{"id":16744,"date":"2017-04-12T11:04:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T10:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16744"},"modified":"2017-04-12T11:04:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T10:04:59","slug":"track-flights-over-your-head-with-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-flightaware-and-an-sdr-dongle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16744","title":{"rendered":"Track flights over your head with a Raspberry Pi Zero W, FlightAware and an SDR dongle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clipboard01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16745\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=560%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clipboard01.jpg?w=757&amp;ssl=1 757w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=560%2C360&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=260%2C167&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=160%2C103&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark Hughes has written an excellent, comprehensive tutorial for using FlightAware with a Zero W to track overhead flights. Obviously, it will work with any other Raspberry Pi, but the Zero W is a &#8216;cheap one&#8217;. He covers everything from getting the SD card image working to installing the software and then displaying stuff onto an LED matrix. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutcircuits.com\/projects\/track-overhead-flights-raspberry-pi-zero-w-software-defined-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s really well done and you can take a look here<\/a>\u00a0or view the video of it in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Track Overhead Flights with a Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless, a Software Defined Radio, and FlightAware\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6MwHB_jMCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Hughes has written an excellent, comprehensive tutorial for using FlightAware with a Zero W to track overhead flights. 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