Blue R820T2 RTL2832U, 0.5 PPM TCXO ADS-B SDR w/Amp and 1090 Mhz Filter, Antenna & Software on Industrial MicroSD

Very Good condition. Price a little bit higher than expected.

I've been running flightaware for a few years now using a rtl-sdr. It's worked well but my sdr finally died. I replaced it with this and I'm stunned at the difference. i'm getting 2-3 time more flights. The range is so much better! Very happy with this

I have a Pi 4 set up for ADSB, which I was previously using a sdr, and it worked great. I really wanted to try having an amp and filter to see if it made any difference in my setup, and it did! My tracking seemed to nearly double. My messages a second went from about 120 to often closer to 250. I also went from about 20 aircraft on average to 50, and reaching about 100 miles to 150. I did swap out the included antenna to a PCB one about a week later that gave me another 50-100 messages/second, slightly increased tracks with more than one message, and added about 10 more (now 60) for average planes. This was a great upgrade, and was very easy to swap out. I started using my old SDR to track 978MHz for smaller planes.

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Very satisfied! The receiver filter combo has increased my adsb receive range by 50 to 75 miles which is pretty big considering my low antenna instalation. I added the stick on heatsync that others have mentioned prior to installing so can't speak for how warm the unit runs with put it but with it, it is only slightly warm to the touch!

I picked up this kit to start playing around with flight tracking at home. The dongle itself feels solid with the aluminum case, and I like that it has the built-in amp and 1090 MHz filter—it really does help cut down on noise. The 0.5 PPM TCXO seems to keep the signal stable even when it’s running for hours. Setup wasn’t hard, though it does take a little tinkering with the software and antenna placement to get the best results.Reception is pretty good once the antenna is in a decent spot. From indoors I can pick up plenty of flights, but when I moved it closer to a window the range improved a lot. For serious tracking, I can see why people eventually upgrade the antenna, but as a starter kit this works well. However, you might want to consider a bit of extra cooling to prevent it from running too warm. I haven’t noticed any impact on performance so far, but it seems like a good idea for long-term use and durability

Easy to set up, comes pre-configured for 1090. Using a raspberry pi image, it gets picked up instantly as a 1090 sdr, especially important when I have this and an orange 978 on the same device.Only thing that sucks is that it's difficult to plug into the same pi and have something in the adjacent port. Had to use a usb extender in order to keep other things plugged in at the same time.