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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

The 24 hour stats are in after yesterday’s ADS-B antenna upgrade.

Holy fucking shit.

Aircraft seen: 531
Positions reported: 110,379
Maximum distance: 201 N.Mi
Hits reported: 272,873
Aircraft seen: 531 Positions reported: 110,379 Maximum distance: 201 N.Mi Hits reported: 272,873
Aircraft seen: 531 Positions reported: 110,379 Maximum distance: 201 N.Mi Hits reported: 272,873
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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

Compare this to a week ago, using a non-amplified TV antenna that came with the “SDR” dongle (a literal TV tuner with a particular Realtek chipset)

Aircraft seen: 343
Positions reported: 7,287
Maximum distance: 35N.Mi
Hits reported: 19,022
Aircraft seen: 343 Positions reported: 7,287 Maximum distance: 35N.Mi Hits reported: 19,022
Aircraft seen: 343 Positions reported: 7,287 Maximum distance: 35N.Mi Hits reported: 19,022
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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@jpm I really need to go move my pole

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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@mike ಠ_ಠ

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decryption
decryption
@decryption@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@jpm now I want an antenna on my roof (I’ve also wanted to dip my toe into LORAWAN/meshtastic)

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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@decryption from memory your place is pretty close to the top of the big hill yeah? Hills are terrible for radio comms systems…

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Josh McKinnon
Josh McKinnon
@corduroy@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@jpm @decryption wait, what? Being on top of a big hill is bad for radio comms? That’s the opposite of what my brain says should be so

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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@corduroy @decryption being at the bottom of a big hill is bad. Being half way up isn’t too bad but you won’t be able to hear anyone on the other side of the hill.

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