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minus-squaredecolo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoWould these drones show up on flight radar? Assuming not, I wonder how hard they would be to detect and track.
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 minutes agoI doubt they run ADS-B transceivers, but perhaps they do. In that case picking up the signal is almost trivial with a cheap SDR but the relatively low altitude means it might not show up on flightradar if there isn’t one of their receivers in sight
Would these drones show up on flight radar?
Assuming not, I wonder how hard they would be to detect and track.
I doubt they run ADS-B transceivers, but perhaps they do. In that case picking up the signal is almost trivial with a cheap SDR but the relatively low altitude means it might not show up on flightradar if there isn’t one of their receivers in sight