[Xastir] New script: ads-b.pl for snagging airplane positions

[Curt Mills]

The latest released version is in the Xastir CVS archives, xastir/scripts/
ads-b.pl


On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Kurt <ksaves2 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Quick question.  Where's the script located?  I have a few dongles
> floating around I've used with gqrx successfully.  I suspect with it
> operating, the necessary libraries arealready installed.
> Kurt KC9LDH
>
>       From: Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com>
>  To: Xastir List <xastir at xastir.org>
>  Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 1:15 PM
>  Subject: [Xastir] New script: ads-b.pl for snagging airplane positions
>
> I added a new script today called "ads-b.pl". It must be edited to add
> your
> callsign and passcode to actually use it. Perhaps I or someone else will
> turn those into command-line options soon so you don't have to edit it.
>
> Anyway: If you have an RTL SDR dongle ($10 to $20), you can run "dump1090"
> with certain parameters to watch airplane positions from ADS-B. This new
> perl script connects to that program and turns them into APRS Item packets,
> then injects them into Xastir via "xastir_udp_client".
>
> If you have TWO dongles, or want to watch the 978MHz frequency instead,
> there are ways to do that using "dump978" in conjunction with "dump1090". I
> haven't tested whether positions from "dump978" end up making it all the
> way to Xastir yet using the above script in conjunction with those other
> two programs. If someone tests this, please let us all know, else I'll get
> to doing that eventually (I have two dongles, three if I borrow my son's).
>
> Instructions are at the top of the script.
>
> Enjoy!
>
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