Interested in buying a made up beast to an Aussie

[BigRed]

If anyone hears of one been on the market please let me know!

CAM

[viking9]

Cam,

Are you aware they sell The Beast assembled as the Transponder Mouse?

[Bethsalem]

Cam, testing done by Francois using the PCB antenna he makes and sells shows that the R820T dongle is not that far off the Beast in terms of sensitivity, and at a fraction of the cost.

You could join either or both the Beast and RTL1090 Yahoo forum groups for more information.

[BigRed]

Viking9,

Yep looked at the site but for 500 odd euros ........ the mouse does look good though!

Maybe a second-hand Beast may come up???

Beth, might have a look at your suggestion....

CAM

[viking9]

I'm pretty sure only the Beast or Transponder Mouse can receive Mode A/C.

[Anmer]

I'm pretty sure only the Beast or Transponder Mouse can receive Mode A/C.

PP Help:

Beamfinder Plus
Currently, only the "Beast" and the SBS3 receivers provide Mode-A/C data in a format that this feature can use.

[Bethsalem]

The R820T dongle in conjunction with JetVision's RTL1090 software will decode both mode s and mode a/c. The dongle also provides the correct time tag so it can be used for multilateration with PP.

[mhm]

Aurora Eurotech

Details from its website

Unique Features:
* The only Virtual Radar with Aircraft Range Estimation (For Mode-A/C Mode-S and ADS-B Aircraft).
* The only Virtual Radar with built in real time 3D view.
* The only Virtual Radar to display Mode-AC Codes.

[Bethsalem]

Unfortunately their website product details haven't been updated for a while, so I think it would be fair to say they're not strictly accurate in light of recent hardware and software developments.