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Pros & Cons
Pros
For the money this little antenna performs outstanding!
Looks well made and should last forever once inside a pvc pipe enclosure. Matches performance of a much more expensive fiberglass antenna on amazon.
Perfect for ads-b. Went from 3 to 4 ads-b feeds to 30+ using this antenna. Used this on a raspberry pi adb-s receiver. Works great with all my fr24, fa, rb, opensky and adsb exchange uploads.
Very versatile and picks up signals from a very long distance. Significantly increased my adsb detection range up to 250-300 km.
See screenshots for range comparison. Teal outline is the max range in that azimuth. I've never seen more than 20 craft at once, i plug this in and i could suddenly see 35 aircraft - just amazing!
Cons
Same location, same receiver, all the same except for the antenna. There is no way to connect it directly to an rtl-sdr device as this has the wrong * connector.
Highlights
Quality
Great for a project antenna to mount in some pvc pipe for outdoor use.
Very happy with this pcb antenna and pleasantly surprised how well it works!
The results had been mind-numbingly consistent for nearly every antenna we had tried from the passive tuned unfiltered pile.
I’ve tried multiple home-grown diy and precision 1090 mhz antennas but this little thing blows all of them away!
Price
For the 8 dollars i paid it was definitely worth it.
For the money this little antenna performs outstanding!
Unbelievable that a $5 pi, $20 dongle and $10 antenna can deliver this performance!
If you are looking to try ads-b on your sdr, want good performance, but don't want to spend much money, this is the way to go.
Shipping
Wish i would have ordered more then one since it took a few weeks to arrive.
Competitiveness
The ads-b performance of this antenna is better than any other antenna i have.
Some reviews speculated that it may do well at 978mhz for uat but it is not well suited for that with a vswr of over 7 at 978mhz.
For comparison the fa brand antenna is 30' off ground level.
It's ultimate ads-b range is similar to other antennas in it's size and price point.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
better, same, great, signal and outside. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 102 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 26 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
These do really well but theyre very easily ruined so be careful
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And i live in a valley ringed by mountains to west and high hills elsewhere within a few miles of me
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was very skeptical of this antenna but figured it was cheap enough to try
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Even when mounted indoors by a window it doubled the range of aircraft that i can receive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Went from 3 to 4 adsb feeds to 30 using this antenna
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Went from 10nm to 100nm inside a window
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Sdr and rtl 1090 dump 1090 etc
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Picks up a little here and there might be the area i’m in
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