SBS-1ER's on ebay

[reheat101]

Morning All,

If there are any people out there on the look for a Kinetic SBS-1ER then check out ebay UK,
There are two on there at the moment that are in the UK, Grab yourself an early Xmas present,

Regards,

Lee.

[reheat101]

I Guess it would help if i give you the item number's ?

183558924707
And
302976091197

Lee.

[Anmer]

It would be interesting to know why they're being sold?  Both seem to be from aviation enthusiasts.

[IanH]

Probably running Piaware!

I have an SBS-1e sitting in a cupboard unused aince a Piaware setup took over, Still running an SBS-3 into PlanePlotte as an alternative for those unidentified Piaware plots. Also to receive ATC.

Let's see how much that SBS-1er goes for - might tempt several to cash in.

Replace all SBS with Pis?

Edit: two more out there: item # 273590515940 and 254009246155

Sell while there is still a market!

[Anmer]

Hi Ian

Those were my thoughts too.

I have four RPi's running PiAware and one SBS.

There are 2 x SBS and 1 x RadarBox on a shelf.  One is for the cat's litter tray in due course. 

[reheat101]

I cannot fault my Kinetic products at all,

The 1090 Puck i use gives great results and this time next year we should
start to see more visible aircraft,

I believe all transponders in commercial aircraft have to be turned on by 2020 so
there's life in the sbs yet,

Mine will still be on 24/7,

Lee.

[SteveHibberd]

Question for you Lee, with the puck, does it use diff software etc from the standard SBS1s, in other words, can I use all my current programs and settings that I use atm.
I have an SBS1 which I use with my laptop when at home using the roof aerial and I have an SBS1er that I use when I am mobile again with the same laptop.
Hope that make sense.
Regards
Steve

[Anmer]

Hi Steve

The 1090Puck is the same as an SBS .  I can swap it with my SBS-1eR (or SBS-3) and it works the same with my existing BaseStation.

[SteveHibberd]

Thats great Mike, time to invest I think

[Anmer]

Not sure where you can buy the Puck now, other than used on eBay?

[reheat101]

Sorry Steve,

Just seen you're post, Anmer is right the 1090 Pucks are quite rare but give Chris Taylor
a ring at Moonraker.eu (01908 281705) I believe he is now in milton keynes,

He is the kinetic man and you never know he might have one stashed somewhere ?

worth a shot,

Lee.

[SteveHibberd]

WILL DO

[egnx]

I've been looking on ebay for a Puck daily since August and haven't seen one yet.

There are frequently SBS1's and 1ER's that appear though.

Kelvin

[IanH]

Let's be controversial!

Why would you want an SBS-1/e/er, SBS-3, Puck if you don't already have one?

To use them you need a PC and an antenna. So why not just buy a Flightware Pro Stick Plus for £24?


Run dump1090 on the PC to capture input from stick.

If you want to run PlanePlotter, set up to get data from dump1090. [This is what I do]

If you want to run BaseStation, run ModeSMixer to convert dump1090 data to BS format

Or am I missing something?

[Anmer]

A Puck is a nice blue colour and round.