ADS-B Receiver Range

fazlurnu26
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8 months 3 weeks ago #2527 by fazlurnu26

ADS-B Receiver Range was created by fazlurnu26

Hi Everyone,

I downloaded data for several specific ADS-B receivers and given the location of the receiver I found out the maximum range for multiple receivers is around 400 km. I believe this is not due to false reporting in the messages. However, some references say the effective range of ADS-B is about 280 km. Is there any specific reason why the range in OpenSky database is larger than that?

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Fazlur

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8 months 3 weeks ago #2528 by allan.tart

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If a receiver is on a good location and aircraft is high enough, 400km is not nothing surprising - transponder output power is strong enough to cover this distance. Not sure which references say 280km as a maximum, maybe there's a mix-up with units - should be 280NM and not 280km?

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8 months 3 weeks ago #2529 by strohmeier

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Range is the radio horizon, that's more like 280 miles, not km?

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