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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: New Stations Added

« on: April 11, 2021, 04:22:40 pm »

New Station in Germany went online yesterday

PWlsvpbg

Its located onroute to the popluar German north coast islands (e.g Norderney) at a glider airfield. We just need to fix a faulty SDR and then everything should be running fine.

@German OGN/Flarm User + Pilots. PAW and Atom Stations have been increasing, especially in the NW of Germany. It would be great to see similiar coverage than in the UK here in this area.

Kind Regards

Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: Static Object Near ATOM Station

« on: March 03, 2021, 02:23:38 pm »

Problems still persist at EDDG. I think Lee might me right, that a nearby OGN station (TEBU) picks up PWEDDG and PWEDDG2 as static objects. Any ideas of how to fix that?

Kind regards
Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: Static Object Near ATOM Station

« on: March 01, 2021, 06:03:36 pm »

There are two PAW station on site yes. EDDG and EDDG2

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: Static Object Near ATOM Station

« on: March 01, 2021, 01:24:45 pm »

Yes they do. Just hover over to EDDG (NW of Germany, M of city Münster) and you will see a static object.

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OGN-R PilotAware / Static Object Near ATOM Station

« on: March 01, 2021, 08:11:53 am »

Hi there,

I am having some issues with a permanent static object.
It is constantly at my site, speed 0kmh, altitude ground level.
Funny enough it is picked up by an OGN Station 20miles away.
It is visible on all glider tracking website. But not on the local atom traffic screen.

Any ideas?

Kind Regards
Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: Atom Grid Power via Ethernet / Antenna interference / Antenna Selection

« on: December 19, 2020, 09:05:15 am »

Hi Peter,

I requested the technical details for the antenna. (Might also be interested for other ogn-r builders, without intending to interfere with the original recommended spec by pilotaware).
 https://ibb.co/c6GSfs3


RE #1: It states the frequency at 868mhz ith a bandwidth of 7mhz. So it should be okay for 869.525mhz, or?

RE#2: I just switched the original PAW antenna with this one at my home test Station Meppen1, fired up my Rosetta and it received an uplink signal from the above mentioned antenna and station. So I guess there is no short circuit for sending. Please confirm that testing method is a valid way of checking?

RE3#: Same legal regulations here in Germany.

Kind Regards,

Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: Atom Grid Power via Ethernet

« on: December 15, 2020, 01:15:04 pm »

Thanks a lot, will report when job done.


One more question:

I bought a Flarm ogn antenna, actually I bought two.
https://h5.de.aliexpress.com/item/32772798538.html

I will it use a Flarm antenna, but I was also thinking to use it as a PAW antenna. Would that make sense? Is there any benefit compared to the original PAW antenna?

Kind regards,

Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: Atom Grid Power via Ethernet

« on: December 13, 2020, 09:12:11 am »

Affirm a VHF antenna, frequency is 131.300. I unfortunately don't know the power.

Kind regards
Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: Atom Grid Power via Ethernet

« on: December 12, 2020, 12:50:20 pm »

Thanks. We are talking about max 30m, I bought the mentioned injector and splitter and test run was good. Is there anither way to test for undervoltage than looking on the remote access data reports page?

And one other question: the station will be on the same mast as a radio frequency antenna. The antennas will be approx 50cm away from the antennas, same height  Will that matter?

Kind regards,
Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Atom Grid Power via Ethernet / Antenna interference / Antenna Selection

« on: December 07, 2020, 08:02:01 pm »

Hi there,

Sorry if I am opening up a thready which already exists. But I couldn't find an appropriate answer.

Because of various restrictions I am bound to use power via Ethernet. Which cable/make can you recommend without suffering lowvoltage?
Kind regards
Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: OGNR with WiFI

« on: November 22, 2020, 11:31:56 am »

Hi Peter,

It has a WiFi router on site with SSID and Password available. I also have a OGNR station from PAW here, that I will use.

Do I need to connect it to via lan cable for initial set up of the WiFi? That is possible, but where the OGNR would be in operation I can't run an ethernet cable, so I am relying on WiFi.

Kind regards from Germany,
Patrick

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OGN-R PilotAware / OGNR with WiFI

« on: November 22, 2020, 08:19:29 am »

Hi there,

On my journey to install more OGNR stations I came across an airfield that has great WiFi coverage but no options to lay an ethernet cable to an OGNR ground station.

Question: what do I have to do to get the OGNR connected to the local WiFi?

Kind regards,
Patrick

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Technical Support / Re: PAW - ATOM Grid Station Reception

« on: October 25, 2020, 08:21:28 am »

Hi there,

I tried a practical experiment yesterday with a PAW (boosted and unboosted) and a atom ground station.

I went as far as the signal reached with a boosted PAW reception and then tried an unboosted PAW reception signal. The transmitting signal of the PAW was unchanged, so was the entire PAW station.

Result:
There was no difference, between a boosted PAW reception and an unboosted reception. Since the PAW transmission was unchanged, that says to me that only boosting the PAW reception makes no difference.

Can some one confirm that, Lee/Peter/Keith?

Kind regards
Patrick

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Technical Support / PAW - ATOM Grid Station Reception

« on: October 22, 2020, 12:59:37 pm »

Hi there,

seeking for advice:

I am flying a C172 with PAW onboard (as most know linked up with a Powerflarm).

The Receptions air to air, especially from the Flarm is pretty good. That is mostly due to the FLARMBooster, that boosts the Flarm reception. However the sending part of flarm signal is just let thru, and is not boosted, since that is against the law. The Flarmbooster has also a filter install, so the noise is not boosted (It operates between 865 + 875mhz)

My Target:

I would like to improve PAW -> Atom Grid Station Reception, since I am living in Germany and there are not yet enough stations. My objective is to see Mode S traffic as a bearing.

Idea:
I would boost the reception of the PAW Antenna, so it can receive an Atom Grid Signal better. The sending part of the PAW will be untouched/unboosted.

Question:
Is boosting the PAW Reception enough? I can't make sense on my own, when Mode S MLAT Traffic is being rebroadcasted to PAW. Does it need a Signal / trigger from a PAW deviceor just a receiving connection to a PAW to upload Info?


Thanks for your help!

Kind Regards,

Patrick

 

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General Discussion / Re: It's all in the box!

« on: October 17, 2020, 10:56:42 pm »

Hi Tim,

I had a similar challenge with a Rosetta and a Flarm, which I also needed to access for charging.

Have a look at my project thread:
http://forum.pilotaware.com/index.php/topic,1920.0.html

It's a 3d printed case. If you prefere a from the shelf solution you might get some inspirations from this.

Kind regards
Patrick