Need a DIY Airband Receiver Antenna

[NIranjan]

Hi there, anyone could suggest for best DIY Airband frequency Antenna, as i have alreday tried making a Dipole and bazooka dipole, bot not working, iam able to listen aircraft/Tower communication over my RTL-SDR, but not on DIY Airband Receiver Kit.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

If the aforementioned antennas work fine on said RTL-SDR but not your DIY kit then the antenna may not be the issue. Welcome to the forums!

 

[NIranjan]

If the aforementioned antennas work fine on said RTL-SDR but not your DIY kit then the antenna may not be the issue. Welcome to the forums!

Signals received on RTL-SDR are from different antenna (V-Dipole), which I am using for NOAA satellite image reception, any troubleshooting steps? Pls suggest!

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Signals received on RTL-SDR are from different antenna (V-Dipole), which I am using for NOAA satellite image reception, any troubleshooting steps? Pls suggest!

Other than using that antenna & testing results? Got nothin else
Nevermind, guess that's tuned for a different band...

 

[merlin]

My best was a 1/4 homebrew ground plane, hung off the side of a tower 50 foot up.

 

[Ubbe]

any troubleshooting steps? Pls suggest!

Switch antenna coaxes between the two and see it the DIY receiver works with the other antenna and if the SDR can still receive weather satellites with your homebrew dipole. The dipole are as simple as having an electrical wire of 50cm connected to the center lead of the coax and another 50cm to the coax shield and have one wire going up and the other down. Tape them to a window or to a wooden stick and you can then move the dipole outside to the roof or where you have a clear view to the sky.

If you have the money you can buy a $50 Tram discone and connect using RG6 coax.

/Ubbe