If you received a FlightFeeder kit from FlightAware between mid-November 2014 and early March 2015, your kit may have included a defective antenna that is resulting in very poor coverage (low range, few aircraft, etc). The defective antenna looks like this:
The only practical solution is to replace the antenna with a new, similar one that works correctly. FlightAware will be contacting affected individuals in the next two weeks to coordinate a replacement that you will receive in May 2015.
We apologize for any inconvenience or hassle, but continue to thank you for your awesome, continued support. Thank you.
Yesterday I gave up on trying to figure out why the coverage from my FlightFeeder (orange) was so poor compared to my other ADS-B receiver that is situated next (50 cm) to it. http://i.imgur.com/XsCNdmd.png?1
The issue is not with the dimensions or designed frequency of the antenna, but in an unreliable mounting connection which can cause unexpected interference.
How about dimention stub with about 5cm long on Coco design… full wave on 1090MHz is 0.275 metre. half is around 13.7cm without vf,quarter is 6.8 cm… the element on this antenna is just around 5cm
We do not have a date yet for shipping out the new antennas. We are still waiting for them to be bulk delivered to us first before we can ship them out individually.
If you really want to be aware of every step of the shipment tracking, you can go to ups.com and set up notification on your tracking number and you will receive notification by them.
replacement was scheduled to be dispatched (as stated at the top of the Thread ) and that it will be received in late April or early May , But that was not the case…Can we have an updated Post please. ?
Apart from changing my antenna, do I need to do anything else for resolving my issue. Apols, Im raising the issue here as well as Ive not received an updated response from FA.
Hi, thank you for the fast response .In fact , i need to make necessary arrangement to replace the antenna .
I am planning to upgrade my tower since you are replacing the defective antenna with a higher range one …
Thanks once again.
Received the new antenna. It’s green :mrgreen:
Included was a band pass filter.
First impression is not so good. The max range I got was ~130 Km for 5 seconds. Later in the day there will be more traffic so keeping my fingers crossed.
