RTL-SDR Tutorial: Receiving Airplane Data with ACARS
What is ACARS? ACARS is an acronym for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System which is a digital communications system that aircraft use to send and receive short messages to and from...
View ArticleRTL_ACARS Console Acars Decoder for RTL-SDR
On the Osmocom mailing list, Andreas has posted his work on a console based ACARS decoder for the RTL-SDR. Check out the mailing list thread here, and original post here. The second post on the thread...
View Articlertl_acars.c Compilation Install Video
Yesterday we posted about the command line rtl_acars ACARS decoder. Today on YouTube, Pawel Janowski has posted a video showing how to download, compile and run the rtl_acars.c code on Linux. Pawel has...
View ArticleRTL_ACARS Updated
The rtl_acars console based ACARS decoder which is based on rtl_fm has been updated by a new author, gat3way on Reddit. The new updates include decoder sensitivity improvements and the following:...
View ArticleAcarsdec 2.0: A Multi-Channel Realtime Linux ACARS Decoder which supports...
Acarsdec is a recently released open source, multi-channel realtime ACARS decoder for Linux. It supports direct input from an RTL-SDR dongle, and with the RTL-SDR can listen to four ACARS channels...
View ArticleAircraft Messages with HFDL, MultiPSK and the RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user k2nccvids has posted two videos showing how he was able to decode High Frequency Data Link (HFDL) packets using the RTL-SDR, Ham-it-up upconverter, MultiPSK and HFDL Display. HFDL...
View ArticleJAERO: A new RTL-SDR compatible decoder for Inmarsat AERO signals
Back in August of this year we showed how it was possible to use an RTL-SDR dongle, satellite antenna, LNA and decoding software to receive and decode STD-C EGC signals from Inmarsat satellites. We...
View ArticleJAERO Updated: Now supports 10.5k Aero-H and Aero-H+
The JAERO decoder for AERO signals on Inmarsat satellites has recently been updated to version 1.03. This new version supports the decoding of 10.5k Aero-H and Aero-H+ signals. The author of JAERO...
View ArticleRecent Updates to the JAERO L-Band and C-Band AERO Decoder
JAERO is a program by Jonti that was released late last year which allows us to use a SDR such as an RTL-SDR to receive L-band and C-Band AERO messages. AERO is essentially the satellite based version...
View ArticleRTL_ACARS Console Acars Decoder for RTL-SDR
On the Osmocom mailing list, Andreas has posted his work on a console based ACARS decoder for the RTL-SDR. Check out the mailing list thread here, and original post here. The second post on the thread...
View Articlertl_acars.c Compilation Install Video
Yesterday we posted about the command line rtl_acars ACARS decoder. Today on YouTube, Pawel Janowski has posted a video showing how to download, compile and run the rtl_acars.c code on Linux. Pawel has...
View ArticleRTL_ACARS Updated
The rtl_acars console based ACARS decoder which is based on rtl_fm has been updated by a new author, gat3way on Reddit. The new updates include decoder sensitivity improvements and the following:...
View ArticleAcarsdec 2.0: A Multi-Channel Realtime Linux ACARS Decoder which supports...
Acarsdec is a recently released open source, multi-channel realtime ACARS decoder for Linux. It supports direct input from an RTL-SDR dongle, and with the RTL-SDR can listen to four ACARS channels...
View ArticleAircraft Messages with HFDL, MultiPSK and the RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user k2nccvids has posted two videos showing how he was able to decode High Frequency Data Link (HFDL) packets using the RTL-SDR, Ham-it-up upconverter, MultiPSK and HFDL Display. HFDL...
View ArticleJAERO: A new RTL-SDR compatible decoder for Inmarsat AERO signals
Back in August of this year we showed how it was possible to use an RTL-SDR dongle, satellite antenna, LNA and decoding software to receive and decode STD-C EGC signals from Inmarsat satellites. We...
View ArticleJAERO Updated: Now supports 10.5k Aero-H and Aero-H+
The JAERO decoder for AERO signals on Inmarsat satellites has recently been updated to version 1.03. This new version supports the decoding of 10.5k Aero-H and Aero-H+ signals. The author of JAERO...
View ArticleRecent Updates to the JAERO L-Band and C-Band AERO Decoder
JAERO is a program by Jonti that was released late last year which allows us to use a SDR such as an RTL-SDR to receive L-band and C-Band AERO messages. AERO is essentially the satellite based version...
View ArticleRTL_ACARS Console Acars Decoder for RTL-SDR
On the Osmocom mailing list, Andreas has posted his work on a console based ACARS decoder for the RTL-SDR. Check out the mailing list thread here, and original post here. The second post on the thread...
View Articlertl_acars.c Compilation Install Video
Yesterday we posted about the command line rtl_acars ACARS decoder. Today on YouTube, Pawel Janowski has posted a video showing how to download, compile and run the rtl_acars.c code on Linux. Pawel has...
View ArticleRTL_ACARS Updated
The rtl_acars console based ACARS decoder which is based on rtl_fm has been updated by a new author, gat3way on Reddit. The new updates include decoder sensitivity improvements and the following:...
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