This is the F-RPLL2 Receiver Near RPLL.
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Hello and welcome to the forum...
Didn't notice this post late as I don't look into this particular part of the forum.
But yes, just as Peterhr here suggest, do please raise the antenna a bit with a bracket and pole. That would give it much a better clearance. Your coverage appears VERY similar to RPLL1 (which is offline at the moment), except the east I think. Any particular reason why it is not raised? cable length issue?
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Nice photos!
I like the first photo. It shows many different colors on those buildings.Brian
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F-RPLL2 GPS?
Originally posted by AircraftSpotterPH View PostThis is the F-RPLL2 Receiver Near RPLL.
I noticed your GPS sensor is not outside at the antenna height or as far as the 5 meters of the GPS cabling will allow. That will show the elevation of the antenna above sea level. The GPS sensor cable can be lengthened by splicing a piece of RG59 between both ends if it won't go to the top of your antenna mast. If the cable is too long, simply roll up the excess. Your GPS reported height can be viewed on your receiver status page.
Also tape off your coax connection and any other exposed connections to make it water tight from the monsoonal rains. Water migrating inside the coax can affect your range and oxidize the aluminum shielding making it ineffective.
Your setup is filling in a lot of blank space on the FR24 map overlapping coverage with F-RPLL1 and F-RPLP1 which will make MLAT possible later.
Check out the other forums noted above for possibilities of collaboration with other near by feeders.
John
F-RPVD1
DumagueteLast edited by paradiselost; 2014-08-03, 20:49.
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The 'Antenna Cable' shouldn't be wrap around the stair case railing like in that above photo.Last edited by SoCalBrian; 2014-08-03, 20:31.Brian
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Originally posted by SoCalBrian View PostThe 'Antenna Cable' shouldn't be wrap around the stair case railing like in that above photo.
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F-RPVD1
DumagueteLast edited by paradiselost; 2014-08-03, 21:30.
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Originally posted by AircraftSpotterPH View Post[ATTACH=CONFIG]4541[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]4542[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]4543[/ATTACH]
I have raised the antenna.
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Originally posted by paradiselost View PostWelcome to the Philippine feeder bunch! There are 12 of us now. You might want to look at the Flightradar24/FR24 Feeder Chat forum and the Other Forums/Off Topic for articles that help doing stuff.
I noticed your GPS sensor is not outside at the antenna height or as far as the 5 meters of the GPS cabling will allow. That will show the elevation of the antenna above sea level. The GPS sensor cable can be lengthened by splicing a piece of RG59 between both ends if it won't go to the top of your antenna mast. If the cable is too long, simply roll up the excess. Your GPS reported height can be viewed on your receiver status page.
Also tape off your coax connection and any other exposed connections to make it water tight from the monsoonal rains. Water migrating inside the coax can affect your range and oxidize the aluminum shielding making it ineffective.
Your setup is filling in a lot of blank space on the FR24 map overlapping coverage with F-RPLL1 and F-RPLP1 which will make MLAT possible later.
Check out the other forums noted above for possibilities of collaboration with other near by feeders.
John
F-RPVD1
Dumaguete
And i will try to put the GPS sensor near the ADS-B antenna.
Thanks.Last edited by AircraftSpotterPH; 2014-08-04, 10:01.Ice
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Originally posted by AircraftSpotterPH View PostWhat Kind Of Tape Should I Use or should i use electrical tape?
And i will try to put the GPS sensor near the ADS-B antenna.
Thanks.
The GPS is there for timing precision, especially MLAT. The height is not critical. It would be nice to know your AMSL, but GPS timing comes first. So long the GPS is blinking green the antenna is getting sufficient signal to syncronise the GPS clock. So in a nutshell you need not to lengthen the cable is signal is already good. So long it is somewhere (indoors-window sill/outdoors/wherever) where it can get good GPS signal reception it would be good enough. FR24 team might add into this if they feel necessary on this issue.
For tape... self amalgamating tape is the best. If you can't find them then normally electrical insulation tape can do the job.
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