PlaneGadget Radar - ADS-B Receiver
Just £199 or €240!
Finally a quality virtual radar receiver at a price you can afford, priced substantially lower than other receivers on the market but with all the performance you need.
The PlaneGadget Radar receives real time transmissions from commercial aircraft and through the PlanePlotter Lite software displays them on your PC, its like having air traffic control in your living room!
You can watch flights in your local area in real time within a practical range up to 100 Nm* with typical 1st floor window sill antenna position, greater if you have an ideal antenna position. Identify those airliners you see flying over, and even watch them stacking at your local airport!
Most large civil aircraft such as commerical airline flights carry equipment that transmits information over a system known as ADS-B.
ADS-B contains information like the name of the flight, the ICAO number of the aircraft, the aircraft's current position, speed and direction, and how fast the aircraft is decending/acending. This information is received by the PlaneGadget Radar and PlanePlotter software decodes this placing the aircraft on a map of your local area.
The PlaneGadget Radar comes complete with:
The USB PlaneGadget Radar Receiver
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PlaneGadget magnetic base antenna with 2 meters coax
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USB lead
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CD with PlanePlotter Lite software and USB drivers
Actual screenshot with supplied antenna on 1st floor window sill facing southeast from oxford
PlanePlotter Lite is provided by PlanePlotter from COAA Click Here to go to the COAA PlanePlotter website for more information.
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1 year warranty. If you are not completely happy with your purchase you can return it within 7 days in as new condition for a refund.
Full Terms and Conditions of Sale are here
Compatible with Windows XP, Vista 32-bit & Windows 7
64-bit versions of Windows Vista are not supported
Orders outside the European Union: The product is currently CE marked for the European Union. We are currently looking into distribution for other countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia and NewZealand. We will announce on here when this option is available.
*The range for the receiver is highly dependent on the positioning of the antenna. When the supplied magnetic antenna is placed conveniently on a window sill on a metal sheet (a biscuit tin is good) typical range is up to 100Nm miles out of that window, but may drop to 20 or less for aircraft behind the walls or through the roof of your house depending on the materials of construction. The ADS-B transmissions are "line of sight" which means that the range is less the lower the aircraft are as the curvature of the earth, local high ground and even buildings close by will reduce the signal. The best possible position for the magnetic base antenna is with clear sight on a steel sheet (biscuit tin is fine) but without any obstructions around it, however this can then be inconvenient for positioning of your PC! So in practice most users will accept a convenient position and accept aircraft detection range is 20-100miles when using the standard antenna depending on the whether an individual aircraft is behind the walls of your house or directly through the window in clear sight. Remember, that range is very dependent on antenna position and although other receivers advertise 250Nm range this is the theoretical maximum, in practice with the supplied antenna they also have a maximum practical range of 100nM or so on a window sill position, which is directly comparable to the performance of PlaneGadget Radar.
The PlanePlotter Lite software is provided by COAA and can be upgraded to a full version for 25 Euros (+VAT) see here. The full version has networking functions that allow you to share some information with other PlanePlotter users.
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MarineGadget Radar - AIS Receiver
New! The lowest priced and most portable AIS receiver in the world!
Just £99 (UK) or €120(EU)!
Includes Post&Packing
A complete Marine AIS receiver in a tiny USB dongle.
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USB connection appears as a simple serial com port compatible with most plotting software
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Output NMEA 0183 VDM messages
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Decodes messages 1,2,3,4,5,9,18,19,21,24
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USB powered (no power cables/supplies to carry or install)
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Capable of listening on Channel A(161.975Mhz) or Channel B(162.025Mhz), or alternating between the two.
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USB virtual serial port baud rate 38400
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Antenna input SMA or BNC through supplied adaptor (50R)
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USB extender cable supplied
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Sensitivity -110dBm
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Dimensions only 75x23x8mm
Whether used for shipspotting on the coast or on board a boat the MarineGadget-Radar provides an extremely portable, simple to install (powered over USB and no USB to serial adaptors) and low cost AIS receiver.
Requires a marine/VHF antenna with BNC or SMA connection and a PC with USB.
Range is limited by line of sight (except during troposphere ducting conditions), the relatively low power of ship transponders and the height and gain of your antenna. Typical range on on the coast with a low level antenna 12Nm, on an elevated antenna position 20-50Nm. 250Nm+ under the right ducting conditions.
Next Dispatch date Monday 6th February by signed for delivery
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MarineGadget-Radar for UK delivery BUY using this button at £99
(includes Post & Packing)
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MarineGadget-Radar for EU delivery BUY using this button at €120
(includes Post & Packing)
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1 year warranty. If you are not completely happy with your purchase you can return it within 7 days in as new condition for a refund.
Full Terms and Conditions of Sale are here
Compatible with Windows XP, Vista 32-bit & Windows 7
64-bit versions of Windows Vista are not supported
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