u/joedidder

Perhaps some of you are motorsports fans and are familar with NASCAR Cup and sprint car racer, Kyle Larson. Larson competed in the NASCAR Cup race in Richmond, VA last night in which he finished 6th. Larson then jumped on his jet and flew to Iowa to compete in the Knoxville Nationals which was delayed due to rain. Larson finished his crazy long night of racing by winning the Knoxville Nationals. I live in the Indianapolis area and my feeder tracked Larson's aircraft from 23:48 to 00:20. Anyway, being both a motorsports fan and an aviation enthusiast, I thought I would share this.

Per the photo, I'm successfully feeding data to FlyOverhead vis ADSB.im, but my feeder doesn't show up in my FlyOverhead account. How do I fix this?

I'm new to the aircraft tracking hobby and recently assembled my first feeder with a RPi 4, FA Pro Stick Plus, FA 1090 outside antenna and feeding via ADSB.im software. The antenna is positioned on a 2nd floor window via suction cups on the north side of my home. My setup is definately receiving a good amount of aircraft. Though a "good amount" is relative to each setup. Some recommended that I move my antenna onto an adjacent wall because my windows do have the e-coating. I did try that but saw a significant decrease in performance.

I do plan on moving the antenna to my roof. I realize that I'll probably gain more aircraft detected at greater distance. Also, I'll probably receive more aircraft to the southwest with the antenna on the roof. With this said, how much better performance will see with the antenna on the roof? For now, I'm certainly satisfied with the results of my setup.

I just powered up my first feeder! My setup is a RPi 4, Flightaware Prostick Plus, Flightaware 1090 MHz Antenna and running the ADSB.im software. I currently have the antenna secured to a window using suction cups. The antenna/window is on the northeast side of my home on the 2nd floor.

I live in north suburban Indianapolis. As the map indicates, I'm seeing aircraft (aircraft count - 150) up to 200 nm away to the north, which makes sense since the window is facing north. Though I'm only seeing aircraft at 100 nm away to the south, which of course, also makes sense since the signals from the south are passing through he building materials of my home. Though I will say that I'm surprised I'm seeing this many aircraft and at a decent distance. Not bad for an indoor setup! I'm going to experiment with different antenna positions and eventually get it to my roof.