Hi
So, from starting out thinking my OGN-R was deaf, today was pretty good. My first full day with the PilotAware aerial in a short conduit pole above the ridge line and the 9dbi Flarm aerial just 90% above the roof line and I am pretty pleased with the results.
Quoting absolute maximums is never the best, but getting FLARM reception at 70+ miles and PilotAware reception at 40 miles feels pretty good going.
PilotAware I can raise a little more, and getting more metal in the sky (without of course raising the Transmit gain to much) will help there.
Flarm, well, getting a peak of 24 aircraft received, and a SNR of +18 to +19 dB @ 10km doesn't need much work:
APRS <- EGBKE>APRS:>115138h v0.2.6.RPI-GPU CPU:2.3 RAM:290.0/970.5MB NTP:1.5ms/+0.0ppm +60.5C 24/24Acfts[1h] RF:+0+0.7ppm/-0.11dB/+18.0dB@10km[11422]/+19.0dB@10km[14/27]
Getting similar data to the above from PilotAware would be great.
Cheers
Kev