Comment on Trying (and failing) to receive IBP beacons on an SDR
tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 weeks agoThanks very much. I had a feeling antenna size was at least part of the problem there. I appreciate the help and tools. Thanks!
Comment on Trying (and failing) to receive IBP beacons on an SDR
tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 weeks agoThanks very much. I had a feeling antenna size was at least part of the problem there. I appreciate the help and tools. Thanks!
bigfondue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No problem and good luck! With your antenna now, you should be able to receive ADS-B, which is pretty cool. You can see what planes are flying overhead, how high they are etc.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
So far no luck, but I only seem to get flights when they are going to/from the nearest airport to places south of me; everyone else is going around. I'm not sure how far the range is meant to be. I can very faintly see something on the frequency, but Dump1090 isn't catching anything.
I have some parts coming today to try a ~20m random wire antenna. I got 2x20m copper wire in case I need to do a counterpoise on the other side (which seems to be like 1/4 length (so 5m) of wire?).