These include embedded position reports, AMDAR reports and ADS reports contained in ACARS messages, ADS-B position reports received by the Kinetic SBS1(tm) or AirNav System RadarBox(tm) Mode-S receivers, and position reports on HF using Charles Brain's PC-HFDL software. PlanePlotter plots aircraft positions, altitudes and times decoded from the message traffic that it receives.
PlanePlotter archives all the digital data that it receives and decodes to a log file. PlanePlotter shows a table display of messages received and decoded from live aircraft transmissions. The animated screen grab from PlanePlotter (left) was kindly provided by John Locker. Using PlanePlotter, you can see a radar-like display of all those aircraft around you that are transmitting the appropriate digital messages including ACARS, ADS-B and HFDL.