Antenna out of stock on Amazon

paulinyyz · July 21, 2015, 8:35pm

Hello,

I just went to order an antenna and sadly they are now out of stock (story of my life!). Is there any word on when they will be available again and hopefully at the same great price.

Regards,

Paul

k6rtm · July 21, 2015, 9:12pm

A slightly contrarian perspective – congratulations FlightAware – you’ve got a winner!

bob k6rtm

sjacket99 · July 21, 2015, 9:20pm

I have the FA antenna. I like it. It’s working pretty good. I have it outside, but I want to put it on the roof. I’ll gain a couple more feet.

mduell · July 22, 2015, 5:16am

We shipped more Friday and Monday to Amazon warehouses so they should be available shortly at the same price.

Sorry for the sell-out, they went quicker than we expected.

paulinyyz · July 22, 2015, 10:09am

Thanks very much for the reply. No need to apologize, it’s great to see how the community responded the way it did.

Paul

dbaker · July 22, 2015, 6:58pm

Back in stock! amazon.com/gp/product/B00WZL … fligh01-20

sjacket99 · July 23, 2015, 1:13am

I might be ordering another FA antenna. I had my FA antenna outside, but I just moved it to the roof tonight. Gained a good 6 extra feet. So I did that and hooked up the RPi 2 I just got today. So we will see what we can do now.

mikea0 · July 23, 2015, 1:35am

I bought the last FA antenna in stock at Amazon this weekend… Sorry. (Maybe)
Actually, seeing that Amazon had only one antenna left prodded me to buy it right off the bat.

My Piaware is up and running as of a few minutes ago.

I need the cable for the outdoor antenna. Anybody have a recommendation?
It looks to me like the connector on the USB receiver card is non-standard.

sjacket99 · July 23, 2015, 1:52am

Thanks

sjacket99 · July 23, 2015, 1:58am

I use this coming from the USB dongle

amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CTJN48 … ref=plSrch

Or

amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CSFBWM … ref=plSrch

Adapter

mduell · July 23, 2015, 2:57am

Ideally you want 50 ohm cabling (LMR240 or LMR400) with N connectors, and then a N female to MCX male adapter on the end.

courtney123 · July 23, 2015, 3:38am

Success is a good thing.

PeterHR · July 23, 2015, 7:09am

What would be really handy here is a kit of parts at various lengths put into Amazon (LM240) - like the antennas

And a YouTube on how to fit the connectors since most here have never done anything more complex than connect up a TV.

sjacket99 · July 23, 2015, 9:50pm

I put the new FA antenna on the roof last night. Hooked up my new RPi 2. I would have to say the FA antenna working out very well. I think i am going to order a 2nd one soon. I am not running any amps or anything. Just the antenna and about 15 feet of cable to the Pi.

Thanks FA for making a nice little antenna.

mikea0 · July 23, 2015, 10:12pm

I have the adapter cable on order. I figured I need the N-male–N-Male cable from there. I’m shocked on how much assembled cables cost - as much as the rest of the PiAware hardware.
I guess you’re expected to make your own cable which I can do. I only have RG59/RG6 cable at present.
I’ll hope that a cable shows up on Craigslist. An antenna tower, too.

I’ll be locating my Pi at temporary site for now and moving the FA antenna to the roof mast later. That will mean running about 50 feet of cable through a house that has little to no access to that side.
I have one more round tuit on the stack.

digiblur · July 24, 2015, 9:18pm

How high is the antenna and what kind of cable?

sjacket99 · July 24, 2015, 10:03pm

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The antenna is around 16 feet high from the ground. I am using RG6 (South Wire) Quad shielded for now. I have better cable just can’t use it yet.

PeterHR · July 25, 2015, 7:39am

does the antenna have any manufactures markings (I’m wondering if it might be obtainable outside the USA from other sources)

dbaker · July 25, 2015, 11:40am

It’s a custom part not sold anywhere else. We are working to improve the retail availability.