Bill-Higdon
Well-Known Member
Interesting developments as of late HackRF PortaPack Firmware Spoofs All The Things
Beyond terrorists... What's the motivation for a limited area disruption?"However, why would one choose to disrupt adsb(?)"
Let me count the ways, Heph! And yet, any one with computer exposure could have seen it coming.
Supposedly, it can't be hacked according to the FAA...
Since no one else mentioned it ~ Stratux is a homebuild box with two software defined radios listening on the two UHF bands on which aircraft with ADSB-OUT and ADS towers transmit dynamic aircraft location, speed and altitude information, along with weather. The rasberry pi host retransmits data via wifi to a cockpit display typically iPad which adds aircraft location symbols onto the moving map display service which many pilots use these days, in order to identify conflicting traffic. This ensemble costs around $200 to build plus the iPad.It was only time. Hams always had respect for their airwaves, model plane flyers respect for the air. Drones and hackers want to conquer what seems to be free, when it really isn’t. Just messes it up for the ones who did play by the rules.
And where would someone find the stuff, and information to build a working example of this? Asking for a friend.Since no one else mentioned it ~ Stratux is a homebuild box with two software defined radios listening on the two UHF bands on which aircraft with ADSB-OUT and ADS towers transmit dynamic aircraft location, speed and altitude information, along with weather. The rasberry pi host retransmits data via wifi to a cockpit display typically iPad which adds aircraft location symbols onto the moving map display service which many pilots use these days, in order to identify conflicting traffic. This ensemble costs around $200 to build plus the iPad.
Probably the single best safety enhancement of recent years.
And where would someone find the stuff, and information to build a working example of this? Asking for a friend.
Bob
Not the FAA; they don't control RF spectrum. It's the FCC, lead by Ajit Pai.That’s troubling, but ADS-B is already being jeopardized but the FAA selling bandwidth to a 5G cellular provider that reportedly screws up GPS signals that aircraft use.
This is probably a good place to start:And where would someone find the stuff, and information to build a working example of this? Asking for a friend.
Bob
Thanks. You are absolutely correct ( on all counts, might I add). That’s what happens when my fingers don’t listen to my brain.Not the FAA; they don't control RF spectrum. It's the FCC, lead by Ajit Pai.
Thank the aviation (and all communication) gods, he'll be gone in a couple of months.