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  • matysldn
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    RasPi doesn't really matter(as much), what matter most is your receiver and antenna. I would say that You rather spent more money on good dongle or/and antenna than on RasPi.
    RasPi 4 getting hot very easily due to its powerful CPU. RasPi 3 is good balance between performance and price, also the official operating temperature limit is 85°C, and as a result, the Raspberry Pi should start to thermally throttle performance around 82°C. So instaling simple heatsink on RasPi's CPU probably will let you run it even in hot roof space.

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  • magnum
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    I started feeding two months ago.
    Bought a basic "set" from a local dealer. He offered a RPi 3B with a 16 GB card, a genuine power supply, a case and the blue Flightradar pro plus stick together with a simple antenna. This stick does have a built in filter and amplifier as far as i know.
    But it does not matter, you can get all part seperately

    I started with the PiaWare Image to learn a bit how it works. Meanwhile i replaced the card with a 64 GB one (not for space but reliability) and use Buster as RPI OS with the different feeders as addon. You can feed several sites at the same time, not limited to FR24 only

    After replacing the antenna with a better one, i am satisfied with the performance, even if i cannot mount the antenna outdoor. It's in my home office under the roof.
    The message rate could be higher, but i am already at the maximum range i can get based on my location.

    You should also check on http://www.heywhatsthat.com/ which max range you can get from geographical perspective for not beeing disappointed afterwards

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  • wiedehopf
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    I wouldn't discourage the RPi4, it's probably even faster when being throttled due to heat.
    Just me personally i wouldn't run it without a fan. If you use a case that allows some air circulation and maybe even has some heatsinks included it should be fine.
    For example a case like this (doesn't have to be the exact one), just don't connect the fan.


    The included heatsinks will help even without a fan.

    Or just get a cheap case and saw or drill holes into it
    Would still recommend installing some of those heatsinks.

    No matter, even a heat throttled RPi 3B+ is fast enough for feeding
    Last edited by wiedehopf; 2019-09-08, 07:25.

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  • POR911
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    Thanks wiedehopf for a very detailed reply. I will look at all the links you provide and put it all together in my mind before I reply too much. It seems that the RPi 4 is too much for what I need, being FR24 feed. So, will look at the RPi3. Loved the 'putty' info...solves the interface between RPi and desktop.

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  • wiedehopf
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    You can install an LNA in the roof space, then the losses on the rest of the coax run are less of an issue.

    We're happy to announce the release of our new high performance low noise amplifier (LNA) for improving 1090 MHz ADS-B reception. The LNA uses a low noise figure high linearity two stage MGA-13116 amplifier chip and three stages of filtering to ensure that strong signals or interference will not overload either the amplifier or SDR dongle. The LNA is currently only available from our Chinese warehouse, and costs US$24.95 including shipping. Please note that the price may increase slightly in the future, and that Amazon USA may not be stocked until March. Click here to visit our store An LNA


    It's supplied with power via the coax, for that you can either get an external bias-t or use a dongle which has the bias-t built in
    (bias-t always on: https://www.amazon.com/NooElec-NESDR.../dp/B079C3FHPG
    bias-t to be enabled in software: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/ )

    Just look up the attenuation from the cable at 1 GHz. For best reception you don't want more than maybe 3 dB from the antenna to the LNA.

    You can also choose a dongle with builtin LNA, but with such a long cable run, that wouldn't be my first choice.
    I've listed some stuff here: https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-wi...s-for-purchase


    Larger capacity cards can be higher quality. So you might get a larger card just to get the current generation.

    You don't need the RPi4 unless you go for more expensive receivers like the Airspy Mini (requires more CPU when run at 20 MHz, but even that runs fine at 12 MHz on the RPi 3B+)
    But i personally wouldn't run the RPi4 without a fan, gets quite hot. (https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/fan-shim)

    More RAM (it's GB not MB by the way) is not necessary.

    You don't need to connect a monitor, better to just connect with Putty.
    Otherwise you will need a keyboard as well but will have to type all commands you might wish to use instead of copy pasting them
    (Installing graphs or other things: https://github.com/wiedehopf/graphs1090#graphs1090)

    With the RPi4 you will need to use Raspbian Buster Lite and install fr24 via the script. The pi24 sd-card image provided won't work.
    But i would recommend going that route anyway and using dump1090-fa, it's basically the current and improved version of what the pi24 image uses.
    (https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-sc...for-dump1090fa)

    In regards to the power supply, the "official" Raspberry power supply is recommended.

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  • POR911
    started a topic Start of my RPi journey

    Start of my RPi journey

    After using FR24 for many years, time for me to supply data for FR24. I am putting together a shopping list. Looking at this Raspberry Pi https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au...y-pi-4-model-b , what else do I need to get it working, apart from the obvious additional items...eg,
    Heatsinks for 'hot' parts
    RPi case of some sort.If possible, prefer no fan.
    Good quality power supply, because of 24/7 operation
    4GB MicroSD card for the Pi24 software. Is there any benefit of a larger capacity card?
    ADS-B USB dongle receiver
    Antenna with connection to suit the dongle. Initialy the small internal antenna will do to get everything working. Then it is onto the roof.
    HDMI cable to connect RPi to monitor.
    Do you need a keyboard attachment?
    Ethernet cable to connect RPi to network
    MicroSD Card Reader for connection to computer and download image

    Is it 'better' to get the latest RPi version 4? or will any version do the job? Do the later versions do the job easier and also better for setup?

    What is the benefit of larger RAM, as I see 1, 2 or 4 MB RAM.

    I don't fancy the RPi and power supply in my roof space, and also, temps up there exceed 50C for several months a year, so I will have a few choices:
    (a) Extend my coax to be approx. 20 metres to the RPi. Thoughts on RG58 or RG400 coax, and or preamp?
    (b) Shorten coax to about 10 metres, placing the RPi in a room under the antenna mount and run a cat6 cable from RPi 10 metres to router. Due to wall insulation, wifi terrible.


    Looking forward to my journey.
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