Virtual Radar South West

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Twig mk5



Me just had a look at the mlat coverage before the modifications to the twig.



So fingers crossed I haven't mucked anything up.

 

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Thats the entire coverage of all those stations - click on your station name on the 360r site to show your own coverage. (Yours is a damn sight more impressive than mine).

I have to zoom right in to see my pitiful additions

 

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Thats the entire coverage of all those stations - click on your station name on the 360r site to show your own coverage. (Yours is a damn sight more impressive than mine).

I have to zoom right in to see my pitiful additions

I thought I had another quick mod coming.

 

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My m-lat contribution in the last 24 hours

Not many stations up here! only a handful in a 50 mile radius!!

 

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My m-lat contribution in the last 24 hours

Not many stations up here! only a handful in a 50 mile radius!!

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Are they all military?

 

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Possibly especially the easterly ones - there is a big mil range over south eastern Scotland. (termed LFA20 by the mil bods)

Ive seen a USAF Hercy pop up tonight at 20000 feet which was prob in that area - my 20-30k feet range isnt great due to the hills so its unlikely it was out over the sea.

 

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Think I have found the right map this time

 

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Yup that looks correct.

 

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Yup that looks correct.

Finally worked it out, I think I was having a mental block or something

 

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Walking around b & q I found some wire conduct 2 meters long.

I had intended to cut up a tube for my 8 segment co-linear.

Came home with it, found some double screened coax, made a 16 segment co-linear.

I started of making 12 segments, put them in the tube to offer up to the window, and the tube fell over, so I added a couple more segments, and still to short.

So I just kept adding more segments until it stayed there (16) then added so coax as a cable.

And plugged the dongle in to the PC, and not with the usb extension I was using.

So far, I have a further range then I had before.

I had a couple of blind area to the west of me Taunton area and to the east of me towards Bournemouth.

Now I am locking about 55 nm in the English Channel.

Some out of Bournemouth.

Helicopters on the ground at r.n.a.s. Yeovilton.

 

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The Splat is growing



And the coverage map has also grown.

 

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M-lat coverage map. Been using a beta testing another feed program. And not been running the mlat client.

 

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The nooelec nesdr smart txco dongle turned up today.

Only problem is, i forgot to order an adapter so I can plug my aerial in

Went up maplins, 0nly to be told they discontinued them a few years ago

Order some via eBay now I have to wait.

 

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This Splat, is using the noo elec txco dongle, uputronics filtered pre-amp, and 16 element twig



Only had the dongle and pre-amp running for a couple of hours.

 

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My mlat coverage, noo elec txco dongle, uputronics filtered pre-amp & 16 element twig.

 

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Wish Id got my kit with me - atm the Edinburgh airport runway is about 300 yards from where Im sitting

 

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got my scanner aerial up outside this afternoon, And finally got my raspberry pi running. Looks like I need both aerials for total coverage.

And I will need another pre-amp and txco dongle, they will be next on my shopping list

 

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New Splat, using a scanner aerial outside.



Mlat coverage



At some point this afternoon I am going to swap the scanner aerial over for my 16 element 1090 aerial.