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Discone Vs. Homemade Collinear for ADS-B
YouTube user nerdsville shows a signal reception comparison of his discone antenna and his home made 1090 MHz tuned ADS-B collinear antenna in this video. The collinear antenna shows a dramatic...
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Homemade ADS-B Collinear Antenna
Earlier in the week a video comparing a Discone to a Coax Collinear antenna for ADS-B reception was posted. The author of that video has now posted on his blog a tutorial on how he made the coax...
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RTL1090 Series 2 Beta Released
A new beta version of the RTL1090 ADS-B decoding software for the rtl-sdr has been released. Currently, it seems only the GUI has been improved, but the author plans on soon adding the following...
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How to use Globe-S with RTL1090
Rob from SonicGoose.com has put together a tutorial on how to use Globe-S RTL Edition with RTL1090. Globe-S is a light radar viewer (similar to Virtual Radar Server, ADSBScope etc) meant to interface...
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Update: RTL-SDR Running ADS-B on a Quadrocopter now with Augmented Reality...
Previously we showed a post on how John Wiseman was able to get ADS-B decoding with dump1090 running on his AR.Drone with an RTL-SDR stick so that he could track the locations of other aircraft. He has...
View ArticleRTL1090 Beta 2 Updated to Build 102
Popular ADS-B decoding software for the RTL-SDR RTL1090 has updated it’s beta version to build 102. This new build has the following improvements - Decoder improved by brute force 1-bit error...
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In Car ADS-B with a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user adsbrus shows us his project which is an in car ADS-B aircraft tracker using a Raspberry Pi mini computer and an RTL-SDR. The system uses an LCD screen mounted where the car radio...
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ADS-B Virtual Radar RTL-SDR Tutorial in the ARRL QST Magazine
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) a.k.a The American National Association for Amateur Radio has put online a freely available ADS-B tutorial featured in their monthly QST magazine, written by...
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The BIG List of RTL-SDR Supported Software
There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap RTL-SDR. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. We...
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Interest Check for an ADS-B Folded Monopole Antenna
Adam, manufacturer of the LNA4ALL and LNA4HF is putting out an interest check for an ADS-B folded monopole antenna. The antenna can efficiently cover the 1030 MHz to 1090 MHz frequencies that are used...
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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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Monitoring FBI Surveillance Aircraft with ADS-B and an RTL-SDR
After reading an article by the Washington Post about FBI surveillance aircraft spotted in the air after the West Balimore riots, John Wiseman decided to look for more information about these aircraft....
View ArticleRunning the Airspy ADSB decoder at full speed on a Raspberry Pi 2
Bob W9RAN recently wrote in to let us know about some developments he and Youssef have had with getting the Airspy to function at full speed on a Raspberry Pi 2 with ADS-B decoding. Bob and Youssef...
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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...
View ArticleIn Car ADS-B with a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user adsbrus shows us his project which is an in car ADS-B aircraft tracker using a Raspberry Pi mini computer and an RTL-SDR. The system uses an LCD screen mounted where the car radio...
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ADS-B Virtual Radar RTL-SDR Tutorial in the ARRL QST Magazine
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) a.k.a The American National Association for Amateur Radio has put online a freely available ADS-B tutorial featured in their monthly QST magazine, written by...
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The BIG List of RTL-SDR Supported Software
There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap RTL-SDR. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. We...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interest Check for an ADS-B Folded Monopole Antenna
Adam, manufacturer of the LNA4ALL and LNA4HF is putting out an interest check for an ADS-B folded monopole antenna. The antenna can efficiently cover the 1030 MHz to 1090 MHz frequencies that are used...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monitoring FBI Surveillance Aircraft with ADS-B and an RTL-SDR
After reading an article by the Washington Post about FBI surveillance aircraft spotted in the air after the West Balimore riots, John Wiseman decided to look for more information about these aircraft....
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