Tracking airplanes in real time with ADS-B
Conclusion
A consumer grade DVB-T stick can be used as a low cost, software controlled ADS-B receiver that operates at 1090 MHz. The open source community delivers free libraries and programs for analyzing the data. Users can also start out with a simple rod antenna and observe aircraft in real time within a radius of more than 100 kilometers. Once the data are collected in a file, you can perform statistical analysis.
README
The low cost ADS-B receiver for this set-up comes in the form of a software controlled DVB-T stick that operates at a frequency of 1090 MHz. In addition, the open source community has made free libraries and programs available for the device. A straightforward rod antenna has a reach greater than 100 kilometers, meaning that the whole set up lets you instantly track air traffic that is within range.
Infos
- Flightaware: http://flightaware.com/live/
- Android/iOS-Apps for identifying airplanes: https://www.flightradar24.com/apps
- Building a simple ADS-B-Antenna: https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/adsb-decode-guide/latest/adsb-decode-guide.pdf and http://www.lll.lu/%7Eedward/edward/adsb/antenna/ADSBantenna.html
- Overview of ADS-B-Receiver software: http://sonicgoose.com/ads-b-software/
- Dump1090 from Salvatore Sanfilippo: https://github.com/antirez/dump1090
- Dump1090 from Malcom Robb: https://github.com/MalcolmRobb/dump1090
- Decoding ADS-B-Data messages: http://adsb-decode-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest
- SBS Output format: http://woodair.net/SBS/Article/Barebones42_Socket_Data.htm
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