ACARS Receiver SBS-3

SBS-3:ACARS接收器功能详解与设置

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本文介绍了SBS-3作为一款集成了ADS-B、AIS和ACARS的多合一接收器，重点讲解了如何配置其ACARS功能，包括不同国家的频率设定以及如何通过USB连接电脑和BaseStation软件进行操作。尽管SBS-3已停产，但作者推荐替代产品以满足类似需求。

SBS-3 works as ACARS receiver

SBS-3 is an ADS-B/AIS/ACARS 3 in 1 receiver. We’ll introduce its ACARS function here. First, SBS-3 is a little bigger than a card.

ACARS Receiver SBS-3

SBS-3 is delivered with 1x SBS-3 main unit, 1x ADS-B antenna, 1x VHF antenna for ACARS and AIS, 1x USB cable and 1x disc of BaseStation software.

ACARS Receiver SBS-3

It’s also quite easy to connect all these, just see the connectors on the back panel of SBS-3.

ACARS Receiver SBS-3

Simple start is to connect SBS-3 with computer via the USB cable and install the BaseStation software on computer. No need for any further configuration, you’ll see aircrafts immediately. Computer would power SBS-3 also via the USB cable.

ACARS Receiver SBS-3

To make SBS-3 works as ACARS receiver, you may be aware that ACARS frequency is different from country to country. It’s not like ADS-B have a global frequency 1090MHz, except U.S.A. general aviation use 978MHz UAT. Let’s take ACARS frequency 131.45MHz as an example for showing how to operate. In BaseStation, build-in SDR, control panel.

ACARS Receiver SBS-3

SBS-3 have two tuner, tuner1 and turner. From 27 to 980MHz. There’re six SDR. Four of which is useable and the other two are reserved for further use.
For example, you need to receive four frequency, 131.5MHz, 139.5MHz, 901.0MHz and 909.0MHz.
First, 131.5MHz and 139.5MHz are 8MHz different and so can use a same tuner. Configure tuner1 as 135.5MHz, SDR 1 as 131.5MHz and SDR 2 as 139.5. Same with 901.0MHz and 909.0MHz.
One tuner can best support 8MHz. So if you need to receive 131.5MHz, 139.8MHz, 901.0MHz and 909.0MHz, there’s no way you can do this.
Come back to our example of setting just one frequency 131.45MHz, just need to set one tuner and one SDR is enough. Make sure you choose AM and you choose the right tunner with SDR, it would work.
In BaseStation build-in SDR, open ACARS window, wait a while, data would show up.

ACARS Receiver SBS-3

I believe many people are sorry that one this good product SBS-3 is EOL. We hope our AIS, ADS-B and ACARS receivers could be an applicable replacement of this once famous SBS-3.

Reference: https://www.avionix-tech.com