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Building and installing a PilotAware ATOM Station to detect and re-transmit glider and
Mode-S MLAT locations and provide Virtual RADAR SERVER December 2020.
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Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 2
Issue History ..................................................................................................................... 3
ATOM-GRID Uplink ........................................................................................................... 3
What you need to do ........................................................................................................ 4
What Parts are Required .................................................................................................. 4
Installation High Level Diagram ........................................................................................ 6
Installation ....................................................................................................................... 6
Location for the Electronics .............................................................................................. 6
Location for the antennas ................................................................................................. 7
Typical Antenna Array Construction. ................................................................................. 7
Making up the Co-Axial Cables .......................................................................................... 7
Connecting the Electronics ................................................................................................ 8
Locating and Naming your Site ................................................................................................. 9
Location Information ............................................................................................................... 9
Station Name ......................................................................................................................... 10
Downloading and installing ATOM-GRID Software. ......................................................... 11
Configuring the Software for your Specific Location. ....................................................... 11
Logging in .............................................................................................................................. 11
Configuring your Individual ATOM GRID unit. ......................................................................... 12
Testing the Installation ................................................................................................... 15
Check PilotAware transmission to and from the ATOM-GRID Ground Station. ......................... 16
Check Reception from The ATOM GRID Ground Station. ......................................................... 17
1090MHz Reception. ...................................................................................................... 18
Flarm Reception. ............................................................................................................ 18
The Full Set of Receptions ............................................................................................... 18
ATOM GRID Home Page .................................................................................................. 19
Other Columns in the Home Page ........................................................................................... 20
Rebroadcast........................................................................................................................... 20
ATOM GRID RADAR. ....................................................................................................... 21
Configuring Virtual RADAR Server .......................................................................................... 22
Summary ........................................................................................................................ 22
Addendum ..................................................................................................................... 23
Parts Required to build an ATOM-GRID uplink ........................................................................ 23
Parts for The 3 Antenna Array Support ................................................................................... 24
Other Useful Hardware .......................................................................................................... 25