• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I use flightaware and similar apps, but they all eventually want a subscription. Bleugh.

    Is this one totally free … or at least better than your average app?

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      1 year ago

      If you have a little technical skill, you can set up your own raspberry pi ads-b receiver really easily. Just need the raspi, and SDR dongle, and an antenna. Floghtaware provides a flash image for the OS. If you feed them data, you get a free premium subscription. I used to use it to get alerts when the state patrol speed trap aircraft were taking off so I knew not to speed on a long interstate commute.

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        1 year ago

        Thanks. I’m sorry it’s yet another science project, though.

        I’m plenty technical, with a few C contributions to projects in the web and VPN space. But with two jobs and three ageing parents, I’m tapped out!

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          1 year ago

          Totally get it. My SD card got corrupted in a power outage almost a year ago and I never got around to reflashing it. To many other irons in the fire.

          I must say, it was an impressively reliable setup, uptime was effectively limited by power outages. Their image is basically Raspbian which is basically debian, but I was still impressed that the service was so stable.