ADS-B Software
ADS-B Software Listings
ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) allows ham radio operators to receive and decode aircraft position reports, often using readily available SDR dongles. This activity provides a fascinating way to monitor air traffic, track specific flights, and understand the real-time movement of aircraft in their local area or globally through networked data.
Operators can find various software tools for decoding ADS-B signals, from applications like ADSB# that integrate with RTL-SDR dongles to dedicated Windows programs such as adsbScope and PlanePlotter. These tools often display aircraft on a map, showing callsigns, altitude, speed, and heading. Some software, like Virtual Radar Server, also allows sharing received data over a network, contributing to larger flight tracking communities and enhancing the overall experience for hams interested in this aspect of radio monitoring.
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adsbScope is freeware Windows software for receiving and graphically displaying ADS-B aircraft data from a decoder, identifying aircraft, and calculating positi -
PlanePlotter is a windows decoder of live digital position reports from aircraft and plots them on a chart. Using PlanePlotter, you can see a radar-like display of all those aircraft around you that are transmitting the appropriate digital messages including ACARS, ADS-B and HFDL. Full Trial available for 21 days. -
Free Windows ADS-B decoder for RTL-SDR dongles included in SDR#. It allow to broadcast data locally or to radar software sever such as Planeplotter, Virtual Radar Server, adsbSCOPE. -
BaseStation is a Windows application written originally for the SBS-1 family of Virtual Radar Receivers. -
Virtual Radar Server is a free windows decoder of ADS-B signals received by several radio receivers and support even networked data feed. The Server publish a Google Maps-based display of aircraft positions and flight list