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I am a long time member of radio reference and a long time scanner user who has recently begun a dive into software defined radios (6 months or so). And I have recently purchased a number a of SDRs (RTL-SDR, AIRSPY HF+ Discovery, and AIRSPY R2 w/ Spyverter). And during this dive with the...

Chinese authorities initiated crackdown on foreign ADS-B receivers due to “National security”. https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/chinese-authorities-initiated-crackdown-on-foreign-ads-b-receivers/42751/34

SDRplay has released cross platform versions of ADS-B (dump1090) specifically for the RSP. The Windows installer can be found on SDRplay - Windows (2nd blue box on the right hand side which downloads software, user guide and release notes) Versions for non-Windows platforms can be found on...

FlightAware PiAware - dump1090 ADS-B integration with FlightAware Released for Raspberry Pi with dump1090 https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/

FlightAware and ADS-B - https://flightaware.com/adsb/ In addition to receiving over 50 different government air traffic control and private datalink sources, FlightAware operates a worldwide infrastructure of ADS-B receivers tracking ADS-B-equipped aircraft flying around the globe. FlightAware...

App Shootout: FlightRadar24 vs. Planefinder Reviewing the ADS-B data coverage on both Apps. March 22, 2013 Take a look at the phone or tablet of any aviation geek, and you probably find the same apps time and time again: FlightAware for general flight information, LiveATC for aircraft radio...

This might be a "duh" question, but can you look on FlightAware or another similar site and see when a Police helicopter/aircraft is in the air much like how you can look up a commercial flight and track it? Another question along the same lines, can you do this with TV news...