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Very cool! Maybe I missed it but I didn’t quite follow why you needed to buy an adsb receiver if adsb exchange is already aggregating all the data

• jagged-chisel 1y ago
  The receiver gives you realtime data in the immediate vicinity. The exchange gives you slightly older data from everywhere. Determining what benefit this gives the operator is left as an exercise for the reader.
  • FL410 1y ago
    You're right, but "slightly older" is on the order of seconds.
    • RF_Savage 1y ago
      But only for those areas with receiver coverage that feeds them. But your own receiver will always cover your area.
• obrhubr 1y ago
  Initially I didn't realise historical data was available for free... I was also interested in learning more about the system itself, writing a diy decoder, etc... which is why I bought one. But yeah, kind of lost track of explaining that in the post :)