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		rdtsc on May 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mysterious Planes Over Baltimore Spark Surveillanc... I have two of those dongles (there were abouto $10 each) and living by the airport don't even need a particularly good antena do dump ADS-B messages out to the console.

tomswartz07 on May 8, 2015 [–]

Just on a whim, I stuck the little 6" whip antenna on the trunk of my car and plopped my laptop next to it, just to see what I'd get.

I was able to pick up flights taking off from DC, quite a good trip away. 100 miles?

Pretty awesome.

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