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Not as fun as building your own, but note that you can apply for a free receiver from FR24. https://www.flightradar24.com/apply-for-receiver https://www.flight

• jakey_bakey 3y ago
  That's incredible, whats the catch!? I reckon if I shelled out for a business plan I could start doing some simple stuff with free tier / extra paid features
  • filterfiber 3y ago
    > That's incredible, whats the catch!? They prioritize low-coverage areas (no idea how generous they are for covered areas). Nearly all of their position data is from these receivers, so you're providing them with more coverage/redundancy for the plane positions. The hardware is relatively cheap (under 50$) and I don't imagine the business tier costs them much money. > I reckon if I shelled out for a business plan I could start doing some simple stuff with free tier / extra paid features You don't need to they'll give it to you for free. sidenote: You can build your own with an rtl-sdr and a raspberry pi/cheap computer. If you do this you can forward the data to all of the commercial sites for the free perks, and to all of the community sites.