ADS-B: antenna and receiver comparisons
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Yagi antenna in the loft pointed at Edinburgh Airport ~11 km away.
2016-Mar-15, wk.11 RTL dongle, bronze cavity filter, no pre-amp
2016-Apr-14, wk.15 09:15 Replaced Bronze filter with JetVision one, not good!
2016-May-06, wk.18 08:45 FlightAware Pro stick receiver
2016-Aug-14, wk.32 13:15 Add 2-way splitter and fed Airspy/RasPi-10 from the other output
Expect RasPi-10 to show increase, RasPi-7 to decrease
2017-Mar-13, wk.11 10:10 UTC, Changed to FA Pro Plus stick without Bronze filter
2017-Sep-01, wk.35 14:15 UTC, Changed Airspy to Airspy Mini
2018-Apr-17, wk.16 12:24 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.17 to v1.18
2018-Apr-20, wk.16 05:40 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.18 to v1.19
2018-Apr-22, wk.16 13:55 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.19 to v1.21
2018-May-09, wk.19 13:00 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.21 to v1.27
2018-Jun-04, wk.23 08:30 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.27 to v1.37
2019-Oct-06, wk.40 06:45 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.37 to v1.38
2019-Oct-18, wk.42 07:35 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.38 to v1.40
2019-Nov-01, wk.44 07:30 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.40 to v1.57
2020-Mar-14, wk.11 08:05 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.57 to v.185
2020-Aug-14, wk 33 15:30 UTC, Changed Airspy client from Ystad to Bergen
2020-Aug-14, wk 33 15:30 UTC, Changed FA Pro Plus client from Stamsund to Torvik
2021-Feb-07, wk 06 06:30 UTC, Added filtered pre-amp between antenna feed and splitter
2021-Feb-07, wk 06 11:40 UTC, Removed "brass" filter in Airspy feed (RasPi-10), no longer needed
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RasPi-10/Airspy Mini receiver Clients - PC Bergen PC Ystad Wi-Fi connected
Maximum range (km) Message rate (msgs/sec)
FlightAware stats from RPi-10
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RasPi-7/FA Pro Plus stick receiver Client - PC Torvik Wi-Fi connected
Maximum range (km) Message rate (msgs/sec) FlightAware stats from RPi-7
FlightRadar24 stats from RPi-7
Plane Finder stats from RPi-7
PlanePlotter share ZA
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Outside gain vertical (since 2016-Mar-15) Cavity filter, HAB/Uputronics pre-amp. with SAW filter.
2016-Apr-14, wk.15 06:00 replaced PE1RKI filter with JetVision one until 08:30. Much worse. Back to PE1RKI.
2016-May-16, wk.20 11:00 updated Airspy to f/w 1.7, and airspy_adsb to v1.16
2016-Jul-17, wk.28 16:10 UTC, Updated airspy_adsb to v1.17
2016-Aug-07, wk.31 17:05 UTC, Replaced T-piece with Chinese 1-3 GHz splitter
2016-Aug-13, wk.32 11:20 UTC, Changed scales from 500 to 600 maximum
2017-Aug-17, wk.33 13:30 UTC, PC Kiruna changed to nanoADS-B with DC block
2020-May-02, wk.18 05:10 UTC, Replaced nanoADSB with Airspy R2, airspy_adsb v1.85, on RasPi-12
2020-Aug-12, wk.33 06:00 UTC, Moved Beast RX from PC Alta to PC Penguin, kept Alta's history
2020-Aug-12, wk.33 09:20 UTC, Changed Alta to take feed from RasPi-12, doubles CPU or I/O load?
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RasPi-12/Airspy-R2 receiver Client - PC Kiruna LAN connected
Maximum range (km) Message rate (msgs/sec) PlanePlotter share Xf
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Beast receiver Direct connect - PC Penguin
Maximum range (km) Message rate (msgs/sec) PlanePlotter share tD |
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Indoor "3 dB gain" vertical antenna on a south-facing window ledge.
Pentland Hills block in this direction.
2016-May-16, wk.20 09:25 UTC, replaced Airspy R2 with Airspy mini.
2016-May-16, wk.20 10:00 UTC, updated airspy_adsb to v1.16
2016-May-22, wk.20 14:45 UTC, replaced RTL dongle with FlightAware stick
2016-Jul-17, wk.28 16:25 UTC, updated airspy_adsb to v1.17, added -n (highest native sample rate)
2016-Aug-04, wk.31 11:05 UTC, replaced T-piece with Chinese 1-3 GHz slpitter
2016-Aug-31, wk.35 14:40 UTC, replaced unreliable RasPi-8 with new model 3B
2017-Aug-03, wk.31 16:00 UTC, removed splitter from Flightaware stick
2017-Aug-03, wk.31 16:00 UTC, PC Bergen replaced Airspy mini with nanoADS-B box & active antenna
2017-Aug-17, wk.33 13:15 UTC, PC Bergen replaced nanoADS-B box & active antenna back to Airspy mini
2018-Apr-17, wk.16 12:24 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.17 to v1.18
2018-Apr-20, wk.16 05:40 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.18 to v1.19
2018-Apr-22, wk.16 13:55 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.19 to v1.21
2018-May-09, wk.19 13:00 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.21 to v1.27
2018-Jun-04, wk.23 05:20 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.27 to v1.37
2018-Jul-02, wk.27 09:15 UTC, Added FA pre-amp to RasPi-9 Airspy feed
2019-Oct-06, wk.40 06:45 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.37 to v1.38
2019-Oct-18, wk.42 07:40 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.38 to v1.40
2019-Nov-01, wk.44 07:30 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.40 to v1.57
2020-Jan-27, wk.03 12:00 UTC, Add FlightRadar24 upload to RasPi-8
2020-Mar-14, wk.11 08:10 UTC, Updated airspy-adsb from v1.57 to v1.85
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RasPi-9/Airspy mini & pre-amp Client - PC Bergen Wi-Fi connected
Maximum range (km) Message rate (msgs/sec) |
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RasPi-8/FA Pro stick RX Client - PC Torvik Wi-Fi connected
Maximum range (km) Message rate (msgs/sec) FlightRadar24 stats from RPi-8 |
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