I've posted about this before but it has now become ridiculous!
I fed with a 1st generation Pi B, then moved to Windows. Things stayed mostly the same with a range of 50NM or so. It's never more as I have mountains all around me.
When Windows was ousted I switched to a Pi Zero and my range went down a fair bit. But it has now sunk to 0nm. As of this moment my statistics show:
Aircraft seen: 108
Positions reported: 61
Maximum distance: 0nm
Hits reported: 1,248
Now I'm pretty sure 108 planes haven't flown directly overhead in the last 12 hours or so, and even if they had they'd be at 30,000ft plus which, in itself, is over 5 miles. I'm a couple of hundred miles from a major airport and not really on a major flight path unless there are odd weather systems being avoided. So 108 aircraft and 1,248 hits sounds as if it could be about right. But only 61 positions and 0nm doesn't.
Should I suspect the dongle (RTL-SDR) or the Pi Zero? Power supply is checked out and fine, the antenna hasn't moved since I started feeding in about 2015. Any advice most welcome, thank you.
I fed with a 1st generation Pi B, then moved to Windows. Things stayed mostly the same with a range of 50NM or so. It's never more as I have mountains all around me.
When Windows was ousted I switched to a Pi Zero and my range went down a fair bit. But it has now sunk to 0nm. As of this moment my statistics show:
Aircraft seen: 108
Positions reported: 61
Maximum distance: 0nm
Hits reported: 1,248
Now I'm pretty sure 108 planes haven't flown directly overhead in the last 12 hours or so, and even if they had they'd be at 30,000ft plus which, in itself, is over 5 miles. I'm a couple of hundred miles from a major airport and not really on a major flight path unless there are odd weather systems being avoided. So 108 aircraft and 1,248 hits sounds as if it could be about right. But only 61 positions and 0nm doesn't.
Should I suspect the dongle (RTL-SDR) or the Pi Zero? Power supply is checked out and fine, the antenna hasn't moved since I started feeding in about 2015. Any advice most welcome, thank you.
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