Thank’s to both of you who replied. Excellent article regarding long cables.
I have also read the entire post at:
Whilst I am getting pretty good results for my first try, this has confirmed my concerns that the coax is adding noise to my setup and limiting my results. I am lucky that my location gives me an unobstructed view of the sky with no terrain blocking or buildings in the way.
While I am nervous about installing the Rx in an outdoor cabinet, sometimes simpler is better and the simplest configuration would be to install the receiver right at the antenna. I am going to try doing that temporarily to see how much improvement can be had.
Since the FA Blue Rx contains an RF amp I will install it without an LNA but try it with, and without the FA Mode S filter.
If that does not give me a good improvement, I will try using a AirSpy Mini (with LMA) or maybe a Beast and see if that gives me better results, similar to this: http://www.martellotowergroup.com/ads-b.html
Thanks again!
