ASD-B Summary and Critical Links

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is a surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked. I have setup a local receiver that feeds several services. I started with Flightradar24 but have expanded to include others. In exchange for feeding the aggregation sites I receive complementary subscriptions to their services.

The critical links are found here:

Local servers that I maintain

Chico-KCIC6  Stage2 Aggregator
KCIC6 Receiver
Lake Almanor-KSVE7 KSVE7 Receiver - Currently down

When feeding stops

Occasionally, the local feed stops. The configuration is sensitive to power outages because occasionally the Tailscale IP address will be released and a new one entered when this happens.

Flightaware and Flightradar24 both will send notices when the feed is down for too long.

Probably the quickest way to see if the feed is working is with AirNav radar - Chico station

Flightradar24 also has a good status page at Flightradar24 Status - KCIC6 ADS-B Reception, Decoding & Sharing The golden SD card has this configured as the default. Feed Accounts and Keys ADS-B Exchange ADSBX_UUID=f8f214bc-0a1e-4057-8513-ab144e6b72b3 ADSBX_SITENAME=T-KCIC6 FlightAware PIAWARE_FEEDER_ID=3963acce-ab0f-41f0-ae30-e4a32174bdbc Flightradar24 FR24_SHARING_KEY=e19faa3795c3fe88 Radarbox RADARBOX_SHARING_KEY=3baefd423abd202b5cccdf27ab7cbc68 Planefinder PLANEFINDER_SHARECODE=62c905c8d6175 ADSBHub ADSBHUB_STATION_KEY='Ms54?dI#:M!]JxU4A[_!43oe4u[q_Sm]o+JtEMu6$>~4JP--Z<?W:Ifdo{?-o9}]1%u#e_N=If_2Ab%|~Vt_}o1Y!li*l}#3' OpenSky OPENSKY_USERNAME=sjclynn OPENSKY_SERIAL=-1408231625 Radarvirtuel RV_FEEDER_KEY=kcic:BDB35CF29690E75A14D905F65839549A PlaneWatch PW_API_KEY=8bf4f7da-d46f-436e-a40a-229b7e4a73b5 Return to: Technical Guides