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General Discussion / Re: iPhone 6s not working?

« on: December 03, 2015, 12:44:10 am »

Just checking, you aren't trying to connect both phones to the PAW at the same time?

I can confirm we have had an iPhone 6s working fine with this device.

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General Discussion / Re: DVB-T USB dongle getting very hot

« on: November 29, 2015, 10:36:36 am »

I might get a bigger vented case and do as Richard & RG have for now, while we await the outcome of the new ARF board to be announced and rolled out.

I might start building a second unit to do this. My Mk1 prototype has its battery attached and acting as a weight to hold it in place!  All held together with an elastic band, it works a treat.

Found this out of interest:

http://wiki.glidernet.org/dvbt-dongles

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General Discussion / Re: Flyer Live 28th-29th November - 1 day to go

« on: November 29, 2015, 10:24:50 am »

For those of us unable to attend the show, and completely in the dark about the new radio, other than the few posts and pictures on here (that are causing me to get excited already!), can the team post a statement (after the show and the dust has settled early week) to tell us mere mortals about the new board?

CE marked? Sounds exciting, sounds like you have the "golden ticket"!

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General Discussion / Re: DVB-T USB dongle getting very hot

« on: November 28, 2015, 05:06:15 pm »

Completed my first PAW unit today and also noted the DVB-T to be running really quite hot. All functions well though.

Has anyone thought of removing the casing and taking a look at stick-on heatsinks for the dongle?

This led me to wonder about opening all the dongles up, removing the USB plugs and replacing with leads on the individual PCBs, removing the Pi's USB sockets and wiring the leads direct to the Pi PCB. I could then stack the boards next to each other in a slightly longer case, and all is enclosed. Better cooling and no dongles on display or to knock.

Any thoughts or anyone done this?

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General Discussion / Re: PilotAware Map

« on: November 19, 2015, 12:43:24 pm »

Unit under construction @ Chester

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General Discussion / Re: DVB Dongle replace Aerial.

« on: November 17, 2015, 02:30:11 pm »

Can people, with known good antenna setups (DVT antenna I mean) with reasonable ads-b range (100mile ?) list their antenna part, set up, dongle type and whether it gets hot?

Strikes me there is a combination out there that will achieve acceptably small aerial (those MCX types look fine), good range (circa 100 mile max), without the DVT dongle getting too hot?

(I have just ordered my parts, and hope to get experimenting in the next week or so - based around the Chester area if anyone is interested - but I have omitted the ARF unit for now until Lee has tested this further - therefore I want to try and reduce my whip aerial size down!)