I made also this Franklin Spider antenna today. Lets see how it performs. And thanks abcd567 at good antenna tips
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Originally posted by AzKo View PostI made also this Franklin Spider antenna today. Lets see how it performs. And thanks abcd567 at good antenna tips
Today I have tried two tweaks in values of the two parameters of impedance matching as below:
(1) Soldered a third 1 pF Capacitor in parallel with existing two, increasing the total value of Capacitor from 2 pF to 3 pF
(2) Tried two different lengths of transmission line between the Antenna & the Capacitor. Original was 210 mm (including length of connectors at both ends). I made two more, one 225 mm (including length of connectors at both ends), other 240 mm (including length of connectors at both ends).
The combination of 3 pF Capacitor & 240 mm Transmission Line (including length of connectors at both ends) between Capacitor & Antenna resulted in Franklin Spider surpassing the performance of Spider.
Since each built of DIY antenna is slightly different, these values (240 mm / 3 pF) may not be optimum for every one, but sure will be close to optimum, provided RG6 Coax cable (with VF 0.83 to 0.85) is used as transmission line piece between Antenna & Capacitor, shown in photo in my post #2395.Last edited by abcd567; 2015-07-20, 01:29.
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This is my 2nd quarter wave antenna with 8 legs, new build have not install yet , first one is on duty .
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Another antenna I made month ago , it prove my solder skill pretty bad .
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Originally posted by iamnothere View PostThis is my 2nd quarter wave antenna with 8 legs, new build have not install yet , first one is on duty .
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Another antenna I made month ago , it prove my solder skill pretty bad .
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Build spider today when finally get some stuff to build something. And im not also so good solder. But main thing is that antenna is working
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Originally posted by AzKo View PostBuild spider today when finally get some stuff to build something. And im not also so good solder. But main thing is that antenna is working
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Spider is one of the easiest and very reliable antenna for begginners. In fact all antennas with a ¼ wavelength (69mm) whip and a groundplane (metal disc, horizontal radials, slanting radials, or a food/drink can, also known as Cantenna) are ideal for beginners.
The reasons are:
(1) These antennas are naturally resonant, i.e. have an impedance close to 75 ohms, which matches with the Coaxial cable, Amplifier & Receiver (dvb-t) impedance and gives a swr less than 1.5, a highly desireable situation.
(2) These antennas have high dimensional tolerance, so few mm error in length of whip or radials or few degrees error in bending down the radials does not appreciably degrade its performance.
Dont worry about soldering. The antenna works good even if the soldering is not very good.
Please click the link below to see 4 different antennas, all with ¼ wavelength whip, but each with different methods of providing groundplane.
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threa...-FOR-BEGINNERSLast edited by abcd567; 2015-07-20, 23:38.
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Originally posted by rodeo View PostOn a slight deviation from the topic, but semi-related .... :-)
abcd567 - what are you using to generate the graphs in post #2402 ??
Cheers.
For the tool to work, in your RPi, you have to first replace dump1090 (Malcom Robson) with dump1090-mutability (Oliver Jowett), then install the "rrd tools "collectd", either directly (difficult) or using script by xforce30164 (easy).
My DVB-T is connected to a Raspberry Pi. The RPi has Raspbian Wheezy Operating System, dump1090-mutability decoder/receiver, and FR24, Planefinder, and Flightaware data feeders installed. In addition I have installed "rd tools collectd".
To make it easy for you, here is the code;
(1) To install dump1090-mutability see the code here: DUMP1090-MUTABILITY (for advance users)
(2) To install the "rrd tools collectd" using automated script by xforce30164:
Code:cd ~ sudo apt-get install rrdtool && sudo apt-get install collectd wget http://raspi.ayadex.com/volatile/web_install.sh sudo chmod +x web_install.sh sudo ./web_install.sh "dump-tools" cd dump-tools sudo ./install.sh "crontab" [COLOR="#FF0000"][B]# First attempt of [I]sudo ./install.sh "crontab"[/I] may show failure. Repeat the command, and it will show crontab installed.[/B][/COLOR] sudo reboot
To see the graphs:
(1) In RPi browser - type in your browser http://localhost/collectd or http://127.0.0.1/collectd
(2) In Desktop/Laptop browser on the same network type http://<ip address of RPi on local network>/collectd. The IP address of RPi can be found from router setup page and will be something like 192.68.2.15
Please take care while typing "collectd". There is no e between t & d.
For further details, please see these links:
(1) dump1090 Collectd graphs and automated Installation script - by xforce30164
(2) Flightaware Forum - System Monitoring
(3) Planefinder Forum - Web Portal and Collectd/rrd graphs automated installation
(4) RRD Tool - Original Author Tobi Oetiker - 1999
(5) Collectd - Original Author Florian Forster - 2005Last edited by abcd567; 2015-07-22, 19:47.
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