Good morning all. My setup here in Mathews, Va. since putting my Pi3+ with FR24 on the air has been portable and probably will be until next year when I hope to be moved in to my new home. For the time being my antenna is basic and placed wherever I can put it. Since starting I've had the antenna stuck to the east facing window in the one story office at the marina where I work. It is a vertical dipole with the suction cup base that came with the RTL-SDR. This morning I decided to try placing the antenna outside and up higher. I have a 20ft collapsible fishing pole in my car that I use for supporting my wire antennas when I operate a portable low-power (qrp) ham radio hf transceiver. I decide to use the fishing pole for supporting the antenna for my FL24 setup. I didn't have enough coax to go the whole 20ft so it's about 12ft high. I'm using batteries to run the pi. WOW! What a difference location makes!! Before changing locations, the data read:
AIRCRAFT SEEN: 213 POSITIONS REPORTED: 321 MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 13NM HITS REPORTED: 2472
It took about 20 minutes to relocate everything and after booting up I came back over to the office and made a cup of coffee. Then I sat down and looked at the data:
AIRCRAFT SEEN: 254 POSITIONS REPORTED: 1290 MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 73NM HITS REPORTED: 5095
And now, thirty minutes later I see:
AIRCRAFT SEEN: 309 POSITIONS REPORTED: 3474 MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 84NM HITS REPORTED: 11290
Anyway, just wanted to share this with the group.
flightstuff.jpg setup in office at work
fr24_portable.jpg setup outside using portable fishing pole for a mast
AIRCRAFT SEEN: 213 POSITIONS REPORTED: 321 MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 13NM HITS REPORTED: 2472
It took about 20 minutes to relocate everything and after booting up I came back over to the office and made a cup of coffee. Then I sat down and looked at the data:
AIRCRAFT SEEN: 254 POSITIONS REPORTED: 1290 MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 73NM HITS REPORTED: 5095
And now, thirty minutes later I see:
AIRCRAFT SEEN: 309 POSITIONS REPORTED: 3474 MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 84NM HITS REPORTED: 11290
Anyway, just wanted to share this with the group.
flightstuff.jpg setup in office at work
fr24_portable.jpg setup outside using portable fishing pole for a mast
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