Hey all,
I thought long and hard about posting this (and feeling dumb for it), but here I am.
I reckon I’ll either get some help or not, but I’m asking.
I originally struggled settting up my first ADS-B receiver (978) for several reasons…
- I’d never seen a RPi, much less tried to set one up for anything.
- In spite of ultimately becoming a Comm/Inst/CFI, I barely made it out of high school, and found out at 48 years old, (70 now) that I was a FAS baby, and suffer a from a few of the handicaps and learning disabilities that come with that condition.
- Some terms that the majority of posters here understand easily, send me into a confusion of terms…‘sudo’ ‘dump’ and ‘script’ being among them.
- One of the USB/micro cables FA sent me with the 978 kit was bad from the jump, and any attmpts to seek help from Tech were often met with silence. Only when a kind FA engineer reached out to ask why my receiver wasn’t sending data to FA after 4 months online, was he able to walk me through the steps to diagnose and fix the issue.
I attempted to contact this engineer recently to see if he could assist me again, but didn’t receive a reply.
I now have stable 1090 & 978 receivers at the small dirt Colorado airport (5V4) I live on, but would like to take it a step or two further. (But are too scared to mess with them)
Here are my current goals…
- Combine the 978 & 1090 to one page. I know it’s possible, and have read every word regarding the subject on these forums, but it ends up being like the IRS Tax Code to me…total confusion.
- Work on the ‘Gain’ settings for my 1090 receiver. When a 1090 target approaches my airport, I can see it on the map until it’s about 3 miles away inbound, and then it appears again once it’s 3-ish miles past me. It still shows the N number and some of the data on the list, but may be missing speed or altitude until far enough away.
I’ve read extensively on ‘gain’ in the forum, but once again, it’s so far over my head, that I soon spin off into confusion once more.
If anyone has the time (I do and promise to be a good student), to help walk me though these setup issues, I will be so very grateful.
Pointing to posts in the forum will not help in my case, and I’m asking for a little ‘hand holding’ to work my way to success.
If you think you could help me with this, in an effort to not clog up the forum, just contact me directly through email…my FA name at A O L will work.
Thanks for reading,
J