# Dump1090-fa while driving

**URL:** <https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/dump1090-fa-while-driving/26640>\
**Category:** ADS-B Flight Tracking\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/dump1090-fa-while-driving/26640 "2017-10-05T15:06:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![TomMuc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/tommuc/32/113358_2.png) [@TomMuc](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/TomMuc)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/dump1090-fa-while-driving/26640/26 "2017-10-06T07:59:12Z")

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before buying additional filters - make a scan with rtl\_power to see what’s in the air at your site: [Filter not producing desired result - #11 by obj](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/filter-not-producing-desired-result/17815/11) in addition you can play a little with gain setting in dump or piaware to see what gain matches best when flightaware antenna is connected. there is a script here in the forum that sets different gain values - but to be honest i’m more a fan of doing it manually that gave at least me faster and more precise results.

in my one to one tests with about 10 different antennas the flightaware (you have) was runner-up with decent performance!

cheers  
tom

p.s. this is how my plots looked like

 ![rtlsdr_l](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/1X/2238e4ab669ac66653bc1faf67180b04acac8381.jpg)

 ![adsb_scan24h_n](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/1X/edc64dfcdd911b47ee0dbdcfe52a1d22727e44bc.jpg)

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