
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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Addendum
Parts Required to build an ATOM-GRID uplink
The parts below have been used successfully.
Part
Supplier
Raspberry Pi 2B
Provided free of Charge by PilotAware as long as stocks are available.
P3i Radio Bridge
Provided free of Charge by PilotAware as long as stocks are available.
Case
Provided free of Charge by PilotAware as long as stocks are available.
RTLSDR 2 required
(1) for FLARM
(2) for 1090
These are available from
Please note that you will have to remove the aluminium enclosures for both of these to fit into
the Pi this is OK. Other
RTL-
SDR’s
are available however you
MUST
choose one that uses the
RTL2832U & R820T2 chipsets.
Pigtail. You can
choose to use a
pigtail to connect
between the Co-Ax
cable and the RTL-
SDR. Make sure the
end connections are
correct for the
RT:SDR you have
chosen
Note if you want to put your unit into an enclosure the a pigtail with a female N-type bulkhead
connector is useful. This will however need Male N Type connectors on each end of the main
coaxial cable.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/N-female-bulkhead-jack-D-cut-to-SMA-male-plug-RG316-pigtail-
Coaxial-Coax-
Cable/173974368764?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
CoAx Cable
https://www.wifi-antennas.co.uk/hdf400-coaxial-cable-per-metre
N-Type
Connector Male
https://www.wifi-antennas.co.uk/n-type-male-crimp-connector-hdf400
N-Type Connector
Female
https://www.wifi-antennas.co.uk/n-type-female-crimp-connector-hdf400
N-type Male to
SMA
https://www.wifi-antennas.co.uk/sma-male-to-n-type-male-adaptor
HDF 400 Crimp
tool
https://www.wifi-antennas.co.uk/ratchet-crimp-tool-rg58-clf200-hdf400
SD Card
RPi Charger
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-Power-adapter-
UK/dp/