Tracking and Analyzing Digital Transmissions of Aircraft
It never ceases to amaze how amateur radio operators use a diversity of existing communications systems to keep mentally active during periods of low sunspot cycles and especially during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Take for example, a number of Ham Cam International1 ham radio operators located on the Isle of Man and in England who decided to build and run their own ADS-B ground stations that can be installed anywhere and receive real-time data directly from airplanes on their computers.
By doing so, they join tens of thousands of individuals, some hams, some not, who track aircraft by detecting and analyzing their digital transmissions as they
