

I then remembered the ADSBSpy software that comes in the SDR# builds, and the rest is history. It is quite a little transmitter in and of itself as it added many spurs and birdies to all of my Airspy devices and scanners. I initially tried to put the Kinetics SBS-1er ADSB box I have back online. I can see what I am capable of receiving and that works fine for me. But I finally fell out of it for a while and when I considered getting back into it this is the route I ultimately took. To watch planes back up a few hundred miles in an instant was quite interesting! Although I must say for the most part it was a very good quality system. There were always those that were not and it yielded some less than desired results. All contributors have to be on the same playing field, most importantly in sync time-wise, for it to work properly. It has a significant learning curve to it. I was part of the PlanePlotter network for years. Obviously now there is a lot less activity than there would normally be but there is still quite a bit to watch if you're interested. I believe most if not all civilian aircraft are mandated to be using ADS-B sometime during 2020 I say that without looking it up but recall such statements. Antennas now appear to be a lot less expensive than they used to be and they don't need to be super-high for obvious reasons. Using the Airspy in this manner is just another way to make that versatile SDR work for you. I followed a Reach flight in over the Atlantic, just south of my location at 34000 feet, enroute to an unknown destination, and was able to go outside and see it as it passed. There was always Mode-S milair traffic but it never actually appeared on screen without some sophisticated triangulation using the PlanePlotter Network, and my experience with that was that it was often less than accurate. It's been a few years since I've had this type of setup online.
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It appears there is a little bit more military activity in full ADS-B now than there used to be. I am using it with an Airspy feeding the ADSBSpy program and then to Virtual Radar Server. I had time to get my old ADS-B antenna back up this weekend.
