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Quatas A380

Tracking airplanes with ADS-B & MLAT revisted- building a better and cheaper reciever for Flightradar 24 and Flightaware

[Update 2017-08-22 – Sharing data with friendly radars] A lot has changed since the last entry about tracking the aircraft using ADS-B messages. There are new options for data sharing, greatly simplified installation procedure and – optionally new equipment. This allows you to build a new receiver with an emphasis on simplicity, yet lower cost of purchase and maintenance with new feature (MLAT). Moreover, in addition to the aircraft you can now track other aircraft – i.e. meteorological balloons! I call that progress! What will…

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