Musk who...
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Tech Minds: Testing the NooElec FlyCatcher RTL-SDR ADS-B+UAT Raspberry Pi Hat
Over on YouTube Matt from the Tech Minds YouTube channel has tested out NooElec's new 'FlyCatcher', which is an RTl-SDR ADS-B hat for the Raspberry Pi. The FlyCatcher has two RTL-SDRs built into it,...
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Monitoring Aircraft Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) with LimeSDR
Daniel Estévez has recently posted on his blog about how he uses a LimeSDR to record and analyze the DME signal used by aircraft. DME or Distance Monitoring Equipment is a radio navigation technique...
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A Video on Radar-TUI: A Terminal User Interface Based ADS-B Display
Back in 2022 we first posted about adsb_deku and radar-tui, a TUI (terminal user interface) for displaying ADS-B aircraft locations with an RTL-SDR receiver. A terminal user interface means that no...
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