ACARS What is it?
Antenna
Any vhf vertical or dipole antenna
Because the signals we are chasing are thousands of feet high, any vhf antenna will
give good results. However if you are after the distant signals, a purpose built antenna
is required
FREQ
Australia 131.55 Mhz AM
Connect Speaker out from scanner (discriminator not necessary)- to line in on laptop soundcard.
Software
AIRNAV ACARS DECODER - DECODES MESSAGES
.......AND VIA DDE
PASSES POSITION DATA TO POSFIX WHICH
PLOTS THE POSITION ON ITS MAPS
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Posfix is designed to get a bit
more enjoyment out of ACARS scanning in general
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