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adsb receiver shopping list

wiedehopf edited this page Oct 13, 2024 · 29 revisions

What is required:

  • antenna
  • coax
  • SDR / receiver
  • power supply
  • micro sd-card and a Raspberry Pi

See also the budget options which include antenna / coax / SDR in one package.

Antenna choices:

do it yourself antennas:

Coax cable:

USB rtl-sdr compatible receiver choices:

combo of antenna / coax / SDR, not bad

high performance SDR + LNA combo:

best performance for higher price

LNA for 978 and 1090, good for use with the adsbexchange dual band antenna

combined and placed before the Y splitter ... into two rtl-sdr v3 or nesdr SDRs should provide good dual band reception.

budget option: antenna + SDR (lower range)

Micro sd-card (others will do, just an example):

or the RPi4, for that get these items:

RPi3 (probably overpriced, RPi4 might be cheaper)

software setup, see this page:

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