So which of our members are contributing to 360Radar or other aircraft tracking sites?

[Analoguesat]

I am (360R only)

And I know @Chris1979 is feeding to at least 360R

Anyone else out there?




Anyone else interested in joining in? If Post a new thread in this section and we will help you get up and running

 

[Archive-8]

I also feed into:

360radar,
South West VR,
And Flightradar24.

Still not enough of us for our own server.

 

[Llew]

I did feed into Flightradar24 for a while some time ago, still got my sharing key and ID, but it's probably lapsed now as I haven't done much recently with VR.
I'll be back up again soon, just got one or two other projects running at the mo. Ta for reminding me though.

 

[Analoguesat]

A nice compact sdr build that might give folk ideas on how to build a station

https://imgur.com/a/dpyGo

 

[sonnetpete]

I have to admit it does interest me. Because I'm going to ground mount my large motorised dish, I have a pole on T&K's already in place. Plus where I am, we get both Transatlantic flights in and out of Paris and flights from Spain/Morocco to/from the UK overhead. However, I'd be a bit stuck for getting the aerial assembly much higher than the gutter. The trees would be another problem but with any luck they may be coming down this year..

 

[Analoguesat]

Go for it - you will get some coverage even if the antenna placing is less than optimal. I get 200 miles in some directions with this setup. (Antenna slightly bent by the last storms!) As you can see the antenna isnt even close to clearing the roof apex.

Homebrew 8 element colinear inside the white pipe. This runs to an uptronics 1090 amp connected to an sdr dongle. My own setup is connected to an old win7 netbook, (but many folk use raspberry pi's) The jaggy splat maps are created by the freeware VRS software.



The dish will be relocated once the weather improves which is why the cables are currently such a mess!)

 

[Archive-8]

@jeallen01 wasn't you feeding in to 360radar?

 

[Archive-8]

Go for it - you will get some coverage even if the antenna placing is less than optimal. I get 200 miles in some directions with this setup. (Antenna slightly bent by the last storms!) As you can see the antenna isnt even close to clearing the roof apex.

Homebrew 8 element colinear inside the white pipe. This runs to an uptronics 1090 amp connected to an sdr dongle. My own setup is connected to an old win7 netbook, (but many folk use raspberry pi's) The jaggy splat maps are created by the freeware VRS software.

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The dish will be relocated once the weather improves which is why the cables are currently such a mess!)

My Aerial is on a pole in the garden, 6 zip clips hold it there. The last lot of wind has given it a slight curve to it.

Don’t have VRS running on anything at the moment, might look at another pi for that.

 

[Analoguesat]

I just run VRS on my day to day desktop machine that. Its normally off when Im at work & overnight but thats fine by me - Im more interested in identifying whats going over and tweaking my maximum range.

On clear days Ive been trying to visually identify distant planes from comparing VRS tracks to what I can see out the living room window - I reckon the furthest Ive seen so far has been about 50 miles away

 

[sonnetpete]

Just checked and we are (as the crow flies) about 150 miles from the three Paris airports (CDG, Orly and Beauvais), 50 miles from Rennes and 90 miles from Nantes. I'd have a pretty clear view east towards Paris and without the trees clear line of sight south and west.....Hmm, interesting...

 

[Archive-8]

This case might be worth playing around with:

Case with Fan for ADS-B Raspberry Pi Stratux DIY Kit Matte Finish Tool Free Assembly (Does not fit AHRS) (Clear) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XSGHKFP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_zwszAb9AJTY8C

 

[Channel Hopper]

Having Heathrow less than 10 miles (and Guildford just on 20 ) away, if I get a few hours free in the near future I'll rig something up.

 

[Analoguesat]

Just checked and we are (as the crow flies) about 150 miles from the three Paris airports (CDG, Orly and Beauvais), 50 miles from Rennes and 90 miles from Nantes. I'd have a pretty clear view east towards Paris and without the trees clear line of sight south and west.....Hmm, interesting...

Trees wont have too much impact (except maybe when the leaves are wet) - I was getting 120+ miles through woodland south & south east at Galashiels

 

[EmilK]

Here is me
Receiver Profile

 

[Gerry55]

I also feed into multiple sites

360radar

Flightradar2

FlightAware

Dsbexchange

Our own VirtualRadar site