Today’s Flights — How To Extract Data from BaseStation.sqb

I recently added a page to this website, Today’s Flights, that shows all of the aircraft recorded by my virtual radar setup during the calendar day. If you’re interested in doing the same on your website, here’s a tutorial that explains how I did it with my WordPress-based blog. What You Will Need sqlite3.exe — …

Connecting the ADS-B Dots

I’ve had a few emails from people curious about how all of the applications mentioned on this site connect together. Apart from the step-by-step instructions, the best way I can think of to show the flow of data is with a chart. So below is a diagram with all the connections. There isn’t any great …

BaseStation and RTL1090

If you’ve read my first post, you may have noticed a passing reference to an optional piece of software called BaseStation. This application is the software that ships with the Kinetic Avionics SBS radar boxes. However, you can also download the software and — using some third-party magic — connect it to your cheap RTLSDR dongle. …