Whether for sheer enjoyment of spotting airplanes, or for tracking aircraft movements to understand corporate, government, or military activity, radio is an essential tool. Much of what is happening in the skies overhead is revealed by radio signals. At every moment, there are voice, operational data, and air traffic control communications available for you to hear and read, if you know how to intercept them. Airband Radio on the RTL-SDR teaches you how to use an inexpensive software defined radio to capture aircraft signals.
Airband Radio on the RTL-SDR explores how software defined radio receivers work, with specific emphasis on the strngths and weaknesses of the most popular little radio in a USB dongle. With an understanding of the RTL-SDR, the book then discusses the various types of signals available for intercept: AM mode voice, digital ACARS messages, and modern data modes such as VDL, ADS-B, satellite, and long range HF radio comms.
Airband Radio on the RTL-SDR also covers the inevitable move people make when they want higher performance from their radio hardware: improved antennas, low noise amplifiers, and higher spec computers or software. There will come a day when it is time to graduate from the RTL-SDR to true high performance radio equipment, for true state of the art signal intercepts. The book discusses what to seek when upgrade time arrives.
The author takes you on a journey based on multiple decades of airline flying and also as a licenced commercial and amateur radio operator. His experience with aviation radio communications extends back through more than fifty years
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