Originally posted by Anmer
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I know how well my own kit works as I run Virtual Radar Server which I still use when away from home (mainly for non-plotting aircraft). I use an RTL dongle, and when I first set it up I got 5-6 aircraft within a few miles. With gradual improvements I am now using the stock antenna stuck to a cake-tin lid as a ground plane, in the top of the loft. This gets me around 250nm range to the south and east, over the North Sea, and around 80 miles to the west, where there is a row of hills in Derbyshire.
I really do not bother about not showing up on the map - and I just don't understand why people are so obsessed with it, I know that I contribute and that's all that matters. As long as the coverage around where I'm looking is good, it doesn't matter who is providing it. If some people are only feeding so they can get an 'ego boost' by seeing their radar then perhaps they are missing the point slightly!
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