Author: wpadmin

How-to: combine multiple ADS-B feeds into one display

How-to: combine multiple ADS-B feeds into one display

How to draw multiple dump1090-fa instances into a single map and table using combine1090 While comparing amendments to my antenna designs by running two antennas side-by-side I’ve been interested to know whether the aircraft positions received by the lesser-performing antenna’s dump1090 are a subset of those received by the better-performing antenna’s dump1090 or whether some …

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ADS-B antenna and stats – Antenna Y1

ADS-B antenna and stats – Antenna Y1

This is a work-in-progress and relates to this article on further developments beyond the details below. As a result of my inability to stop messing with new ideas I’ve deviated (hopefully only temporarily) from the plan to make minor, iterative alterations to a basically-similar antenna design in order to establish the effectiveness of each individual …

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ADS-B 1090MHz Antenna Comparison Statistics

ADS-B 1090MHz Antenna Comparison Statistics

Note that this page is constantly being updated as antennas are tweaked and monitored. From To Antenna Station Max range (nmi) Max msg/s per aircraft Max aircraft Link 21/11/21 27/11/21 A A 81 38 30 http://tinab.blog/ads-b-antenna-and-stats-antenna-a 21/11/21 27/11/21 B B 254 62 70 http://tinab.blog/ads-b-antenna-and-stats 27/11/21 30/11/21 C A 263 74 65 http://tinab.blog/ads-b-antenna-and-stats—antenna-c 27/11/21 30/11/21 B …

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ADS-B antenna and stats – Antenna C

ADS-B antenna and stats – Antenna C

This is a work-in-progress and relates to this article on further developments beyond the details below. The design is a basic 6.5-element coaxial collinear antenna with a whip, feedline and chokes and is intended to mirror Antenna B in order to ensure comparisons are equal before moving on to experimenting with various changes. There are …

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ADS-B antenna and stats – Antenna A

ADS-B antenna and stats – Antenna A

For comparison and to assess the difference between differently-sized similarly-designed antennas I’ve been running this alongside Antenna B (here) to provide like-for-like data. This is a work-in-progress and relates to this article on further developments beyond the details below. The design is a basic 4.5-element coaxial collinear antenna with a whip, feedline and chokes. Performance …

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Dauphinoise Potatoes

Dauphinoise Potatoes

Serves 4 5 medium spuds 250ml cream & 250ml skimmed milk Rosemary and/or thyme 100g gruyere sliced very thinly Slice potato on mandolin thin, 2-3mm (or easily with knife – second attempt without checking recipe I did 3-4mm and all fine) Put 300ml cream with 200ml milk in pan Season Thyme Try nutmeg Simmer with …

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How To: Alloy Wheel Refurb DIY

How To: Alloy Wheel Refurb DIY

Bought two without tyres – quite good condition but still in need of attention – so as to refurb two, put new tyres on them, put them on the car, take tyres off two more, refurb those, put new tyres on them, onto the car, strip remaining two, refurb those, sell them. First effort was …

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Paella

Paella

Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 red pepper diced 1 tsp each hot smoked paprika and dried thyme 300g paella or risotto rice 3 tbsp white wine 400g can chopped tomatoes  900ml chicken stock 400g frozen seafood mix Large frozen raw prawns – Morrisons Vietnamese are good 1 lemon, ½ juiced, ½ cut into wedges Method STEP 1Heat the olive oil in a …

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Thai Green Chicken Curry

Thai Green Chicken Curry

Ingredients 4 large shallots or 5 smaller ones 3 or 4 green chillies Ginger from freezer (don’t take out until ready – it defrosts quickly) 1 lime (zest and juice) 3 chicken breasts Ground coriander Ground cumin 1 tin coconut milk Green beans Noodles Fresh coriander Method Light a small pan on a medium ring …

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Melanzane

Melanzane

1:00 prep plus 0:30 in the oven Serves 4 Ingredients 3 aubergine2 mozzarella balls10 sage leavesOlive oil50g parmesan100g cheddar For the red sauce:2 medium onions3 tins of chopped tomatoesFresh thyme2 bay leaves3 tbsp white wine vinegar10 sage leaves finely chopped3 tsp sugarSalt & pepper Method In large non-stick pan, finely chop and gently fry onions …

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