Acars Decoding

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over the last day, I have been playing with my white "spare" dongle.

So I downloaded AcarsDeco2 and got that to run, and using a tv aerial that came with the stick.

I found out it can monitor 4 channels at once . 131.525/131.725/131.825/131.850 am

 

[Lazarus]

There's a lot to be said for having a spare dongle.

 

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Ascars Decoding with AcarsDeco2


Step 1

Download this file acarsdeco2_windows_20150718.zip

Step 2

unzip the downloaded file, and copy the folder to your C:drive.

Step 3

locate the windows batch file, and right click the mouse, select edit, so you can input up to 4 channels at once,

this is mine:

@echo off
cmd /c acarsdeco2.exe --device-index 0 --gain 49.6 --freq-correction 1 --freq 131525000 --freq 131725000 --freq 131825000 --freq 131850000 --http-port 8083 --vrs-url http://192.168.1.23:90 --net 30008
PAUSE
exit

you can change any of the values, after the --

Step 4

Save the file.

Step 5

double left click the batch folder to run the prog.

 

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AcarsDeco2 dos window (running)

 

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[Analoguesat]

Can this be run off the same dongle as the basic setup or do you need a second one Chris?

 

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Can this be run off the same dongle as the basic setup or do you need a second one Chris?

No it needs a second dongle.

If you are running more than 1 dongle then you will need to add --device-index 0 or 1 depending on the bus no of the dongle.

My cheap dongle got logs, despite being 61ppm off.

The txco noo elec dongles work very well with the offset of 1

 

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I am also using a home brew antenna,

The coax length is 63.5cms per element.

Mine is 3 element.

If my memory serves me correctly the antenna is centred on 144 MHz (2 meters) I think.