[Scan-DC] Map of ACARS position reports

[Andrew Clegg]

Yes, I mentioned ADS-B in my original email. I've played around with that using my RTL and Pi combo, but with a cheap antenna. I'm planning to put a 900 MHz LNA and filter up at my discone and use that for my ADS-B setup. That will be my next project. It's unlikely to get 400+ km at 900 MHz (free space loss is 17 dB more than at 130 MHz), but it will be interesting to see. Perhaps possible with a good LNA.

> From: dwilson314 at verizon.net
> To: andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Map of ACARS position reports
> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 10:19:16 -0400
> 
> (Not posted)
> > I've been playing with the acarsd program for the last week, monitoring
> > aircraft ACARS messages on 130.025 MHz. From the several thousand
> > decodes over the week, 550 of them have been position reports. Here's a
> > map displaying the decoded positions (link below). My station location is
> the
> > red balloon near the middle.
> 
> If one has  not done it, you need to use one of the rtl-sdr dongles and look
> at ADSB.  
> One will see more information (including tactical callsigns) on closer
> flights though you will probably not see ones as far away.
> An ideal setup is to run both ACARS and ADSB (maybe you already do).
> 
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> dwilson314 at verizon.net   Fredericsksburg, VA
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