Are AC 777 equipped with ACARS?
Mar 11, 2014, 8:29 pm
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AC's 777 fleet is equipped with a complete ADS-B suite (transmitting on 1090MHz and over sat-link), as well as ACARS.
You can buy a $10 USB dongle (called a "RTL-SDR") and hook it to your computer to listen to the transmissions (using a program such as adsb# or dump1090). I even have some software that plots the real-time position of AC (and various other carrier) overflights on a map. The plane transmits a signal every couple of seconds with a real time position update.
ADS-B is different from ACARS, in that, it transmits real-time position updates. While ACARS is just maintenance messages typically, sometimes clearances, etc. Often coded messages.
You can buy a $10 USB dongle (called a "RTL-SDR") and hook it to your computer to listen to the transmissions (using a program such as adsb# or dump1090). I even have some software that plots the real-time position of AC (and various other carrier) overflights on a map. The plane transmits a signal every couple of seconds with a real time position update.
ADS-B is different from ACARS, in that, it transmits real-time position updates. While ACARS is just maintenance messages typically, sometimes clearances, etc. Often coded messages.
Mar 12, 2014, 5:23 am
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I can't wait until NA moves to ADS-B when NextGen is implemented.
Mar 12, 2014, 11:32 am
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Mar 12, 2014, 1:13 pm
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