Traffic device choice

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Traffic device choice

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doychinov87	d doychinov87 posted 5/25/2022 3:28:41 PM Topic Details Share Topic
d Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 0	Hello all, I am about to buy a traffic device to use with my iPad mini. I really love Skydemon and use it for navigation and share the route to my Skyview so I can use the autopilot. I fly in EU but I am not fully aware what is the best choice so I can see more traffic. I'd be very happy if you share your opinion so I can buy something good. Thanks, Plamen
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Adam Erchegyi	Adam Erchegyi posted 5/25/2022 4:21:27 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 83, Visits: 2.2K	+x doychinov87 - 5/25/2022 3:28:41 PM Hello all, I am about to buy a traffic device to use with my iPad mini. I really love Skydemon and use it for navigation and share the route to my Skyview so I can use the autopilot. I fly in EU but I am not fully aware what is the best choice so I can see more traffic. I'd be very happy if you share your opinion so I can buy something good. Thanks, Plamen If you don't care how much it costs, and want a compact plug&play solution: buy a SkyEcho2 and the SkyDemon subscription. In any other case: buy (or build for yourself) a Stratux (be aware to get a European edition) Edited 5/25/2022 4:32:49 PM by Adam Erchegyi
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TouchTheSky	T TouchTheSky posted 5/26/2022 7:10:57 AM Post Details Share Post
T Group: Forum Members Posts: 151, Visits: 4K	+x Adam Erchegyi - 5/25/2022 4:21:27 PM +x doychinov87 - 5/25/2022 3:28:41 PM Hello all, I am about to buy a traffic device to use with my iPad mini. I really love Skydemon and use it for navigation and share the route to my Skyview so I can use the autopilot. I fly in EU but I am not fully aware what is the best choice so I can see more traffic. I'd be very happy if you share your opinion so I can buy something good. Thanks, Plamen If you don't care how much it costs, and want a compact plug&play solution: buy a SkyEcho2 and the SkyDemon subscription. In any other case: buy (or build for yourself) a Stratux (be aware to get a European edition) In case you are interested in Stratux, please consider Stratux Europe Edition. The above one is just the original website, dedicated to US users.
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Tony N	Tony N posted 5/26/2022 8:08:08 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 326, Visits: 2.3K	The SkyEcho2 (SE2) is small, lightweight, compact, needs no external power (up to 24 hrs in receive only mode before batteries need charging), uses in-built antennas and can receive ADS-B Out and FLARM equipped transmissions. For FLARM reception a small annual subscription needs to be paid to SkyDemon. The SE2 positioning is important to ensure best possible reception of signals. Hope this helps.
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doychinov87	d doychinov87 posted 5/26/2022 11:04:45 AM Post Details Share Post
d Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 0	+x Tony N - 5/26/2022 8:08:08 AM The SkyEcho2 (SE2) is small, lightweight, compact, needs no external power (up to 24 hrs in receive only mode before batteries need charging), uses in-built antennas and can receive ADS-B Out and FLARM equipped transmissions. For FLARM reception a small annual subscription needs to be paid to SkyDemon. The SE2 positioning is important to ensure best possible reception of signals. Hope this helps. Thanks, it does help me because I would like to chose something
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rv8ch	rv8ch posted 5/27/2022 8:31:48 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 35, Visits: 49	I have the SkyEcho2 with SD, and it works well. The only unfortunate part is that many aircraft don't fly with ADS-B out or FLARM out. SE2 does ADS-B out, which is awesome, but I already had that with my Trig solution.
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doychinov87	d doychinov87 posted 5/27/2022 3:30:52 PM Post Details Share Post
d Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 0	+x rv8ch - 5/27/2022 8:31:48 AM I have the SkyEcho2 with SD, and it works well. The only unfortunate part is that many aircraft don't fly with ADS-B out or FLARM out. SE2 does ADS-B out, which is awesome, but I already had that with my Trig solution. Same here, I have Garmin GTX 335 with ADSB Out
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KimW	K KimW posted 5/31/2022 7:13:30 PM Post Details Share Post
K Group: Forum Members Posts: 39, Visits: 0	I also use SkyEcho II with SD subscription. I use one channel for ADS-B in and other for Flarm, as ADSB out is via aircraft transponder. Remember to configure filter for own ADS-B out data with hex code. Works great and only issues I have is some slow GPS fix and occasional GPS fallout. Great feature is ability to configure from SD, especially if using multiple planes. I recommend this setup easily.
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rv8ch	rv8ch posted 6/1/2022 12:38:09 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 35, Visits: 49	+x KimW - 5/31/2022 7:13:30 PM I also use SkyEcho II with SD subscription. I use one channel for ADS-B in and other for Flarm, as ADSB out is via aircraft transponder. Remember to configure filter for own ADS-B out data with hex code. Works great and only issues I have is some slow GPS fix and occasional GPS fallout. Great feature is ability to configure from SD, especially if using multiple planes. I recommend this setup easily. My main complaint is the "blacked out" areas - would be great to be able to use multiple antennas or even multiple SE2s and combine to one traffic feed to the SD.
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