Good video. I’ve been running a SDR stick into a Raspberry Pi and feeding to FlightAware, FR24, and ADSB Exchange for years. For amateurs and people interested in military and private aircraft, I highly recommend ADSB Exchange as they do not honor requests to block or mask aircraft, which is common practice by business aviation and the military. Fun story, I’m an airline pilot and we had been told the airport was going to close due to AF1 coming in. ATC wouldn’t tell us how long we had, so I used ADSB Exchange to track AF1 and saw they were about 20 mins out. We rushed to get off the gate early and snuck out just before they closed the airport.
@tannerhamm55063 жыл бұрын
I like these shorter videos. I don’t have a lot of time for KZbin and these shorter vids are cram packed with info. Thank you so much for great content! KO4LWS 73!
@helmkaj3 жыл бұрын
Agree! I'd rather watch four short videos with specific content that I can relate to than watch one hour video only to realize it wasn't worth the time.
@markanthony46553 жыл бұрын
Nice. I have been running an ADS-B box for about the last 12 years. It is a first generation Kinetic Avionics SBS-1, still going strong. I am a aircraft enthusiast and live under the approach to Manchester (UK) and also under the main Northern Airways in the UK going North -South (Pole Hill) and East -West across the UK from Europe to North America. Mine is a stand alone, not connected to the Internet, that covers my local area, allowing for geography and has its own dedicated laptop so I can take it mobile up on top of the local hills on a nice day, with a couple of spare laptop batteries and its remote aerial with an old cookie jar lid as a ground plane for the magnetic base of the aerial for better coverage as the SBS-1 box is usb powered. I am a "tail number" spotter, so mine has been modified to show me if I have seen that particular aircraft or not before, instead of searching through my various "Tail numbers" books every time an aircraft appears on my screen.
@jmount12003 жыл бұрын
30 years in the aviation business, ADSB is so cool, thanks for the video
@doublej40773 жыл бұрын
Some of these aircraft tracking places will actually send you free equipment to set up and use to track aircraft. The cavaet is you have to dedicate your computer 24/7 for sending aircraft location. For an school HAM radio club might be a good idea.........
@ryanv70753 жыл бұрын
That pic of your dad is awesome, so much style/‘tude :)
@HamRadioCrashCourse3 жыл бұрын
I think so too!
@Pahrump3 жыл бұрын
There's also adsb exchange website.
@yaroze3 жыл бұрын
Wow, nice timing, another radio set to add to the collection, I recently acquired a Yaesu FTA-550 (for a great price) and disabled the PTT on it, and have started to listen on it. :)
@chrisgaeth3 жыл бұрын
I built a PiAware with a FlightAware stick and my own ground wave 1090 MHz antenna. That gave me a FlightAware Enterprise level account.
@HamRadioCrashCourse3 жыл бұрын
That’s pretty cool!
@JamesHannibalKH2SR3 жыл бұрын
I did the same! Definitely a fun project. 👍🏽
@BillFerrante3 жыл бұрын
Same here! I previously lived in a high rise downtown Orlando in the flight path of KMCO. I could track some aircraft as far north as North Carolina. Lot of fun!
@nagaviper11693 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to air traffic since I bought my realistic Pro 37 brand new. And still use it to this day. Let that sink in.
@RedLine_Renesis3 жыл бұрын
I usually use the IC-R6 for listening in to the Air Band, works surprisingly well with the Nagoya 771.
@K7AGE3 жыл бұрын
I have fun with my Flightradar24 setup. I also have marine ASI receiver running.
@graphicventures2 жыл бұрын
Hi Josh, will the airnav antenna for VHF Airband work with Uniden Receiver or only with dongles?
@robkaos3 жыл бұрын
Another tool for the Drone operations as a in field VO. I monitor airbands on my Yaesu FT3D.
@Mryazici3 жыл бұрын
How is the reception on the ft3d, my ft2dr is receiving but it is not ideal to listen, quality and range is not uptopar
@robkaos3 жыл бұрын
@@Mryazici As always it depends on conditions. Indoor vs out door. It was good to begin with but I upgraded the antenna to a " Diamond SRH77CA". You may want to upgrade your antenna on your FT2dr.
@MikeCarroll443 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the informative videos that you always seem to produce.
@Dusty_Ham3 жыл бұрын
Very cool, I built a collinear antenna for tracking aircraft on 1090 that works okay but I'm now thinking of getting a better antenna.
@otrdriver67672 жыл бұрын
This was very informative. Thank you for your time it is appreciated.
@dougdaniels3 жыл бұрын
Can I just tune my HT (THF6A) to 108-136Mhz?
@didotb013 жыл бұрын
after re binge watching hrcc VODS for the past days I've been hearing the livestream bgm in my sleep I need to know the title of that song man
@dickflakes3 жыл бұрын
I was just looking at this to play around with, nice
@Plorxium3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes if you lookup the Mode S code in Google you will get a result. That unknown might be a US Navy P-8. It was spotted around Whidbey Island so probably some kind of Navy aircaft.
@KageShi3 жыл бұрын
I will have to get the larger one for sure, I would like if it was USBable rather than networked so I can install it into my overlander.
@ae1tpa92gwtom23 жыл бұрын
Super Cool, this has been around a long time, also can rx ACARS Data for more info, I used to have a vhf radio in my vehicle to listen in real time.. also been in aviation my entire career,., cheers Josh
@jackmichael9606 Жыл бұрын
Hi, with the subject gadgets you are talking about, does it mean I no longer need my scanner to monitor live communication between the tower and aircraft?
@Nibb313 жыл бұрын
People should use adbsexchange, which is open source and does not filter military or privacy ADS-B information. This looks like an ad for radarbox.
@mytube0013 жыл бұрын
Exactly! I feed adsbexchange exclusively from my location. Wouldn't dream of sending data to any of the other, commercial, censoring sites.
@billsbullets3 жыл бұрын
Can you do an interview with your dad? Would love to hear his story and how you were influenced. K9PAL
@juancmunozr2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video, thanks. Question with the XRange2 can you connect it to a PC and see the data direct or it has to be stream only, also do you also get VHF AirBand with the XRange2 ?
@LoweTN2 жыл бұрын
Any tutorial for the yellow VHF stick? I'm confused if it's a scanner itself.. then how we dial frequencies? or is it a relay between a proper scanner and a computer to air online. Thanks.
@Wayne-Pr3 жыл бұрын
Great video. What sort of Ant suits the RangeX box ?.
@joeh7733 жыл бұрын
Excellent vid, thank you. Would you please make vid on small budget friendly listening to local airband communications without the need of computer? Eg I bought CCrane Skywave, but would prefer small cheap handheld like Baofend uv5r, but that doesn't have the frequency range and modulation. I think there are a lot of guys like me who dream about flying and would love listen in, but without pc or smartphone. I would consider buying used, but cannot sift through the web what radios to look at and new ones are at least ~$200... Anyway, this was great vid and I might consider playing with pc solution too
@markh19383 жыл бұрын
I’ve been adsb website which is pretty interesting. VHS air band does that receive military aircraft transmissions? Living outside of DC we have tons of military aircraft overhead at any given time.
@jackmichael9606 Жыл бұрын
Hi, I just ordered the subject antenna (VHF Airband Outdoor Antenna by AirNav) which comes with a 7.5 meter cable. May I possibly know what particular cable comes with this antenna? Also, if I need to add 50 more feet of cable, can I use the bigger coaxial RG 8 cable? The smaller coaxial cable is the RG 58. I was told if the total antenna cable length is over 50 feet, better to use the RG 8 (low-loss cable).
@juliolechuga31252 жыл бұрын
I’m interested in your product but I want to hear Mexico airport, how many airports can I hear in Mexico ?
@AndrewWells5273 жыл бұрын
How does the ADS-B signal work? It seems that I can receive hundreds of positions per second while something like APRS is like one per second.
@person123073 жыл бұрын
I have one of there early receivers need to update
@thork0tjt5153 жыл бұрын
Cool stuff!
@justinalvarado873 жыл бұрын
Does it work for local helicopters? If so how do I get that piece of kit?
@loctite222ms3 жыл бұрын
Seems like a discone would cover the whole frequency range.
@advocaciamendes2 жыл бұрын
Could be possible to hack a flightradar24 onto a full sdr receiver?? how?
@boogermeats3 жыл бұрын
What TV show did I see you on? It was good!
@HamRadioCrashCourse3 жыл бұрын
Phantom Signals! Thanks for watching! 👍
@gervaisfillion94179 ай бұрын
hi, i have an PI 0 standby to receive the AirNav Radar Box Green Usb that i baught,is there a special software that i need to install in the PI 0 (Linux) to made it worked? i have an external antenna to, thanks for let me know the answer,and you make great video ,instructive and no musik,,great! 73 Gervais,ve2ckn
@HamRadioCrashCourse9 ай бұрын
I don't know, please contact the company
@don_n5skt3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Wonder how well this would work with a Comet Discone that I already have?
@HamRadioCrashCourse3 жыл бұрын
It would probably work fine.
@TheDruracer3 жыл бұрын
Works pretty good actually, had the same antenna with an sdrplay and adsb software. Shocked how far out it heard.
@don_n5skt3 жыл бұрын
@@TheDruracer I also have one on my SDRplay which is why I asked. I have not priced those antennas but my discone was fairly inexpensive. I have received Air Band but I can receive so much more with the discone.
@mantassernius89763 жыл бұрын
Hey, what is elite top 3 vhf uhf radios working with satelites for today?
@HamRadioCrashCourse3 жыл бұрын
Good question.
@don_n5skt3 жыл бұрын
It is a good question and I think the answer is still the Kenwood that are not sold anymore. Of course one obvious answer is the 9700 but those are not hand held.
@rheidtech3 жыл бұрын
Washington dc is no longer on radarbox maps...
@andie_pants3 жыл бұрын
My mlat won't sync with anyone. :-(
@doublej40773 жыл бұрын
I read about that fancy word but have slept since then. On ADS-B is gives more accurate location but it seem to me that it's not used that much and kind of rare . You have to be 1 of 4 sending information on an aircraft and it's line of sight . Maybe the other receivers are too far away. Can you tell where they are?
@xraydelta13 жыл бұрын
@grovermatic Make certain that your configured location is very accurate. Wrong location screws with timings and prevents good sync.
@andie_pants3 жыл бұрын
@@doublej4077 Yeah, ADS-B Exchange has an mlat map. Apparently there are quite a few aviation nerds here in Dayton, OH. 🛩️ TBH My contribution probably won't add much value given the concentration of existing feeders in the area, but I still want to "join the club" so to speak.
@andie_pants3 жыл бұрын
@@xraydelta1 I checked with Google Maps and another online service recommended in support forums. I think my problem may be that I'm using an older version of dump1090 on an equally old laptop. I should try to compile dump1090-fa.
@ocavant3 жыл бұрын
Has anyone done something like this for local fire or police? It would be fantastic to be able to see response units in action on a real time map. I’m sure police would balk, but they are public entities and should be subject to public scrutiny. This information would be invaluable in an emergency event. Of course transponders would need to be on all equipment and since ground based it might be a bit more complex to relay locations, but cell infrastructure could used to facilitate.
@markshortall33843 жыл бұрын
Is that how flightradar24 works?
@HamRadioCrashCourse3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much
@503Nick3 жыл бұрын
Ooooh
@ik043 жыл бұрын
So preying on people who don't realize those are just RTL-SDR dongles and the equivalent of a Raspberry Pi is a profitable business now. Great.
@HamRadioCrashCourse3 жыл бұрын
I think they’re trying to make it easy. Plus they’re pretty cheap.
@ik043 жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioCrashCourse Yeah, I'm surprised they kept the price down. Good for the non-geek!
@CathodeRayNipplez3 жыл бұрын
I got mine for free from RadarBox and it ain't no pissy dongle.