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Quality


The high-performance rtl-sdr chip and included antennas provide excellent reception, and the software-defined radio (sdr) capab...  Read More


With its high-performance design, the flycatcher ensures excellent reception and accurate tracking, and the local and remote ln...  Read More


Tl/dr: this is a legitimately odd design in that it is usb powered but hat format.


It results in a more professional seeming and solid seeming total device, except for the presence of two usb jumpers which prob...  Read More

Price


Part of me wants to knock a star off for those two points, especially since for $75 nooelec will sell you two usb rtl-sdr modul...  Read More

Competitiveness


This hardware seems to be more oriented towards flightaware or similar, but would work for a stratux type build as well.

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  • This product had a total of 14 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 28 2025.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Tldr this is a legitimately odd design in that it is usb powered but hat format


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can install it on the bottom of the pi or use gpio passthrough if having it over the gpio pins is interfering with something for you so i dont see it as the end of the world


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Longer ive had various pibased adsb solutions since stratux and the like first started coming on the scene circa 2017


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This hardware seems to be more oriented towards flightaware or similar but would work for a stratux type build as well


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It results in a more professional seeming and solid seeming total device except for the presence of two usb jumpers which probably reverse any reliability gains you might see


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A standard sdr module has the usb a port built in so there is only one connector vs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you dont have them that will run you another 20 or more depending on what you want


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I somewhat agree with their decision not to include antennas in this configuration because it is more likely people will want to use it for flightaware and maybe have a mounted antenna

Review Count History
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