Nooelec 1090ES & UAT - Radios and High Gain Antennas. Dual-Band NESDR Nano 2 ADS-B (978MHz & 1090MHz) Bundle, Starter Edition, for Stratux™, Avare, Foreflight & FlightAware

Works great for building a small mobile receiver like the Stratux. The included and antennas work great but I did find the dongles do not work with RadarBox antennas. I'm unsure as to why, possibly the jumper to sma didn't mesh with the long range RadarBox antennas, for that use the RadarBox dongles to build a permanent flight feeder.

Using a RasberryPi 3B the SDRs will need to have their cases removed, otherwise they will not fit vertically or horizontally next to each other in the Pi USB ports. Removing them will allow them to dissipate heat a bit better anyway and your Pi is already a raw PCB as is. The cases are very easy to separate and take very little force to pry them apart - I used my fingernail. Once the cases are removed they fit perfectly stacked on top of each other or side by side. I stacked them which made the wires the most organized. The pictures show the bets way I found to deal with the wires. It would have been nice if one of the cables was perhaps 1cm longer to relieve some of the strain caused by such a sharp bend, but it does fit with this configuration with an acceptable amount of strain on the USB connections.The kit comes with frequency stickers, I suggest putting one on each SDR and the other on the exterior case so you know which antenna goes where. The antennas are already labeled.

For my build it yourself Stratux unit, I got the kit with just the high gain antennas, since I didn't see a need for the medium gain antennas that are also included in a different kit. The pictures show how the SDRs (software definable radios) attach to the Raspberry Pi 3 motherboard (one is partially hidden by the connector forthe external GPS USB plug. I popped the cases off to give them more room to breath, as they can get pretty hot. UI went with external GPS as its accuracy is 0 meters, as opposed to the internal GPS option which has accuracy of 29 meters, and adds additional heat to the inside of the case. The completed assemble shows the antennas mounted. You can also mount them on the Summit Link case on the sides, and that will reduce the total vertical height, but soes make it wider and a bit harder to transport in your flight bag. Of course you can dismount the antennas before and after using the unit, but I figured that would be unnecessary wear and tear on the connector. Very easy to install as part of the Stratux kit, and this kit with just the high gain antennas costs $3 less than the one with both high gain and medium gain antennas.

The USB receivers are too wide to fit next to each other on a raspberry pi mother board and no other way to build it if you're also using an ahrs module. I had to force them in and hopefully they will work properly and not damage the mother board.

They work great. Had to take the covers off to fit them into the case but they come off very easy. They get hot so its probably better to have the covers off anyway.

This is an excellent product if you’re looking to build a Stratux ADS-B receiver. The radios and antennas shipped quickly and arrived in a box packaged very well. Installation Into the raspberry pi is a breeze because both radios are USB. One note to consider when purchasing this product is that you have to take the black plastic case after each radio to fit side-by-side in the USB ports. The cases pop off without needing any special tools or excessive effort. Each radio was labeled with a preprogrammed 1090 or UAT frequency and the corresponding frequency labeled on the included antenna. I have been using an older generation set a radios for my stratux and since upgrading to these radios have not seen any loss of signal quality for traffic reported as I fly.

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong but the reception is really poor. Maybe 2 miles at best unless it connects to a tower.. and then again you must be quite close to a tower. Will update if I am able to sort out why. I have driven around with the unit in Northern Seattle, taken it on several flights, hung the stratux in various areas in the aircraft. Went up with a buddy that has built in adsb and his picks up much more traffic.

I used the two SDRs for a Stratux build. In order to mount the two units side by side you will need to remove the plastic covers. Easy enough to pry apart with a sharp blade. Don't forget to label each unit as 1090 or 978. Wrapped each unit in single layer of Kapton (polyamide) tape for electrical isolation and heat dissipation. These units must draw the maximum current allowed for a USB 2.0 port and then some. Would have rated 5 stars if the units didn't get so darned hot. Luckily the case I am using has a small fan for the USB accessories that keeps the end connectors at least touchable. The cable assys are sized right to fit the case and attach to the antennas. Most of all I get good sensitivity 5 nm from MCC. Have not been able to test in the air.

Worked as expected. Remember to remove plastic case when installing in Stratux.

Il kit funziona perfettamente. L'ho usato per costruire uno Stratux. Ovviamente essendo in Europa non ho usato l'antenna UAT ed ho riconfiguato la relativa SDR per la 868MHz. Unico neo il prezzo elevato, che tra l'altro ora ho visto diventare veramente esagerato! Urge trovare alternative economicamente più ragionevoli.

tres bien. utilisé avec au raspberry pi pour la detection d'aeronefs

El conector usb no encaja bien y cuesta conectarlo. lLa recepción es bastante pobre comparada con otros receptores de la misma marca. Las antenas no merecen la pena, se consigue mejor recepción de ADSB con cualquier antena Jpole casera.

Over all the kit is good ,possibly for other computer kits, But not the Raspburry Pi . The main problem which I found is that if the dongles are place side by side they will displace each other and you will have to get an extension plug for one of them so that they fit in the plug better. but they will probably work slightly displaced.