The Radarcape is currently the best ADS-B receiver available on the market for observing aircraft (flight tracking) that are within the very large reception radius. It contains a Linux computer (BeagleBone board, ARM CPU) with a network interface. So, you can connect the Radarcape directly to your (home-) network. There is a USB socket on the front to which you can connect additional devices (e.g. USB sticks, W-LAN adapters, etc.).
In contrast to the Radarcape EVO 2CH product variant, the 1CH is equipped with only one antenna input and is therefore not equipped for special reception conditions and better reception results under difficult conditions. However, the 1CH with two internal reception circuits (HDR) ensures improved reception at airfields.
The Radarcape is being delivered with pre-installed software. Over the user-friendly Web interface you can configure the Radarcape by yourself and operate easily. Please note the license conditions.
The most important properties
- Currently the best receiver available on the market: The Radarcape uses an intelligent FPGA to decode received frames through the hardware. So, it achieves a clearly higher performance than receivers using software decoding.
- High-precision time stamps for multilateration: A built-in GPS receiver is used as a time base and sets high-precision time stamps for received frames. You can use these, e.g., for multilateration (MLAT) to locate aircraft without ADS-B. Therefore, the data from at least three Radarcapes is used to compute their actual positions. (Multilateration is supported by the Radarcape firmware but currently no implemented function).
- Standalone ADS-B feeder: The Radarcape can be operated in standalone mode and used, for example, day and night as a feeder for platforms such as Flightradar24, FlightAware or the Planeplotter network. For this, the connection to a separate PC is not required.
- Quick and easy installation: The Radarcape is ready for flight tracking as soon as it is connected. No additional drivers have to be installed on your PC.
- Direct system access via SSH: Experienced users can install their own applications directly on the Linux operating system as administrators
- Low power consumption: With a power consumption of less than 5 W, the Radarcape has a very low power consumption. (4 types of wall plugs: EU/ US/ Australia/ UK, we ship the one that fits to the destination country)
- Data for virtual radar software: With the Radarcape you can receive Mode-S data for various applications. For example, Planeplotter and Active Display Lite can be directly connected to the Radarcape via the network. Also, the network connection enables you to place the Radarcape and your PC at different locations.
- 3D map for Google Earth: The web server built into Radarcape provides the received flight routes as kml files. View the air traffic as 3D-visualisation in Google Earth.
- 2D map in the web browser: Observe airplanes in live mode on a 2D map in your web browser.
Purpose and examples of use
Airfield
Use case: Simplify the day-to-day business as flight director of regional and club airfields. High-precision positioning for aircraft taking off and landing.
Necessary additional equipment:
- For the pure observation of aircraft movements: Radarcape license
- For an automated solution for logbook recording based on multilateration: The Flight Director with
Jetvision MLAT server
– dhe software solution for more safety and efficiency at your airfield.
Demanding private users
Use case: flight tracking over the roof of your own house.
Necessary additional equipment: