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General Discussion / Funke TRT800 ADSB out

« on: April 09, 2016, 01:06:09 pm »

I have successfully connected my Bendix King SkyMap IIIC to my Funke TRT800 transponder using a short length of screened cable setting the GPS output & the transponder input to 4800bd. With my local LAA inspector I carried out the checks using a Pilotaware unit to confirm the SIL & SDA were set to 0. I am using software ver. 5.2 on the transponder. I sent the Mod form off to the LAA on Monday & received the permission back today (Saturday). I fly a Eurostar G-CCEJ.
We did a flight from Bagby last Sunday to Skegness which was tracked all the way there & back on FlightRadar24.
 

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General Discussion / Re: Up & Running

« on: September 01, 2015, 10:15:40 pm »

Lee,
It could be the power supply to the pilotaware. I am going to power it differently next time. I was using a cheap 12v USB power adaptor which was causing interference to the radio when I connected it up.

It worked fine in my car when I have tried it. The iPad mini is a cellular version, so using the internal GPS. I was using the iPad on internal battery.

It was early evening when i managed to get to the airfield so didn't get much time to fault find, hope to get another chance later this week.

Regards
Roger

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General Discussion / Re: Up & Running

« on: September 01, 2015, 01:12:00 pm »

I managed to get up in the air on Sunday night with one of my Pilotaware units.

I set it up on the ground, everything fine. I was using my iPad mini mounted in its mount on the front panel of the Eurostar. Everything was fine until I got up into the air, then I kept losing GPS on the iPad. I was constantly having to reset. The iPad was mounted in Landscape orientation & operating on internal battery. Has anyone else had this problem? Is it better to mount the iPad in Portrait orientation?

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General Discussion / Re: List of Units participating

« on: August 21, 2015, 12:55:46 pm »

EV97 Eurostar G-CCEJ based at EGNG Bagby Airfield near Thirsk North Yorkshire.

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General Discussion / Re: Up & Running

« on: August 21, 2015, 12:39:03 pm »

Hi Guys,
I hae been doing some testing on the ground of my PilotAware. Not had any time to test it in the air yet. I have checked the output of the ARF on a Comms radio & its pinging away on 869.4 Mhz, so looking good. I need to get another one up & running now so we can check it between aircraft.
Richard, I some times drop into Sherburn to visit the cafe. Not sure when I can meet up with you on a Sunday, next few Sundays I am busy, but it would be nice to meet. I have attached a picture of the high level commercial traffic transitting over my location & a picture of my completed PilotAware.

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General Discussion / Up & Running

« on: August 17, 2015, 02:21:38 pm »

I have built my first unit. Got it up & running today when finally received the correct dongle from China. I have tried  several dongles which are supposed to contain the Ralink 5370 chipset. Be aware not all of them work. Managed to connect to my iPad after following the instructions on the forum. I have been able to see the high level traffic overhead on Sky Demon. As this is my first unit I have not been able to verify the operation of the ARF module.
Next I need to try it in the Plane. I fly out of Bagby so would be interested to hear from anyone with Pilot Aware in the Vale of York area.