AirNav Radar ADS-B 1090 MHz Outdoor Antenna with SMA Connector and RadarBox FlightStick Bundle

Great kid has everything you need have it working upstairs in a window as an apartment dweller. Everything is included that you need to get going. Had to purchase an antenna amount separately but that’s not their fault. The receiver works well on Lennox and supply antenna gave roughly 200 nautical miles of range

This antenna work super for the ASD-B program.And I'm about 5 miles north of the airport and I can receive aircrafts on the ground

This antenna should be mounted outside, on a roof pitch for the best possible reception. However, I don't have the nerve to climb 30' feet up a ladder and I didn't want it to be seen from the outside. I installed mine my interior attic and even though that is not ideal, I still get a range of 100 nautical miles. Possibly mounting outdoors I read you can get 250nm, but for me, this is plenty of range to setup my own receiver that syncs with FlightRadarWhat I like most about running my own receiver on a Raspberry Pi is that you can write your own programs. For me, I created an alert function that lets me know any plane that is flying about a mile from my house. In my observation, those are the flights I can hear when I'm home, so it's really cool to have my home radar system tell me what the flight name is, the type of plane and where it is going.

So, the SDR is nothing special, as they can be had elsewhere, from other makers. I was interested in the 7dB gain antenna, though. I've been running a simple, indoor NooElec antenna on top of the house (https://www.amazon.com/NooElec-ADS-B-Discovery-Antenna-Bundle/dp/B01J9DH9U2/ref=asc_df_B01J9DH9U2/) with a 10' coax and getting about 260nm range, with a 330nm anomaly. I replaced only the antenna with this antenna (same SDR, same mount) and let it run for a while and found the range actually decreased, slightly. Testing each with a Nano VNA, I find that this one is about 1.4 SWR at 1090MHz while the Nano is about 1.1 SWR. I'm also suspicious of the 30' of coax on this antenna. It's convenient, but there has got to be loss in that length. I plan to post concrete data after a while and I might cut the coax short and add a connector and try it again. At this point, it appears not worth the extra for the antenna.

Installation was the hard part of the process, but after painting it black and a bit of planning, I got it set up on the roof. The terrain is pretty flat around here, and once I got the software fired up (pick any Dump1090 repo on GitHub, but I used FlightAware’s fork) it worked very well! It seems to pick up flights at a range of about 200 nautical miles, which is just insane! Very happy with the purchase, I highly recommend the antenna and the receiver kit.

Ordered the kit which includes the receiver and the antenna. Did not receive the receiver in the first order. Processed the claim with amazon and received 2nd kit which was missing the receiver as well. Have shipped both back over a week ago and neither has cleared my account??Side note. I Tested the ontenna while I was waiting on the 2nd kit and it preformed worse than a homemade 4 element collinear antenna. Coco was receiving 40-50 miles further. CoCo on avg get 175-200 miles. This antenna did well to get 150.Not impressed with the kits, antenna or amazon at the present moment.

It's got a 34-foot cable with an SMA connector at one end and bonded directly to the antenna at the other end. While fewer connectors does reduce loss, it means that if your cable breaks you're out the whole device. Also, there is no chance of using a shorter cable unless you know how to terminate SMA and want to cut it. There is only one option here. I hope in the future they decide to just add a connector at the base of the antenna rather than forcing this set length on the consumer.

I bought this to use with a Raspberry Pi about a year ago. The antenna looks just like the day I put it up and has a very good range (115nm with trees around my house), and the receiver is still going 24 hours a day.