I will probably create a page with info on what im doing shortly. gr-air-modes tunes the usb stick and will broadcast the data on port 30003, just like an SBS. I no longer use this setup or collect this info anymore, I now have an RSPDX and use thisįor dxing. Sorry for the brief post, on a break at a gig. I purchased the device from .uk at the time this cost £14 and in my view this is excellent value, if you want to use it for its intended use, receiving Freeview etc. Its low noise amplifier (powered via bias tee from the SDR stick) together with the SAW filter to suppress any signals outside its passband from 1.525 to 1.660GHz shows unsurpassed performance at this price tag.
I have also used this set up to receive the ACARS data from Aircraft using the COAA PlanePlotter software and also the AIS data from shipping using COAA ShipPlotter and Google The RTL-SDR Active Patch Antenna is a great, little tool providing high SNRs at a small form factor of 17.5 x 17.5 cm. AcarsDeco2 is offered as binaries for Windows, Linux Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi and OS X. It creates a web server that can be accessed at, but it can send data over network to other tools, like COAA PlanePlotter. Not my intention to repeat the process, but I have included the links to the software that Ive used. It is a command line tool which controls the RTL SDR and outputs data in many ways. For your convenience, the instructions are copied below, and these are exactly what I typed into my Raspberry Pi.
We stop where the text says 'To run the rtl server type rtltcp -a and the IP address of your Pi'.
For a quick start select RTL AGC and TUNER AGC. To run rtl1090 together with Planeplotter this needs to be acknowledged. There is plenty of information on receiving these transmissions on the Internet so its Next, we will use the instructions to setup sdr-rtl which are given on this Web page. The application opens a TCP server on port 31001 (for the first dongle) and this will be queried by the Windows Firewall. Ive used this device to receive the NOAA APT signal using a homemade ground plane antenna out of coat hangers and theįollowing software Orbitron, WXtoImg and RTL-SDR.Īlthough crude the aerial works extremely well here in Sittingbourne, Kent. NOAA Satellite Reception using the ClimaxDigital DTV300