@elonjet For whatever reason(s), #ADSBexchange site shows #ElonMusk #Gulfstream #G650 #N628TS stuck at ~26,000' (descended from previous cruising altitude) SE of Cabo San Lucas / La Paz, #Mexico
Can pilots turn off tracking to mess with #ADSB tracking?
update: here’s the tracks I managed to capture before I restarted the map application — this with the included designed-for-DTV antenna, on a junction box cover “ground plane” inside in a south-facing window.
The purple/pink tracks are high-altitude, the orange /yellow/green is coming and going from YHZ.
I’ve also got feeds going to FlightRadar24, FlightAware, and adsb.fi (and upgraded accounts on the first two!). Tomorrow: antenna tuning, maybe…
In the Wild West of uncensored flight tracking, who'll be the spiritual sucessor of #ADSBExchange? https://jettip.net/blog/in-the-wild-west-of-uncensored-flight-tracking-wholl-be-the-spiritual-sucessor-of-ads-b-exchange
ADSB.one has released a clone of the #ADSBExchange Rapid API service, just in time for all of my fellow avgeek bot wranglers to refactor as they switch over to Mastodon from Twitter. Docs: https://github.com/ADSB-One/api/blob/main/README.md
Another update on the progress being made by "the big four" alternative ADSB aggregators that have sprung up since #ADSBExchange was sold last week.
The most successful so far appears to be ADSB.fi, which as of 15 minutes ago, was tracking 46% the number of aircraft of ADSBx.
ADSBx has lost roughly 8% of its feeders (9470 to 8693 per the numbers I can find).
Interesting to see how much coverage can get spun up fairly quickly; ADSB.fi already tracking 42% the number of flights as ADSBx is.
Number of aircraft being tracked by the large flight trackers at 1600 UTC (10:00 AM CST).
#FlightRadar24: 14059
#RadarBox: 12536
#FlightAware: 12494
#ADSBExchange: 11008
#ADSBfi: 4618
#ADSBlol: 1905
#GrndcCtrl: 1561
#ADSBone: N/A
A quick update on #ADSBExchange vs heir apparent #ADSBfi
ADSBx is currently tracking 9733 flights to ADSBfi's 3914 (~40%).
ADSBx currently has 8815 feeders, down from ~9470 (@lemonodor grabbed a screenshot with that many, close to peak), a decrease of ~7%. Holes in coverage over CONUS are filling in reasonably well, still a long ways to go globally.
Now feeding to ADSB.fi 
And I hear they're already talking about setting up a nonprofit to avoid ADSBx's fate.
I hope the private equity firm behind JetSet enjoys setting money on fire, because they just bought a largely redundant asset in #ADSBExchange judging from how quickly .fi is spinning up.
If there was any hope that their investment would put an end to @elonjet, it was an expensive and futile hope.
This example is an exception, not the rule, but it looks like newcomer adsb.fi already has better coverage of UND's ops at KGFK than #ADSBExchange
Interestingly, tar1090, the open source interface that renders the maps on asdb.fi and #ADSBExchange, spits out the total number of aircraft the system is currently aware of - at this moment, ADSBx has 13861 to adsb.fi's 4731 - to be able to spin something up and get coverage of 34% of the established competitor overnight is pretty damn impressive.
It looks like there's some momentum bedhind adsb.fi as an alternative to #ADSBExchange; early yesterday there appeared to be maybe half a dozen feeders with CONUS coverage, now it's getting quite a bit thicker - I just stopped my ADSBx feed and started giving data to them instead, we'll see how it pans out.
Live view: https://globe.adsb.fi
Former #ADSBExchange feeders are moving to a new server, adsb.fi. Coverage is light right now, but hopefully more feeders will come online soon.
If you're feeding #ADSB, please consider adding or switching by pointing to feed.adsb.fi
ADSBx sold for 8 million dollars to JetNet.
One would think he could buy his 10K feeders 400 dollars of ADSB hardware to share in the profit & say thank you for building ADSBx to what is is. Would still leave him personally with 4 million, which is still a fsck-load of cash in his pocket.
But somehow, I feel like all the feeder community, the open data community, the open source community are all getting screwed in this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/10l2euc/adsb_exchange_the_largest_unfiltered_network_has/
The #ADSBexchange fiasco seems to be a litmus test for detecting people who think it's okay to trade in your community as long as enough money is offered. ("It's okay to screw people over as long as you get enough money in the process.")
$ systemctl stop mlat-client-adsbx.service
$ systemctl mask mlat-client-adsbx.service
fuck you Dan Streufert, greed sucks.
Comments from the developers (not owner) of #ADSBexchange are quite enlightening. #ADSB #aviation #OpenSource https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/10l2euc/comment/j5w22ly/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
FFS... #adsbexchange has sold to private equity. Powered off my feeder till a replacement can be found. Just as I fixed my range issue.... https://fosstodon.org/@scy@chaos.social/109750994524577459
To be clear: If you continue feeding data into #ADSBExchange, you’re signalling “cashing out on the work of thousands of volunteers is an okay thing to do”. It’ll be on you the next time it happens, to some other service.
I mean, except for the guy who’s now a millionaire (and scored a nice job at the buyer, too), other #ADSBx team members are pretty clear on this.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSBexchange/comments/10l27fb/comment/j5u4hz8/
Remember ADS-B Exchange? The flight tracking website run by hobbyists, unlike the more commercialized FlightRadar24?
Well, they sold their soul now, for $20M.
https://www.jetnet.com/news/jetnet-acquires-ads-b-exchange.html
Apparently the owner didn't inform, let alone ask, the ~ 10k people feeding data into it.
#ADSBExchange has been purchased by private equity.
If you're not aware, #ADSBx was the only open, free and uncensored ADSB aggregator. The owner/operator took a payout. People who have been feeding the service for years with a #RTLSDR receiver got nothing.
https://www.jetnet.com/news/jetnet-acquires-ads-b-exchange.html
