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Review on ๐Ÿ“ป NooElec High Gain ADS-B Radio and Antenna Bundle - Dual-Band NESDR Nano 2 (978MHz & 1090MHz), Starter Edition for Stratux, Avare, Foreflight, and FlightAware by Robert Gomatham

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Disappointed with FlightAware performance but liked the compact form factor.

I bought several of these kits to use with FlightAware PiAware (Raspberry Pi 3B+) kits. The flyable receiver models (orange and blue) are too large to fit both receivers on the Raspberry Pi. as a good solution to integrate two receivers into one PiAware device without using USB extension cables or a powered hub. Having recently added UAT-978 receivers to several PiAware devices, I decided to give this receiver kit a try. On the 1080 ADS-B side, the nano receiver only picks up 40-50% of the signals that PiAware controls with the FlightAware SDR. Thinking it might be an antenna issue I swapped the antennas with the control box, but the FligtAware SDRs still outperform the NooElec Nano SDRs. I'll keep experimenting but don't expect the same results as the FlightAware receivers.

Pros
  • Done
Cons
  • Some issues