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I usually connect to the cockpit directly with rj45 to keep it stable. Sometimes even talk to the pilot with the encrypted coms.
by system2 3y ago
I usually connect to the cockpit directly with rj45 to keep it stable. Sometimes even talk to the pilot with the encrypted coms.
- H8crilA 3y agoTalking to the pilots costs about $200 and is really easy, though very illegal - just find out which ATC freq are they currently on and transmit, from a handheld radio or a HackRF. You could also transmit on Guard. If you prefer to text rather than speak you can send them ACARS, with roughly the same hardware. Though if you use a handheld radio you'll also need a laptop to generate the baseband signal, as I don't think there are any commercially available ACARS transmitters. (Please never do this, you'll go to jail for a long time).
- dekhn 3y agoI just listen (with an SDR, I never got a HackRF because I don't transmit). Where I live I can see planes on approach to SFO and can cross-reference flight codes on the radio with planes that I can see flying by and on flightradar.