Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ADS-B and Mode-S Transponders

2007-03-26 Thread Matt Ettus
The Mode A and C transponders uses Pulse AM with the presence of pulses in defined timeslots determining the data with framing pulses at the start and end. Mode S uses Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) with a preamble. I included a png of the first part of a Mode S packet. The 4 pulses at the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ADS-B and Mode-S Transponders

2007-03-25 Thread Eric A. Cottrell
Eric Blossom wrote: > > This is great! Looking forward to what you come up with! > > Eric > Hello, I was able to modify the oscilloscope sink to trigger at a signal level. I noticed a lot more activity after the proper triggering. I do not get really strong signals except when aircraft are n

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ADS-B and Mode-S Transponders

2007-03-25 Thread Eric Blossom
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 01:17:28PM -0400, Eric A. Cottrell wrote: > Hello, > > Yet another project I am interested in. Number 157 on the list. 8) > > ADS-B is an interesting system that allows aircraft to send position and > other information. It uses the 1090 MHz Transponder frequency. > http:

[Discuss-gnuradio] ADS-B and Mode-S Transponders

2007-03-24 Thread Eric A. Cottrell
Hello, Yet another project I am interested in. Number 157 on the list. 8) ADS-B is an interesting system that allows aircraft to send position and other information. It uses the 1090 MHz Transponder frequency. http://www.garmin.com/aviation/adsb.html ADS-B is more progressed over in Europe. I