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# The main ACARS website

You can search and live view a lot of satcom ACARS feeds (and some HFDL / VHF VDL ones as well) on the site:-

[tbg1.airframes.io](https://tbg1.airframes.io/)

Please note that the website is a dumpster fire.
Yes, tbg is aware that it does not work for you.
tbg is also aware that the icons don't make sense for the page content.
No, tbg can't 'just give me the old site back'.
And yes, thebaldgeek is more aware than you can ever know that the site is not optimized for mobile or PC screen sizes.

tbg is also aware that the menu icons don't make sense for the page content.
No, tbg can't 'just give me the old site back'. Since March 22nd 2024 there is no 'old site' in existence.
And yes, thebaldgeek is more painfully aware than you can ever know that the site is not optimized for _your_ mobile or PC screen sizes.
avgeeks around the world have said its the only ACARS website like it on the planet. Embrace its quirks, or move on.

## About this website
This GitHub website is just a brain dump and rough help notes to assist others in getting the hardware and software together to receive and decode ACARS messages from the main modes/frequencies.
Its not perfect, its not finished, its not polished, it never will be..... in time, these pages will fade as more help docs are written over at [docs.airframes.io](https://docs.airframes.io/)
Its not perfect, its not up to date, its not finished, its not polished, it never will be..... in time, these pages will fade as more helpful docs are written over at [docs.airframes.io](https://docs.airframes.io/)

# About ACARS
Please take the time to [read this overview of ACARS](https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/introduction-to-acars/). Its one of the best introductions of ACARS from signal to data I have ever come across.
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### READ THIS!

My motto is 'fail fast, fail often'. I am NOT a programer. Do NOT use the site. Do not read these pages. Please do continue to complain about them.
The best way to put this is: `I don't know what I'm doing, but I know that I don't know what I'm doing.`
The best way to put this is: `What I am doing cant be done, which means that I don't know what I'm doing, but at least I know that I don't know what I'm doing.`


### Support or Contact

I am happy to help those that try and help themselves.... In other words, if you don't read these pages and ask questions that are clearly answered here then my responses will be limited.
I am happy to help those that try and help themselves.... In other words, if you don't read these pages and ask questions that are clearly answered here, then tbg responses will be limited.

If you have some ideas about improving the data readablity or decoding of ACARS for the site, here is my starting point - "A problem well stated is a problem half-solved. Charles Kettering - Inventer".
In other words, the better you can describe your suggestion, the better chance you have of seeing it show up on the site.

Check back often, this site is being updated randomly.

I was pretty active on [X / Twitter](https://twitter.com/thebaldgeek).
The best way to keep updated with the goings on of all things ACARS is via X. There are many #osint folks on X that combine the usual ADSB (aircraft on a map) with ACARS to really amplify both sources of data. The sum really is MUCH greater than the parts.
thebaldgeek lurks on [X / Twitter](https://twitter.com/thebaldgeek).
The best way to keep updated with the goings on of all things ACARS is via X. There are many #osint folks on X that combine the usual ADSB/C (aircraft plotted on a map) _with_ ACARS to really amplify both sources of data. The sum really is MUCH greater than the parts.
Think of it this way:
ADSB is the where (when it works).
ADSB/C is the where.
ACARS is the why it is where it is.

Do note that I don't Tweet actual OSINT information... My site/tweets/role is to provide raw OSINT data. Ive found that most people that do osint often don't know where the data they use comes from, my goal is to help people understand how RF (radio frequency) signals can be converted into useful data for people to analyze.
Do note that I don't Tweet actual OSINT information... My site/tweets/role is to provide raw OSINT data. Ive found that most people that do osint often don't know where/how the raw data they use comes from, my goal is to help people understand how RF (radio frequency) signals can be converted into useful data for people to analyze and thus deepen the intel derived.

Free X / Twitter reader can be found on [nitter](https://nitter.net/thebaldgeek/with_replies)

Not as active, but am also on <a rel="me" href="https://ioc.exchange/@thebaldgeek">Mastodon</a>
If you have 15 minutes to look at some real world examples of ACARS data, look back through the [Reddit ACARS](https://www.reddit.com/r/ACARS/) sub.
Less active, but I'm also on [BlueSky](https://staging.bsky.app/profile/thebaldgeek.bsky.social)
Not as active, but tbg is also on <a rel="me" href="https://ioc.exchange/@thebaldgeek">Mastodon</a>
If you have 15 minutes to look at some old real world examples of ACARS data, look back through the [Reddit ACARS](https://www.reddit.com/r/ACARS/) sub.
Less active, but also on [BlueSky](https://staging.bsky.app/profile/thebaldgeek.bsky.social)


If you want more of a traditional forums, then airframesio have that as well, join us over at the [airframes community](https://community.airframes.io/)
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