Help Flight Radar with a Raspi and Sdr
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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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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