New Setup

[gralston73]

I had been running an R820T Dongle into RTL1090 and sometimes trying Dump1090 for Windows using a homebrew Colinear 1090 MHz antenna. My results with both programs were pretty much identical, even though many state Dump1090 is better at decoding data. My range is limited in that I currently cannot put an antenna up outside, and am stuck using my homebrew on the second story of my townhouse.
Since I'm always trying to get better results, I purchased the new R820T2 Dongle and gave that a try. Results were slightly better than the R820T with the frame rates per second increasing a bit. I decided to try running both Dongles at the same time. The newer R820T2 would be connected to the homebrew antenna, and the R820T would be connected to a DPS Indoor Blade ADS-B antenna, and each Dongle would be connected to an instance of ADSB#. The two instances of ADSB# would be combined into one data stream using ModeSMixer2 and fed into Virtual Radar Server. The results were much improved over simply running either Dongle by itself.
Now if I could just figure out how to run multiple instances of RTL1090 or Dump 1090 to use that for comparison...

 

[blangell]

How about RTL-DUO http://rtl1090.web99.de/

 

[gralston73]

I've changed my setup once again. Now I'm running RTL1090 on separate machines on opposite ends of the house feeding into ModeSMixer2 and then VRS...will have to wait a day or two to see if there is any change in range.

 

[vannossc]

ADSB - Ballston Lake / Plane Plotter gI (gulf India)

I had been running an R820T Dongle into RTL1090 and sometimes trying Dump1090 for Windows using a homebrew Colinear 1090 MHz antenna. My results with both programs were pretty much identical, even though many state Dump1090 is better at decoding data. My range is limited in that I currently cannot put an antenna up outside, and am stuck using my homebrew on the second story of my townhouse.
Since I'm always trying to get better results, I purchased the new R820T2 Dongle and gave that a try. Results were slightly better than the R820T with the frame rates per second increasing a bit. I decided to try running both Dongles at the same time. The newer R820T2 would be connected to the homebrew antenna, and the R820T would be connected to a DPS Indoor Blade ADS-B antenna, and each Dongle would be connected to an instance of ADSB#. The two instances of ADSB# would be combined into one data stream using ModeSMixer2 and fed into Virtual Radar Server. The results were much improved over simply running either Dongle by itself.
Now if I could just figure out how to run multiple instances of RTL1090 or Dump 1090 to use that for comparison...

Hi,

I'm just below you in Ballston Lake. Feeding Flight Aware with PlanePlotter, RTL dongle (first rev), dump 1090, FA antenna and their new 1090 filter. I'm in the process of moving the whole setup to the garage to get the antenna up to 31', shorten the RG-6 cable to about 7 feet, and re-image a newer laptop to run dump 1090. I have a few RaspPi devices around but have less and less time to fool with them.

Built a few spider antennas with good results. Built one Coco antenna that was horrible. Good feedback on their 2nd version antenna so I got one.

This is me on FA:

Scott Van Nostrand ADS-B Feeder Statistics

 

[DaveNF2G]

This is a test I did with a microADSB stick fed with a 1GHz mag mount in the attic. My normal setup is a ModeSBeast fed by a DPD indoor blade in the attic. I can see aircraft from around the MA line to the Rochester area with that equipment.

I feed PlanePlotter, FlightRadar24 and Flightaware when I'm up. PP share code has been k6, but I will be back online with a new code after I finish the changeover to Windows 10.