What is Reddit's opinion of AirNav RadarBox FlightStick - ADS-B USB Receiver with Integrated Filter, Amplifier and ESD Protection?

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Just throwing it out there, but I've found these sticks to be crazily awesome compared to a normal RTL device for ADSB. They have a filter and preamp.

I tested one with a non-ADSB-specific RTL antenna on top of my truck on the second floor from the top of a parking garage (concrete above and below me) in south Denver and heard planes in northwest Nebraska.

Go to faa.gov, you can search any plane by it's N-number (tail number). You can also search by many other ways. Want to see who all has Gulfstream G650's, it will list them all.

What myself and others are saying is that everything about tracking his plane is available to everyone and is not private. Elon, as much as he thinks, can't control what the FAA has publicly has available to the public.

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You should look into this: https://www.amazon.ca/AirNav-RadarBox-FlightStick-Advanced-Receiver/dp/B07K47P7XD/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1YEYQ9U7QVTPM&keywords=adsb&qid=1644797739&sprefix=adsb%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEx...

Sorry about the ridiculous link…. Anyway, it’s an ADS-B receiver that plugs into your computer so it can receive and decode the location information being transmitted by planes! It’s a system they use to help avoid each other in the skies, and also for ground control to know where they are. Kind of an enhancement to only having radar.

If you’re into plane spotting, you basically need this, or something like it. Just start googling stuff about ADSB receivers. Have fun and good luck!

Another thing to consider, if you're not, is an ADS-B specific SDR.

I have a couple of these which have a filter and an amplifier in them, and they seem to work well for me.

Before the great plague, I tried one of these on the third floor of a concrete parking garage in the Denver area, with the 18-inch-ish standard SDR antenna, under the next concrete floor above me, and picked up airplanes in northwest Nebraska. I can only imagine that things would be even better with a proper antenna!

Yep. Well, in any case, whatever it is, that connector is not going to be happy if you remove/replace antennas on it. Best to get a new one with SMA like the actual thing.

Nope, but I ordered from Amazon. They're out of stock now though.

I have the green Radarbox one on a Pi 4b running PiAware with the $10 1090mhz antenna from Amazon. Works perfectly.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K47P7XD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_p-n9Eb4BCNE8K

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HQJKMBD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Z-n9Eb1076H50

This one, but it's only $30.

You can order it from their amazon store at the same price and 'free' shipping if you have prime.

$20 blue FA stick

Or the $10 AirNav stick AirNAv is selling at a loss to grow thier feeder base so they can sell your data to the hedge fund industry.

https://www.amazon.com/AirNav-RadarBox-FlightStick-Advanced-Receiver/dp/B07K47P7XD/

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