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I've been using a Pi for a while to track ADS-B and AIS. If you haven't purchased the hardware yet head over to https://www.nooelec.com/store/ https://www.nooel

by yardie 7y ago

I've been using a Pi for a while to track ADS-B and AIS. If you haven't purchased the hardware yet head over to https://www.nooelec.com/store/ https://www.nooelec.com/store/ to get the SDR dongles. And then grab the latest Dump1090 https://github.com/antirez/dump1090 https://github.com/antirez/dump1090 As for guides. It's a pretty big community so just use the keywords from above [RTL-SDR, ADSB, DUMP1090] and you should get a lot of guides on tracking aircraft.

milofeynman 7y ago
Thank you!
- _april 7y ago
  There's also this: https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-wiki/wiki/adsb-receiver-shopping-list https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-wiki/wiki/adsb-receiver-sh...
- duckymcduckface 7y ago
  You can also pick up a flightaware dongle, they have extra hardware inside of them that lets you pick up aircraft a bit further out/with more information. Benefit if you pick up one of those normal sdr kits from nooelec is that it comes with antennas. Easiest way to start is to take one of the antenna and trim it down to 14cm and stick the magnetic base on the roof of a car.
zymhan 7y ago
Please don't use antirez dump1090, that is the original code base and has long since been forked into much more thorough projects. This is a popular and up-to-date fork: https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090 https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090
- yardie 7y ago
  Thanks for the link. I typically link to the original project and leave it to the user to discovery forks that may be better tailored for their use.
  - adsbx-james 7y ago
    LOL link to 12 year old code that is not updated :D Whens someone asks for a glass of water, do you also drive them to the mountains and point at the rain clouds? https://github.com/mictronics/readsb https://github.com/mictronics/readsb
- mxuribe 7y ago
  As a newbie to all this radio fun, I setup my little rig using antirez's dump1090...Why? ...Because on github the antirez repo actually has instructions on usage (not only installation/setup). Also - and likely more important - upon conducting online searching for dump1090 setups, the search engines point to (or at least did back a few months ago when i first set my rig up) tutorials that used/referenced antirez's software. Sure, those tutorials might be a little dated...but hey, at least they helped me - again, a newb with all this - to get going. I don't mean any offense to the flightaware folks, but if they included usage instructions (and other info) that might go a long way with other newbies like myself. (The irony is not lost on me that all of this software is free, and I'm politely asking for "more info"...but hey ;-)
- antirez 7y ago
  The forks are functionally better but missed the point. Dump1090 created this large community because the code was well written. Forks have a lot of mess inside. Anyway I updated my code a few weeks ago to switch to open street maps.
mianos 7y ago
Although it out date I was amazed, after using the original dump1090 after work for a few years, that is 'the' antirez, the author of redis that I used during work. :)
wpietri 7y ago
Thanks! There are a lot of receivers there. Do you have a recommendation? I'm expecting it's one of these: https://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers/nesdr.html https://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers/nesdr.html

by yardie 7y ago

milofeynman 7y ago

Thank you!

_april 7y ago
There's also this: https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-wiki/wiki/adsb-receiver-shopping-list https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-wiki/wiki/adsb-receiver-sh...
duckymcduckface 7y ago
You can also pick up a flightaware dongle, they have extra hardware inside of them that lets you pick up aircraft a bit further out/with more information. Benefit if you pick up one of those normal sdr kits from nooelec is that it comes with antennas. Easiest way to start is to take one of the antenna and trim it down to 14cm and stick the magnetic base on the roof of a car.

zymhan 7y ago

Please don't use antirez dump1090, that is the original code base and has long since been forked into much more thorough projects. This is a popular and up-to-date fork: https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090 https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090

yardie 7y ago
Thanks for the link. I typically link to the original project and leave it to the user to discovery forks that may be better tailored for their use.
- adsbx-james 7y ago
  LOL link to 12 year old code that is not updated :D Whens someone asks for a glass of water, do you also drive them to the mountains and point at the rain clouds? https://github.com/mictronics/readsb https://github.com/mictronics/readsb
mxuribe 7y ago
As a newbie to all this radio fun, I setup my little rig using antirez's dump1090...Why? ...Because on github the antirez repo actually has instructions on usage (not only installation/setup). Also - and likely more important - upon conducting online searching for dump1090 setups, the search engines point to (or at least did back a few months ago when i first set my rig up) tutorials that used/referenced antirez's software. Sure, those tutorials might be a little dated...but hey, at least they helped me - again, a newb with all this - to get going. I don't mean any offense to the flightaware folks, but if they included usage instructions (and other info) that might go a long way with other newbies like myself. (The irony is not lost on me that all of this software is free, and I'm politely asking for "more info"...but hey ;-)
antirez 7y ago
The forks are functionally better but missed the point. Dump1090 created this large community because the code was well written. Forks have a lot of mess inside. Anyway I updated my code a few weeks ago to switch to open street maps.

mianos 7y ago

Although it out date I was amazed, after using the original dump1090 after work for a few years, that is 'the' antirez, the author of redis that I used during work. :)

wpietri 7y ago

Thanks! There are a lot of receivers there. Do you have a recommendation? I'm expecting it's one of these: https://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers/nesdr.html https://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers/nesdr.html