Reddit reviews Stratux Case with Fan, Clear Acrylic
We found 3 Reddit comments about Stratux Case with Fan, Clear Acrylic. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
We found 3 Reddit comments about Stratux Case with Fan, Clear Acrylic. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I've been experimenting with various enclosures for my Stratux builds over the past year. These cases have included everything from a cardboard box from a KMASHI battery, plastic Chinese take-out containers, plastic RPi cases with bare-board Nooelec Mini SDRs sticking out the back, and /u/strangerwithadvice 's official acrylic case as listed on stratux.me.
For the RV, I had been using the "clear plastic RPi case with bare-board Nooelec Mini SDRs sticking out the back" for about half a year. While functional, it was a rat's nest of cables, and I wanted to get away from having unshucked SDRs tucked under the glareshield. I ran into problems with the MCX antenna connectors occasionally becoming loose in the sockets on the SDRs, and had to be strain-relieved to maintain a good signal path. Since this is a semi-permanent installation, I'm not concerned with battery life. However, thermal management and minimizing RFI / EMI were important.
My main goals for this installation, were therefore:
What you see in the linked imgur album is the end result of a couple of days of brainstorming and building. Key difference between this and the stratux.me builds are:
With /u/dmurray14 antennas installed directly to the SDRs and oriented parallel to the windscreen, the reception range is phenomenal. I saw 6 towers at 1500' AGL during a test flight near Minneapolis today, and previously had seen as many as 10 towers simultaneously up at 7500' AGL. Traffic (1090 MHz) is visible virtually to the horizon: 150-200 NM.
Here is the mobile version of your link
The clear ones will be back in a week or so,
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ERQPPWU
with a minor modification - a hole in the end plate for either Vk-172 or an external Vk-162.
The tinted one, not sure.