In previous articles I have discussed receiving aircraft position data Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS–B). You can read about 1090 MHz antenna and ADS reception here. As the HF bands have been so poor recently I decided to try out Virtual Radar, and open source program that can visualise aircraft locations on a Google style […]
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ADS-B Reception using 5/8 wave 1090 MHz aerial.
I recently purchased a 5/8 wave antenna for 1090 ADS-B Reception from eBay. At the time the antenna are being sold by stranislavpalo130 in 2 versions from a 30cm 5/8 wave to 60cm 2x 5/8. The are priced between 20 to 25 pounds and are really well constructed. The 30 cm 5/8 wave version is […]