Tracking Planes with RTL-SDR and a Raspberry Pi running PiAware

RTL-SDR Blog V3 R820T2 (Amazon Affiliate)
US: https://amzn.to/2z4hpDu
CA: https://amzn.to/3e3Ln8K (dongle only)
UK: https://amzn.to/2AuUdin
IN: https://amzn.to/2ZNJHez
AU: https://amzn.to/3iDbW8l

Raspberry Pi (Amazon Affiliate)
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UK: https://amzn.to/2Z2inKX
CA: https://amzn.to/2y5yAUA
ES: https://amzn.to/3fSDhSS
FR: https://amzn.to/2LpurxT
IT: https://amzn.to/2T2VZNu
DE: https://amzn.to/3buHRmQ
IN: https://amzn.to/2B3PGTN

Software Defined Radio Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPHRD_m-N5pzrPPdkXa8Fsf

Raspberry Pi Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPvIdR5BEqDgO7DsGAla_AZ

Set up Headless boot (do this after writing the image to the microSD Card

Create ssh or ssh.txt in boot directory.

Create wpa_supplicant.conf in boot directory file to set up Wifi.

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=<Insert 2 letter ISO 3166-1 country code here>

network={
 ssid="<Name of your wireless LAN>"
 psk="<Password for your wireless LAN>"
}

Instructions on FlightAware’s site: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/install

Update Package List and Packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y
Change Hostname
sudo raspi-config

Network Options > Hostname

Download PiAware Repository
wget https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/p/piaware-support/piaware-repository_3.8.1_all.deb
Install PiAware Repository
sudo dpkg -i piaware-repository_3.8.1_all.deb
Update Package List
sudo apt update
Install piaware and dump1090
sudo apt install piaware dump1090-fa
Enable Automatic and Manual Updates
sudo piaware-config allow-auto-updates yes
sudo piaware-config allow-manual-updates yes
Reboot System
sudo systemctl reboot
Open PiAware Web Interface
http://piaware.local:8080

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