ADS-B / Flightradar 24 setup

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Yes it's coming up thank you for your help.

 

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Yah!

 

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Only the one at the moment, but I can work on that.

 

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I find Saturday nights are quiet anyway - and there isnt much in the air over Somerset atm according to fr24. Start your own thread in this section telling us what you have got, antenna etc - we might be able to suggest some improvements.

 

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I find Saturday nights are quiet anyway - and there isnt much in the air over Somerset atm according to fr24. Start your own thread in this section telling us what you have got, antenna etc - we might be able to suggest some improvements.

Started new thread for the south west.

 

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Ive change from the pi3 to using an old netbook running win7 as the usb ports stoped responding. Much easier to set up, although the netbook is definitely struggling a bit with the load. I'll have to find summat with a bit more grunt to replace it!

 

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Ive change from the pi3 to using an old netbook running win7 as the usb ports stoped responding. Much easier to set up, although the netbook is definitely struggling a bit with the load. I'll have to find summat with a bit more grunt to replace it!

I am using a core i3 on my setup, and it's running it all ok. Win 10.

 

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A first for me - Ive just had an Air Tahiti plane go over

 

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Having noticed some of the operator logos are missing from VRS Ive started creating my own from the logos found on wikipedia.

Heres the bmp's for HOP! & Primera Air Denmark. Drop them into your operator logo folder. Nothing fancy here, so no tailplanes or any tricks - just the straight logos

 

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And IBK -Norwegian Air International

 

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The next iteration of the 1090 antenna has been made this afternoon:

mk1 8 segment
mk2a 12 segment
mk2b the 12 segment had a heavy landing after making some adjustments & dropping it! It became a 10 segment !
mk3 16 segment.

The mk3 is as big as its practical to go here - it about 5 ft long. I need some stronger conduit pipe - the plumbing pipe is a bit wobbly!

 

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Certainly locking planes further out but not getting enough signal for the positional info to be plotted on the splats. I cant go any bigger - an amplifier will have to be the next add on.

The green spikey is the correct flight level for that lock. Its being detected at about double the previous range

 

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That looks quite a bit better.

I have added another 16 segments to my 16 segment to make a maga twig.

But tonight is a bit of a quite night.

That should put a bigger plot on the mlat server

 

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A 32 segment - thats insane

 

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Logo for IBS Iberia Express.

 

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Icons for GAC Globe Air Charters & BMS Blue Air Romania

 

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Icon for QQE Qatar Executive.

 

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Mk3 antenna working well - all the spikes out towards Carlisle are new.

 

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M-Lat coverage is looking MUCH better - the two blobs down near the Yorks Dales are impressive - nowhere near a lock on the splats that far south yet though

 

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A 32 segment - thats insane

The 32 segments twig is not working as well as I hoped.

Perhaps because it's Sunday, there is next to nothing out there, or I have decreased my range, only time will tell.

Your mlat coverage looks much better now, since your little tweek to your twig :-)