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Agreed! I picked one up and learned about ADSB protocol and usage, and now have a live view of the air traffic in my vicinity. Sure, I could use one of the webs
by mysterydip 7y ago
Agreed! I picked one up and learned about ADSB protocol and usage, and now have a live view of the air traffic in my vicinity. Sure, I could use one of the websites that tracks that info, but there's something about viewing it on your own equipment.
- kitd 7y agoAIUI, those websites are only hackers like you crowdsourcing that info anyway.
- larrywright 7y agoI believe that’s correct. FlightRadar will actually give you a free pro membership if you run a receiver in your house (basically a Raspberry Pi, SDR dongle, and an antenna).
- larrywright 7y agoFun fact: Most of those sites filter out a subset of air traffic, notably military and anyone that pays to have their flight data suppressed (typically celebrities or other high profile people). If you run your own equipment you’ll see everything within range of your antenna. The one notable exception is https://www.adsbexchange.com/ https://www.adsbexchange.com/, which actually allows you to just show just military aircraft or just aircraft that have been tagged as interesting (typically planes owned by high profile people like Bill Gates, large corporations, or news and police helicopters). It’s kind of fun to zoom their map out to the continental US and put on the military filter. At any given moment there are a surprising number of military aircraft over the US.