Looking for ADS-B Data Sharing – Providing Free Receivers/Antennas

[EC-7]

Originally Posted by MtnBiker2005

Photo of the FR24 IOMEGA iConnect custom firmware box.

[Found this on Mark's blog site]

FlightRadar24 - ADS-B Receiver Kit Received
http://www.mark-rodgers.com/ads-b-receiver/
http://www.mark-rodgers.com/ads-b-re...mporary-setup/

Originally Posted by reconrider8

my question is whats the catch thats not cheap hardware and they are just passing it out?

There is no catch. That's my setup in the links above.
The equipment isnt cheap for them to "hand out". The iOmega box is about $125 if you can find it and the ADS-B Beast is over $150, I forget the price. Plus there is the antenna, cables & shipping costs.

They do monitor it and make sure the receivers are always online. Ive gotten a few emails when mine was down for over 12 hours, luckily they reminded me to plug it back in, when I needed the outlet.

Im know they get some $$ from ads, but I dont think its enough to cover all the costs.
I also have an AIS Marine receiver from MarineTraffic.com and that was funded by a university grant, so maybe FlightRadar24.com has some kind of income source for the project also. I would think that there might be some big airline companies who help fund it, to improve their own systems too.
Its a win-win situation. I think its a great site and I love monitoring & supporting it.
I also have a friend in Texas who hosts a receiver.
Mine is Radar F-KRNP1 and his I think is F-KTKI1

[kma371]

the Beast receivers are a lot more expensive than $150. closer to $500

[reconrider8]

yea i seen some go from around 500-1000 bux thats why i was asking someone could just run off with it and use it for their own use and such lol

[reconrider8]

has anyone completed this deal?

[mdulrich]

Originally Posted by reconrider8

has anyone completed this deal?

Yep

Mike

[reconrider8]

pm sent to ya Mike

[reconrider8]

Is this deal still available?

[kma371]

Originally Posted by reconrider8

Is this deal still available?

you might want to try the email he provided. I don't think he's very active on the forums.

[mdulrich]

Also remember that they are in Europe so there may be a delay until the next day in responses due to the time differences.

Mike

[reconrider8]

i emailed him a couple days ago and he sent me an email back with a couple links and i dent another back like 2 days ago and havnt heard anything back yet thats why i was asking

[MtnBiker2005]

Update was posted over on the FlightRadar24 forum today.
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threa...rease-coverage

Specific cities
• Oslo
• Kiruna
• Barcelona
• Nice
• Belgrade
• Bari
• Szczecin
• Tiblisi
• Las Vegas
• Houston
• Minneapolis/St Paul

General areas
• South Korea
• Brazil
• India
• Mexico
• Hawaii
• Alaska
• Western Australia
• Virginia
• Mississippi
• Alabama
• Rocky Mountain region (US)
• Plains region (US)

The ADS-B receiver that we are sending out is a special Flightradar24 branded unit developed by makers of the Mode-S Beast. The Flightradar24 Box is compact (measuring just 100x60x30mm). It connects directly to your router/modem by Ethernet cable. It doesn't need a PC to run and we supply an external Mode-S antenna, all cables including a GPS antenna for data timing precision.

[MtnBiker2005]

From FR24 Forum:

Yes, MLAT will be released as part of the FR24 Premium offer in a couple of weeks. The first MLAT units are up and running, and we need to make some more testing before it can be released.
Info on how MLAT works:
http://www.multilateration.com/surve...ateration.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateration

[reconrider8]

im in north carolina but im right close to the va border also

[MtnBiker2005]

Photo of the rear of the box...

[ It doesn't need a PC to run aka No Personal Computer Required.]

[flightradar24]

Hi all,

This offer to host free ADS-B equipment is still running. And even though we've put up a lot of new receivers around the US and Canada over the last couple of months, we still have a long list of locations that we are interested in.

Please see this page for requirements and the locations we are interested in:
Help Us Increase ADS-B Coverage - Free Equipment Offer - Flightradar24.com

If you already have ADS-B equipment, we'd very much appreciate your feed. As a thank you, all ADS-B data feeders get Flightradar24 Premium for free (exclusive web features plus all of our apps included). Find out more how you can start feeding ADS-B data:
Software - Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!

Best regards,
Fredrik