ADS-B Feeder and Minnesota Summers
I mounted my Raspberry Pi ADS-B feeder outside my office to avoid damage to the coax as it passes through the window (original 1896 pocket windows with unhelpful storm windows);…
Unexpected ADS-B Range III
This is insane: 10 months where the max distance received hovered around 235nm with an occasional upwards blip, now 4 out of 10 days over 300nm. What the fuck!?! It…
Unexpected ADS-B Range II
Recently my ADSB feeder received traffic from 300 nautical miles away, my personal record by at least 35 nautical miles. Today's FlightRadar24 feeder recorded ADS-B traffic from 302 nautical miles…
Unexpected ADS-B Range
For almost a year I've been feeding ADS-B traffic to FlightRadar24, installing a tuned antenna on the roof and productionizing my Raspberry PI setup. In addition to FlightRadar24, I also…
Productionizing My ADS-B Feeder
Overview Last September I started feeding ADS-B traffic to FlightRadar24 and FlightAware using a Raspberry Pi and a customized image. An antenna was first mounted on our 2nd floor deck…
FlightRadar24 Contributor
Discovery and First Attempt I first learned of software-defined radio attending a Devoxx UK session where the presenter showed how a consumer SDR dongle could receive digital messages from airplanes…