ADS-B Decoding with RTL-SDR, ADSBSharp, and Virtual Radar Server

SDRSharp

SDRSharp is an SDR program.  The install contains ADSBSharp.  If you already have a recent version of SDRSharp, you can skip this section.

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Go to http://sdrsharp.com/.

Click Software.

Click Download.  Save it in your Downloads folder.

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Extract the sdr-install zip file using the Windows compressed folder utility or 7-Zip. Right-click on the compressed folder and click Extract All.

Then click Extract.

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A new window will open.  Double-click the sdr-install directory.

Click install.

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A DOS box will appear and SDRSharp will download.

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Once complete, Press any key to continue.  The DOS box will disappear.

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Double-click the sdrsharp directory.