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 ===== What do you need? =====
+  * Raspberry Pi
+  * A 1090mhz SDR dongle (I recommend the FlightAware stick, as it comes with built in filtering and isolation)
+  * An antenna. The FlightAware vertical is a superb choice, but I believe availability is few and far between. You can also build your own.
+  * (optional) Docker on your Raspberry Pi
+  * (optional) a weatherproof box, PoE adapter to micro-USB for remote power.
 ===== Setting Up A Station =====
+It used to be that one would install dump1090-mutability for ultimate flexibility. Then there was the adsb-receiver project which installed multiple feeders, all scripted for you. Both projects have fizzled, and FlightAware's PiAware image has done a great job of continuing on with the mutability build of dump1090. It is by far the easiest installation to do.
 ===== Managing the software =====
+==== RadarBox ====
+=== MLAT ===
+MLAT is set up in Radarbox by installing mlat-client from the radarbox repo that is added when you installed the feeder. You will also need to add your coordinates via the website station page, or by /etc/rbfeeder.ini. The format is:
+<code>
+lat=xx.xxxxxx
+lon=xx.xxxxxx
+</code>
+Now, the quirk with the mlat-client is that the rbfeeder app does not hook into it when using systemctl to restart. It will however start up correctly with a reboot. This can probably be fixed in the systemd file, so that the mlat-client starts up with rbfeeder correctly. Otherwise, you will not have MLAT. Once set up correctly, look at your station page, and it will show if MLAT is enabled.