1090-Puck Advance Orders

[Anmer]

I see we can now place an advance order for the new 1090-Puck.

The Taylor Made RF Limited website is accepting "Direct Orders" for the £249.99 receiver.

Payment isn't required at this stage.  The website says the Puck will be available "towards the end of August".  I assume that's 2013?

To place an advance order just add the 1090-Puck to the cart and select Direct Order at Checkout.

[MIXISM]

I also see on his website that he has both units running in his shop. It would be nice if you would do one of his famous youtube video to demenstrate the uints!
Later

[Chris-G0WTZ]

I am doing the 1090 now and will have it posted before the weekend

[Bethsalem]

Make it a good one Chris.

You wouldn't want Brandao, or Dan the Ban, making a spoof "Unboxing the 1090-Puck", now would you?

   

[IanH654]

Can I confirm that the 1090 Puck that can be pre-ordered is the one thats previously been referred to as the Blue Puck ?  (Namely the one without the SDR capability)

Many thanks,

Ian H.

[Chris-G0WTZ]

Yes

The 1090 Puck is ADS-B so an SBS-3 without SDR and the SDR-Puck is the SDR receiver without 1090

So for Planes 1090 Puck
For noise SDR Puck

[craig7653]

Can't find your puck video on youtube???

[Chris-G0WTZ]

You wont I have not finished it yet Hopefully will do on Monday

Regards

[craig7653]

Chris,

Will it be on your youtube channel or the Kinetic channel please?

[craig7653]

Put your puck video on YouTube Chris. I've pre-ordered mine from your website and me and a few others are keen to see what were getting. Thanks.

[Dreamliner787]

Has the 1090-Puck got an ethernet connection?

[Anmer]

Has the 1090-Puck got an ethernet connection?

Nope.  Well it didn't the last time I checked.

My guess it's aimed at those who go out and about and want a small receiver connected to a laptop.

[Saudistu]

Has the 1090-Puck got an ethernet connection?

Nope.  Well it didn't the last time I checked.

My guess it's aimed at those who go out and about and want a small receiver connected to a laptop.

My DVB-T stick does that and it only cost me 8 Euros from China At 250 quid I would have hoped for a LAN Port or even WLAN capability to be honest. That said, I am sure it will pick up more contacts than the cheaper alternatives, and of course you have Basestation aswell which in my opinion has a much nicer appearance than Planeplotter.

[Anmer]

It's a difficult choice especially when one looks at the price differential.

I haven't seen, let alone used, a Puck.  But I'm told it's got the same 1090 receiver as the SBS-3 which I found to be the most sensitive of the range.

I have a couple of $20 dongles and, out-of-the box, they need some tender loving care to setup and start tracking aircraft.  But I must admit that on my Wimo external antenna I get very good range but not as many aircraft plots as the SBS-3.

I too prefer Basestation to every other user interface I can think off, including RadarBox.  Basestation offers considerable customisation but lacks some features that are long overdue, such as undocking the aircraft list from the map and adding filters and alerts.  There's a long "Wish List, both in numbers of items and length of time it's been around and I'm surprised these haven't been released.

Where the Puck should score is it's receiver quality, small footprint, ease of setup, Basestation and SQL database.  A dongle has a small footprint but not much else, other than price.

I think the Puck will sell but it may cannibalise SBS-3 sales.

[craig7653]

Are we not getting a youtube demo Chris?