These things are super fun. I use one to track airplanes and weather in flight with the stratux project. (http://stratux.me http://stratux.me) It pairs the USB

These things are super fun. I use one to track airplanes and weather in flight with the stratux project. (http://stratux.me http://stratux.me) It pairs the USB radio receiver with a raspberry pi and broadcast the location of ADS-B equipped aircraft to your tablet with flight tracking maps. No internet for most of us in a bug smasher - the data comes in over radio waves.