Why would you want to build your own ADS-B Receiver?
Well…. Have you????
- Have you ever looked up at the planes flying overhead and wondered who they were?
- Have you ever been curious to know where they were from and where they were going?
- Have you wondered why that plane went over lower than you expected?
- Have you wondered where that police helicopter was flying over?
- Have you thought that maybe air traffic in your area increased….and you wanted to know why?
And with your own ADS-B Receiver…
You could see all of the beaconing aircraft in your area. Usually over 150 miles (241 km) away from your location!



Setting up your own ADS-B receiver is quick!
I setup my very first monitoring station in under 30 minutes! I used my existing antenna, so your time will take a little longer if you are going to setup a dedicated antenna.
Setting up your own ADS-B kit is affordable!
If you have some SDR’s floating around and a Raspberry Pi, you have everything you need.
If you are starting from scratch, you can get going for about $50 USD
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The tutorial on this page is just to get you started.
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Great episode. Looking forward to building a Ads-b. Looks like it will be good project to do with my daughter (stem project) .. Took time and reviewed FlightAware sight while listening to show helped provide some visuals of what was being discussed.