Will prostick see both 978 and 1090 or only 1090?

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I have ordered the prostick and a Pi. I have flashed the SD card and added SSH and changed the wifi.

Should this set up see both 978 and 1090 with just the orange prostick? I do want to see 978.

Or in order to see 978 do I need to add this to the basic image on the SD card?

sudo piaware-config receiver-type rtlsdr
sudo piaware-config uat-receiver-type none
sudo systemctl restart piaware.

If I need to add this to the image, do I add it to the bottom of the basic script? I am not super familiar with code writing.

Charlie

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Not clearly defined, but it looks like it can receive both. From the official orange stick description:

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But somebody else need to confirm this for the orange stick.

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I may be should have clarified. I do know it “Can” see both but “will” it see both with the basic image. My end goal, is to be able to see 978 traffic with just this one orange prostick. I know if you want to “only” see 978 you have to insert the code I listed. But I am not necessarily wanting to eliminate 1090. If I will be able to see both 978 and 1090 with the single prostick, then great. Hope this may clarify my end game goal.

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SDRs can only tune to one frequency.

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Which prostick?
They have different capabilities.

None can receive both bands at the same time.

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Question-1: Is prostick capable to receive both 1090 & 978?
Answer:

  • None of prosticks can receive both 978 & 1090 simultaneously.
    You will need one prostick for 1090 and another for 978.

  • The Orange prostick can receive either 978 or 1090..
    The blue prostick can receive only 1090 (because it has a built-in 1090 filter).

 

Question-2: Is piaware SD card image capable to receive both 1090 & 978?
Answer:
The SD card image can be configured to receive any of the following 3 setup

(a) Only 1090 (default config) - ONE prostic required

sudo piaware config receiver type rtlsdr  
sudo piaware-config uat-receiver-type none  
sudo systemctl restart piaware

(b) Only 978 - ONE prostic required

sudo piaware-config receiver-type none
sudo uat-receiver-type sdr  
sudo systemctl restart piaware

(c) Both 1090 & 978 - TWO prostics required

sudo piaware-config receiver-type rtlsdr  
sudo uat-receiver-type sdr  
sudo systemctl restart piaware

 

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This is exactly what I needed to know. I will use that 978 only verbage in my img file.

Thanks!

Charlie

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Two frequencies requires 2 sdr’s

There are instructions on the steps to configure piaware software and “serialize” the sdr’s so the 1090 mhz sdr is used by 1090 process, and 978 sdr is used by uat process.

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Yepp, that wasn’t clear to me from first post.
The others have answered it meanwhile.