Whether ADS-B include time information?

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Python decoder for Mode S and ADS-B signals

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Whether ADS-B include time information? #30

Closed bupt-zsp closed 5 years ago

bupt-zsp commented 5 years ago

Dear researcher: Thanks for your job first. It's a great job for me to learn about ADS-B. After I read the guide book, I find all the time stamp seems like a local time. So I want to know whether ADS-B broadcast it's own clock in ADS-B frame. If so, how can I capture it.

junzis commented 5 years ago

ADS-B does not broadcast any time information. You have to rely on the receiver clock. Some ADS-B receiver can connect to a GPS receiver to provide an accurate timestamp.