Flight Aware ADS-B - What is flying overhead?

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Flight Aware ADS-B - What is flying overhead?

I have already been successful in getting ADS-B up and running by using the SDRPlay with the Moonraker Skyscan Desktop Scanner Antenna as you can see in the post ADS-B What is flying overhead? post.

But after watching Matt over at the “Tech Minds” YouTube channel I thought I would give the Flight Aware Raspberry Pi set up a go.

I ordered the Flight Aware Prostick Plus and a small antenna from Amazon and decided to use one of the old Model 3 B+ Raspberry Pi kits that I had on a book shelf to set a permanent setup reporting back to the flightaware.com website.

Pi, Flight Aware Pro, Antenna

I was able to follow the instructions in Matt’s video and had everything up and running in a very short time, you can also find the instructions on the PiAware page from flightaware.com

I and still feeding the data gathered via the Virtual Radar Server and was more than a little surprised with the difference in coverage from the SDRPlay RSPdx setup I have and the FlightAware Prostick Pro setup I have ended up with.

Both Antennas are in the same room, but I guess the filter in the Pro stick and having a dedicated Antenna rather than a universal one is a help.

Results from the SDRPlay with the Moonraker

Results from the SDRPlay with the Moonraker

Results from the Flight Aware Pro Stick and the Bingfu antenna

Results from the Flight Aware Pro Stick and the Bingfu antenna

I have an account on the Flight Aware system with my setup reporting back to the central servers, to view the information reported back please head over to my Flight Aware Profile Page.

The next step in the process is to move the PiAware setup outside and see if things improve again.

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