# Aerial advice **URL:** https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/aerial-advice/30053 **Category:** ADS-B Flight Tracking **Created:** [January 7, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/aerial-advice/30053 "2018-01-07T22:08:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![jamespi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jamespi/32/77189_2.png) [@jamespi](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/jamespi) #### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/aerial-advice/30053/4 "2018-01-09T20:57:00Z")
This question is more about DIY aerials. If anyone knows any info please let me know. @abcd567 I was reading one of your other posts about building DIY aerials. Some of them being spider aerials and some cantennas. - How would these perform against a purpose built 1090mhz aerial like the one above? - Which one of the DIY aerials that you wrote about gives you the best range? - Finally what about this type of design called a collinear antenna ([Making an inexpensive 1090MHz ADS-B collinear antenna - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkUYdCPFXXs)) Link to DIY antennas - [Three Easy DIY Antennas for Beginners - #12 by abcd567](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/three-easy-diy-antennas-for-beginners/16348/12) --- _[View the full topic](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/aerial-advice/30053)._