ADS-B Receivers
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weeboot said:
Flightaware receiver and band pass filter received.
Active USB Extension received.
N Type Male to SMA Male RG58 appears to be travelling from China on the back of a mule, so will arrive at some point in 2017...
Know what you mean - Finally got my RG316 Pigtail through today (from China) - RG58 - Think I may just got Maplin and buy a reel as I will need some for my Diamond D-777 too and learn how to wire up the connectors or may see if the aerial mast erectors will sort it.Active USB Extension received.
N Type Male to SMA Male RG58 appears to be travelling from China on the back of a mule, so will arrive at some point in 2017...
Take it your USB extension was the Blue Rigger one you had on the Wish List?
I may have just popped into Maplin and picked this up
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10m-cable-kit-a98jh
Got bored of waiting for the mule to walk here from China!
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10m-cable-kit-a98jh
Got bored of waiting for the mule to walk here from China!
Built a co-linear coaxial antenna, 1/2 wave @ 1090Mhz, 8 segments. It didn't do much better than the standard DVB mini antenna that came with the USB Freeview dongle.
I added an amplifier and it jumped to 150-200 mile range for some high-altitude flights.
Lesson: amplified signal will compensate for shoddy antenna construction.
I added an amplifier and it jumped to 150-200 mile range for some high-altitude flights.
Lesson: amplified signal will compensate for shoddy antenna construction.
weeboot said:
I may have just popped into Maplin and picked this up
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10m-cable-kit-a98jh
Got bored of waiting for the mule to walk here from China!
Just what I need for the D-777http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10m-cable-kit-a98jh
Got bored of waiting for the mule to walk here from China!
weeboot said:
Bare bones kit sees me at about £70
Have a look here at my FR24Pi wishlist on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/36LM6YUX...
No longer listed ?Have a look here at my FR24Pi wishlist on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/36LM6YUX...
dtmpower said:
weeboot said:
Bare bones kit sees me at about £70
Have a look here at my FR24Pi wishlist on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/36LM6YUX...
No longer listed ?Have a look here at my FR24Pi wishlist on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/36LM6YUX...
I'll re-create the list now.
dtmpower said:
Thanks.
Will I be ok with a Raspberry Pi Model B (512MB Ram) ?
Depending on how many sites you're feeding, that should be fine, based on the last post here.. Will I be ok with a Raspberry Pi Model B (512MB Ram) ?
http://discussions.flightaware.com/ads-b-flight-tr...
ADSB Exchange have finally updated their MLAT coverage:
http://www.adsbexchange.com/coverage-2/
I get a load of low flying business jets, helicopters (Civil and Military), plus general aviation from 2 nearby airfield over me, once of the reasons I bought a Rpi and started feeding, as I wanted to see what just flew overhead, but wasn't showing. Now I can see my feeds make a big difference, but as the next nearest station is about 15 miles away, low level aircraft tracks are a bit wobbly!
Surprisingly there are big gaps in UK coverage, Scotland, West Wales, Kent etc. Although unless you can triangulate with a few other locations it won't work, but someone has to start. And dull work days we can be amused watching more military and other interesting stuff flying around.
EYA, I was thinking of getting another Rpi and setting it up to give to a mate who just moved to Normandy, and help MLAT coverage over the English Channel.
http://www.adsbexchange.com/coverage-2/
I get a load of low flying business jets, helicopters (Civil and Military), plus general aviation from 2 nearby airfield over me, once of the reasons I bought a Rpi and started feeding, as I wanted to see what just flew overhead, but wasn't showing. Now I can see my feeds make a big difference, but as the next nearest station is about 15 miles away, low level aircraft tracks are a bit wobbly!
Surprisingly there are big gaps in UK coverage, Scotland, West Wales, Kent etc. Although unless you can triangulate with a few other locations it won't work, but someone has to start. And dull work days we can be amused watching more military and other interesting stuff flying around.
EYA, I was thinking of getting another Rpi and setting it up to give to a mate who just moved to Normandy, and help MLAT coverage over the English Channel.
Edited by smack on Saturday 5th November 22:27
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