{"id":21947,"date":"2016-10-28T07:14:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T11:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21947"},"modified":"2016-10-28T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T11:14:29","slug":"aeronautical-sdr-ivans-in-flight-fm-spectrum-captures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/aeronautical-sdr-ivans-in-flight-fm-spectrum-captures\/","title":{"rendered":"Aeronautical SDR: Ivan&#8217;s in-flight FM spectrum captures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aircraft-Jet-Boeing-VOLMET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12696\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aircraft-Jet-Boeing-VOLMET.jpg\" alt=\"Aircraft-Jet-Boeing-VOLMET\" width=\"645\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aircraft-Jet-Boeing-VOLMET.jpg 645w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aircraft-Jet-Boeing-VOLMET-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/ivan-cholakov-no2cw\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW)<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thomas, not sure if this is something relevant but airlines now state it is OK to use an am\/fm radio on board aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Not much possibilities for AM unfortunately but on a recent flight from Ft Lauderdale to Dallas and Albuquerque I hooked up an SDRPlay receiver to a 3 inch stick antenna and recorded a few stations I was able to pick up along the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0wiXJfbhdmE\" target=\"_blank\">The first video is posted here<\/a>:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wiXJfbhdmE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I did take a few more videos flying between JFK and MIA as well.<\/p>\n<p>I used the following equipment:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FM_DX-e1477651868515.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21952\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FM_DX-e1477651868515.jpg\" alt=\"fm_dx\" width=\"850\" height=\"617\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. 13 inch laptop that I also use for work<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/a-review-of-the-sdrplay-rsp-software-defined-receiver\/\">SDRPlay receiver<\/a><br \/>\n3. Old scanner antenna that I happened to have<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">SDRUno<\/a> software to drive the radio<br \/>\n5. Screen recorder that comes with the Win 10 Xbox app<br \/>\n6. Windows movie maker to stitch the individual clips together and annotate<\/p>\n<p>If needed, the size of the setup above can shrink further if a smaller laptop\/tablet is used and an RTL dongle instead of SDRPlay.<\/p>\n<p>You will also need to equip yourself with a window seat. Otherwise, signals are significantly weaker.<\/p>\n<p>I did not place the antenna in a special position, just next to me on the seat where it could not be noticed by other passengers. I uploaded a few more videos from my weekly shuttle flights between MIA an JFK.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan NO2CW<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow! \u00a0Thanks so much, for sharing this, Ivan.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always packed a simple FM-capable radio in my <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/traveling-light-swling-right-the-best-shortwave-radios-for-travel\/\">one, compact carry on bag<\/a>\u00a0and typically try a little FM DX travel while in flight. I was\u00a0never aware there was a restriction on using an FM receiver in flight, but I&#8217;ve always kept my radio listening very discrete so it&#8217;s never been a problem.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0love the idea of doing in-flight FM spectrum captures! It would be fun to watch signals on the spectrum shift and change as the flight progresses. Very cool, Ivan!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Have you ever made in-flight FM spectrum captures like Ivan? \u00a0Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who writes: Thomas, not sure if this is something relevant but airlines now state it is OK to use an am\/fm radio on board aircraft. Not much possibilities for AM unfortunately but on a recent flight from Ft Lauderdale to Dallas and Albuquerque I hooked up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,3,158],"tags":[5561,1584,2918,5391,3711,3710],"class_list":["post-21947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","category-software-defined-radio","tag-aeronautical","tag-fm","tag-fm-dx","tag-ivan-cholakov-no2cw","tag-sdrplay","tag-sdrplay-rsp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5HZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33037,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/aeronautical-rds-ivans-impressive-collection-of-in-flight-fm-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":21947,"position":0},"title":"Aeronautical RDS: Ivan&#8217;s impressive collection of in-flight FM stations","author":"Thomas","date":"July 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who writes: Last week I took an Eton Satellit with me on a flight from Tampa, Florida to Washington DC. 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Antenna is the same, 80m OCF\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RSP1a-comparison-video-Ivan-C.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RSP1a-comparison-video-Ivan-C.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RSP1a-comparison-video-Ivan-C.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RSP1a-comparison-video-Ivan-C.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28094,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/video-ivan-shares-a-bandscan-from-the-2017-eclipse-qso-party\/","url_meta":{"origin":21947,"position":2},"title":"Video: Ivan shares a bandscan from the 2017 Eclipse QSO Party","author":"Thomas","date":"September 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW) who shares the following: I finally got around to listening through some of the amateur radio band spectrum captures from the 2017 Solar Eclipse QSO party. I used an SDRPlay receiver with an end fed LNR antenna in portable field setting in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SDRuno-Eclipse-QSO-Party-Ivan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SDRuno-Eclipse-QSO-Party-Ivan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SDRuno-Eclipse-QSO-Party-Ivan.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SDRuno-Eclipse-QSO-Party-Ivan.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30735,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/video-comparing-the-sdrplay-rsp1a-and-airspy-hf-on-hf-mw\/","url_meta":{"origin":21947,"position":3},"title":"Video: Comparing the SDRplay RSP1A and Airspy HF+ on HF &#038; MW","author":"Thomas","date":"February 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov, who shares the following video where he compares the SDRplay RSP1A and the AirSpy HF+ software defined radios on shortwave and mediumwave: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ff3SG_Mwt9Y Click here to watch on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ivan-RSP1a-screen-grab.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ivan-RSP1a-screen-grab.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ivan-RSP1a-screen-grab.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ivan-RSP1a-screen-grab.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24044,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/video-ivans-airborne-tv-dx-catches\/","url_meta":{"origin":21947,"position":4},"title":"Video: Ivan&#8217;s Airborne TV DX catches","author":"Thomas","date":"February 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who writes: A while back I shared a short story about FM reception from commercial jetliners. 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