I have two RPI receivers with identical software configurations but different radio/antenna setups. One unit only rarely sees “sample blocks dropped” in /var/log/dump1090-mutability.log. The other has a huge number of blocks dropped, varying with time.
The one with the dropped blocks has a 12 element CoCo with an in-line amplifier on a 820T2 vs. an 8 element CoCo and no amp on a 820T. The 12 element antenna is about 5 ft. higher than the 8. Both are set for AGC.
Am I overdriving the RF on the unit with the dropped blocks? Even with the dropped blocks it is receiving about 30% more positions than the other one. Should I consider a filter or reduce the input levels?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
-Larry
Log from the dropping until:
Statistics: Sat Apr 11 11:56:15 2015 UTC - Sat Apr 11 12:56:15 2015 UTC
Local receiver:
55384 sample blocks processed
10533 sample blocks dropped
0 Mode A/C messages received
63448183 Mode-S message preambles received
39393068 with bad message format or invalid CRC
21700224 with unrecognized ICAO address
2219814 accepted with correct CRC
135077 accepted with 1-bit error repaired
-7.5 dBFS mean signal power
-0.6 dBFS peak signal power
237467 messages with signal power above -3dBFS
Messages from network clients:
0 Mode A/C messages received
0 Mode S messages received
0 with bad message format or invalid CRC
0 with unrecognized ICAO address
0 accepted with correct CRC
0 accepted with 1-bit error repaired
2354891 total usable messages
19 surface position messages received
82650 airborne position messages received
78520 global CPR attempts with valid positions
0 global CPR attempts with bad data
0 global CPR attempts that failed the range check
0 global CPR attempts that failed the speed check
107 global CPR attempts with insufficient data
3584 local CPR attempts with valid positions
3523 aircraft-relative positions
61 receiver-relative positions
565 local CPR attempts that did not produce useful positions
546 local CPR attempts that failed the range check
0 local CPR attempts that failed the speed check
0 CPR messages that look like transponder failures filtered
497 unique aircraft tracks
116 aircraft tracks where only one message was seen
CPU load: 47.9%
1450153 ms for demodulation
214431 ms for reading from USB
58648 ms for network input and background tasks
History of dropped samples over time:
0 sample blocks dropped
0 sample blocks dropped
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0 sample blocks dropped
817 sample blocks dropped
7398 sample blocks dropped
10257 sample blocks dropped
10497 sample blocks dropped
10604 sample blocks dropped
9298 sample blocks dropped
10512 sample blocks dropped
10422 sample blocks dropped
10893 sample blocks dropped
11959 sample blocks dropped
12586 sample blocks dropped
12687 sample blocks dropped
12770 sample blocks dropped
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94 sample blocks dropped
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475 sample blocks dropped
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222 sample blocks dropped
0 sample blocks dropped
15 sample blocks dropped
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10533 sample blocks dropped