ADS-B / Flightradar 24 setup

[Analoguesat]

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

Did you check the continuity through the twig with a multimeter as you built it? If not you may have a duff connection somewhere.

 

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Did you check the continuity through the twig with a multimeter as you built it? If not you may have a duff connection somewhere.

I will have to check that.

Now where did I put my meter.........

 

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Found a dead short.

That will teach me.

 

[Analoguesat]

That was quick - it takes me bloody ages to get the insulating tape off

 

[Analoguesat]

Icons for CVK Cavok Air Ukraine & LWG Luxwings Luxembourg

 

[Analoguesat]

Ive got my first AWACS

 

[Archive-8]

I have ordered an uputronics filtered pre amp, and I have a code for some money off if you want one.

Looking at someone's Splat before and after, it made quite a difference.

1090Mhz ADS-B Filtered Preamp

 

[Analoguesat]

Icons for NAT Nato Ops & FLJ Flairjet private airline

 

[Analoguesat]

Icons for 2 Maltese operators

VJT - Vista Jet
MLT - Maleth Aero

 

[Analoguesat]

The bloody antenna has sagged over to 45 degrees again. I shall be replacing the plumbing pipe with 6 foot of stiffer plastic electrical conduit this weekend - the plumbing pipe will never survive the winter storms up here once it gets a bit of ice on the plastic

Range has dropped right off to about 40 miles again

 

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The bloody antenna has sagged over to 45 degrees again. I shall be replacing the plumbing pipe with 6 foot of stiffer plastic electrical conduit this weekend - the plumbing pipe will never survive the winter storms up here once it gets a bit of ice on the plastic

Range has dropped right off to about 40 miles again

Have you considered using some Wooden dowl to zip the aerial to before putting it in to the conduit?

2m of conduit in b&q was less then £2, and so far it's stood up to the wind and rain.

 

[Analoguesat]

Something a bit special went over this morning - at 60,000ft!



It does strike me that its not a very good spy plane if any Tom Dick or Harry can see its around using nothing more than chopped up tv aerial cable & a 15 quid usb dongle

 

[lovelyperson]

Something a bit special went over this morning - at 60,000ft!

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It does strike me that its not a very good spy plane if any Tom Dick or Harry can see its around using nothing more than chopped up tv aerial cable & a 15 quid usb dongle

Point taken....................

 

[Lazarus]

Cue "Trump Force One" on a visit to his Golf Club .....

 

[Analoguesat]

Apparently the U2 landed at RAF Fairford mid morning.

 

[Analoguesat]

1090 uputronics amplifier arrived - now I need to order the correct selection of interconnects.....

Over the xmas holiday I'll be seeing about getting the antenna up properly & moving the dongle & amp to the far end of an active usb extension..

 

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1090 uputronics amplifier arrived - now I need to order the correct selection of interconnects.....

That got me, you will need a pig tail, between the amp and dongle.

I bought a couple of these

1PC F Female Jack to SMA Male Plug Straight RF Coaxial Adapter Connector New

15cm SMA male to SMA male pigtail cable | eBay

 

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I will be keeping an eye out for these flying over

 

[Lazarus]

Do I not like that.

 

[Analoguesat]

Callsign id is PIER1