I'm asking for help starting ADS-B feeder

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Hello

I’ve been into MSFS, XP for a while and started watching FA and FR24, but I heard I could get a business account, so I looked it up.

I’m currently running a web server on Raspberry Pi 5 with Ubuntu, so I think I can try it.

The area is near the South Korean border. It will be installed on the lower floor of the apartment building. It will be installed outside the window.

  1. I think I need to go to Piaware.

  2. If it’s just FA feeding,

I wonder how it would be. Raspberry Pi 3b+ includes touch monitor, ProPlus stick.

It’s called plug-and-play without a separate installation process.

(If it’s fun later, I’m going to replace the FA filter and antenna.)

  1. They also recommended Raspberry Pi Zero 2w,

Will CPU load rate or heat generation be okay if I upload PiAware image?

(It’s a military unit area anyway, so I don’t think I’ll get a lot of it…)

I think this set is good, too…

I’m trying to connect to RPizero 2w-FA SDR-(FA filter)-FA antenna.

  1. I heard that microSD cards are easily broken,

Is there a backup or something? I think it’ll be cumbersome to reinstall every time

(Raspberry Pi 5, which is running as a web server, has nvmessd connected…)

Thank you in advance for your response.

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I would use the Pi5 and not the Pi zero option.
Pi Zero can do the job but is easily overloaded in terms of cpu use. If you live in a busy area I would use the Pi5 with the image or the package installation on top of your existing OS.

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If you’re gonna install dump1090-fa / piaware on that, it’s gonna use lighttpd which is gonna conflict on port 80 (i presume that’s where the webserver runs?).

So you’ll have to reconfigure lighttpd to a different port.

This is a good SDR for 1090: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005466363998.html
Just needs an antenna added.
In general have a look here for hardware options: https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-wiki/wiki/adsb-receiver-shopping-list

You could run https://adsb.im as a script install as an alternative, as an app install it won’t conflict with port 80 (but use 8080 and some other ports).
Or if you want to do it using docker manually, take a look at https://sdr-enthusiasts.gitbook.io/ads-b

If you’re gonna use a separate RPi, i’d recommend getting a pi4, they do the job well and i haven’t had issues with micro sd-cards breaking.
Mostly counterfeit / older sd-cards are an issue. Newer micro sd-cards last a long time.

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