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fox are you still interested in giving adsb a go? If so, I have a spare nooelec SDR dongle you're welcome to have for a modest forum donation. Not quite as good as the flightradar ones but still one of the better ones.
Sorry @Stonehedge I totally missed this 7 months ago.
I am still interested, especially now this lockdown is going to go on. So. Long.
Is this still a good USB stick to get?
https://thepihut.com/products/flightaware-pro-stick-plus-usb-sdr-ads-b-receiverAnd this aerial?
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZH5FJBW/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_mJj9EbDFVEFMM?camp=1634&creative=6738&tag=buro9&sa-no-redirect=1
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No worries! I actually only listed that stick on eBay a few days ago. Shame you missed it
Yes, that flight aware Pro plus stick is about as good as you can get without spending loads of money.
That antenna would get you started but is incredibly low quality and will lose you a lot of signals. The coax is made of copper coated aluminium which is very very lossy at UHF and the radiating element is totally the wrong length. Most antennas sold on eBay and Amazon are a sack of shite.
If I were you I'd look up home made Adsb antennas (cantennas etc) and if that doesn't tickle your fancy, spend a little more (£20ish) on something hand made from Broadsword Antennas or something like this:
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/products/3171900846181221/
If neither of those options tickle your fancy let me know and I should be able to make you a simple antenna.
Stonehedge
@fox are you still interested in giving adsb a go? If so, I have a spare nooelec SDR dongle you're welcome to have for a modest forum donation. Not quite as good as the flightradar ones but still one of the better ones.
If anybody is interested, I've got a Uniden Bearcat BCT15x going spare. I'll be putting it on eBay next week but if anybody is interested let me know and I'd be happy to let it go for cheaps here instead. It's the least intuitive device I have ever used but once you suss it out it's great for listening to civil and military airband, passing satellites, marine radio, 2m ham and 70cm PMR etc etc
https://uniden.com/products/bct15x-beartracker-scanner-with-9000-channels