Help Flight Radar with a Raspi and Sdr

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sebzuddas

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The post invites users to build their own ADS-B receiver using a Raspberry Pi and SDR to feed data to FlightRadar24, with discussion around the benefits and alternatives to this service.

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mwambua

4 months ago

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If you do set this up, consider also feeding data to non-commercial aggregators who make their data available for free and do not censor certain flights: https://github.com/rickstaa/awesome-adsb?tab=readme-ov-file#...

It's been a while since I ran a receiver, but back when I did ADSBExchange was pretty popular. It looks like there are a number of other options at the moment though - like ADSB.lol and airplanes.live

snypher

4 months ago

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Agreed, flightradar24 can stick it. ADSBExchange is still the best option that's not paid off by billionaires so they can hide their private jets.

theyknowitsxmas

4 months ago

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Dan sold out.

jacknews

4 months ago

And anecdotally they now censor some things, as I'm seeing much less private jet and helicopter activity than I used to, especially those that have to be triangulated.

tlavoie

4 months ago

That project is now commercial, but it still shows flights and aircraft that many of the other commercial ones do not. I agree though, supporting the non-commercial ones is important too. I should update my own feeder to do more.

theyknowitsxmas

4 months ago

The bugmen just won't stop feeding these PE rug pulls for free

nativeit

4 months ago

They say they'll give you a free premium membership in exchange for this, which I feel like is a fair deal for enthusiasts like myself. That said, see the recommendation from @mwambua elsewhere in this thread that refers to sharing with other, more open platforms!

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