Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Monitoring ADS-B System

I found an interesting article from TCA July/August issue.

In All Things Digital, Robert(VA3ROM) presents an article Monitor and track aircraft using the automatic dependent surveillance -broadcast (ADS-B) system.

I may have a necessary dongle so I would try when I have a chance but these are the summaries.
- Frequency : 1090mHz/1030 mHz
- RTL2832U dongle with R8207 or E4000 tuner (for DVB-T and DAB signal reception)
- adsbSCOPE software (free)

With the stock antenna (designed for lower frequency range), the reception range is about 75kM.
There are also Internet tracking sites.
- flightradar24.com
- planefinder.net
- planetracker.net