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FlightAware 1090MHz ADS-B N-Type Antenna 26" - 5.5dBi [Discontinued] Reviews

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OK but much more expensive than the other one they sell. No way of working out which is likely to be best.
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Posted 3 years ago
First rate service, very quick delivery Excellent product easy to set up ,after trying several other brands this is the best ,and despite living in a valley with 250 metre hills am now getting out to 137nm albeit at high altitude with the antenna on a upper window sill and getting more low level local traffic as well. Connected to a Flightaware Pro Plus USB SDR receiver.
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Posted 3 years ago
Worked write out of the box. On my network analyser it has quite a sharp notch at 1090MHz and should offer good filtering to out of band signals. Up the pole and compared to my 9dBi dipole array signals were weaker, but then that was expected. It does however, seem to have full 360 degree coverage with little or no difference in gain. If you are not making an antenna and just want something to give good range straight out of the box then this is excellent value and a good performer.
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Posted 4 years ago
Panagiotis C
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The antenna is well built and offers a decent 200 nm range. I would have preferred a more robust clamping mechanism to the mast.
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Posted 4 years ago
Installed to replace a "home brew" antenna, mounted slightly higher with better feeder improved the received range by around 50 miles. The service was excellent and the delivery very fast, the antenna itself seems of good quality and came with all needed to mount on a standard pole. Regards Martyn
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Posted 4 years ago
What more can I say than Woot! I get well over 250 miles and that's with it just sitting in the attic, it's going up on the chimney over the next few days so I should pick up a hell of a lot more planes. I'm in Newcastle Upon Tyne and can easily pick up planes down over London all the way over to the Isle of man. Awesome! You can see it here. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?feed=7C1dCK9H1F62
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Posted 4 years ago
Purchased to replace roof-mounted homebrew collinear. Terrific antenna with excellent results as expected., coupled to FA Pro Stick ADS-B dongle. Although presently mounted in the loft on long coax cable, nevertheless range up (130nm), message rates and signal strengths all greatly improved and plotting targets in areas not previously seen. Local traffic also visible down to lower levels. Overall, another excellent product from FA and would recommend.
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Posted 4 years ago
Good antenna. Unfortunately is this (for now) my last purchase in the UK .Because of Brexit I now had to pay an additional import tax of more than €30 and that is a lot compared to the price of the antenna.
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Posted 4 years ago