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Permalink Reply by David Krakowsky on February 9, 2021 at 4:56pm

yes I have two external antennas

one is a inexpensive rod antenna used for transponders, about $28 on ebay for the

978 receive 

a second blade type, if I remember it’s a delta pop? For experimental use about $70 available from the company EFB site and I believe aircraft spruce, for 978 transmitting 

for 1090 I originally used another rod antenna, but was having some problems, from from Skyguard told me to use the inside rubber duck for 1090, 1090 is high powered transmitters, putting out about 200 watts, so an external antenna wasn’t necessary and cleared up my problem

im a ham radio operator so all this stuff is elementary to me.

for coax I used rg400 premise cables from a guy on eBay, search rg400 BNC to Tnc

About $30 a cable, you will need two 

let me know if you need any more info

 Dave

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Permalink Reply by Dale Walters on February 9, 2021 at 8:54pm

Thanks Dave

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Permalink Reply by Fernando Egas on February 11, 2021 at 9:31am

David, now that I got the equipment, I believe the cables should be:

Transmitter: BNC Male (Equipment side) to BNC Male (depends on Tx antenna)

Receiver: SMA Male (Equipment side) to BNC Male (depends on Rx antenna) (Not TNC)

Please correct me if I'm wrong

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by David Krakowsky on February 11, 2021 at 10:06am

I may have gotten that tnc/ sma  messed up

thanks for the corrrction

dave

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Permalink Reply by David Krakowsky on February 10, 2021 at 10:36am

Factory settings work fine, if it’s not broke, why fix it?

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Permalink Reply by Dale Walters on February 10, 2021 at 10:52am

For my application... I'm planning on connecting to my GRT Sport SX... the SX's baud rate is much lower (9600), so the recommended way to attach is via the USB port.  (Per Skyguard, it's been tested with the GRT)

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Permalink Reply by Dale Walters on February 9, 2021 at 4:41pm

Dylan, I received mine on Saturday... I downloaded the Skyguard app for my ipad, and the unit I received has a cigarette lighter power cord.  I'm heading out now to a local ads-b tower to check functionality (make sure the unit can receive from the tower, etc).  I'll let you know what I find out.

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Permalink Reply by Dale Walters on February 9, 2021 at 8:53pm

I checked out the unit, it's functioning great.  I set it up with my ICAO and N-number, and was able to view traffic.  I think you'll be glad you got one.

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Permalink Reply by David Krakowsky on February 9, 2021 at 10:08pm

Don’t forget to run the faa test once you have it all installed and working.

google FAA ads b test for the web site

dave

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Permalink Reply by David Krakowsky on February 14, 2021 at 7:13pm

Your welcome!

glad some of the members are jumping on this.

it’s really a once in a lifetime kind of deal for us cheapskates!

I can never pass up on a great deal!

dave

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Lee Martin on February 16, 2021 at 11:47am

David,

I also want to add my THANKS to you for letting us know about this opportunity!  I just ordered one from Joe - and I must say it was one of the BEST transactions ever - FAST and FRIENDLY with EXCELLENT communications.

Looking forward to spring when I can get back in the air again (-22F and lots of snow in MN today!)

THANKS AGAIN and Blue skies...

             ...Pat

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Permalink Reply by David Krakowsky on February 16, 2021 at 12:32pm

Glad you were able to get one!

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