AIRNAV box died/new box or Dongle ?

neroon79 · August 07, 2016, 12:07:14 PM

Which build?

goto the search icon and enter winver.

Ingo

anorak · August 07, 2016, 05:44:00 PM

Evening All, in the process of doing this and want to split my aerial feed to 2x different units with SMA fittings but can`t find any leads to do so (SMA female to 2x SMA male ) or is there a better way?
Many thanks, Dave.

MIKE.UTD · August 07, 2016, 06:21:58 PM

Hi,
Standard Windows 10 Home, was on the phone with Alan earlier and must be a windows thing.
Back home now to try on laptop see what happens there.
Mike.

neroon79 · August 07, 2016, 06:46:54 PM

I did some research with my system and as far as I could find out the newdev.dll might got corrupted in some way.

Ingo

MIKE.UTD · August 07, 2016, 07:11:09 PM

Hi,
Just did the same set upon my Laptop and you guessed it worked first time.
Signal is even stronger than before !
A very big thank you for everyone's help now need to sort out the PC !!!
Thanks again.
Mike.

Runway 31 · August 07, 2016, 07:29:19 PM

Well done Mike, let us know how you get on with your desk top computer

Alan

tommyg · August 08, 2016, 07:29:31 AM

Alan/Ingo.
Would it be worth making this topic a sticky as I may need this later on as my box is nearing 9 years old now and I am sure a lot of others out there will be interested?

Tommyg

MIKE.UTD · August 09, 2016, 04:59:29 PM

Hi,
Quick update :
Updated desktop with new Windows 10 update and all working perfectly first time.
No problems and all loaded as per previous instructions.
My Desktop obviously had a software problem.
The USB dongle picks up more than the original box.
Thanks again for everyone's help.
Mike.

Runway 31 · August 09, 2016, 05:25:36 PM

Great Mike, great thing computers!!

Alan

neroon79 · August 09, 2016, 05:27:36 PM

Many thanks for the feedback Mike.

Ingo

GreekSpy2001 · August 25, 2016, 01:28:43 PM

Been reading this topic with interest. I have a NooElec dongle and works well. Although the RB6 software has a lot of bugs that need fixing imho.

However I am interested in finding out if there is much benefit in getting the flight aware dongle rather than the generic NooElec that I have. Has flight aware made their dongle specific for 1090Mhz capture or is it just a badging exercise on top of a generic dongle.

Interested in your opinions, athough I am considering buying one to compare.

Cheers

Graham

Lila1926 · August 25, 2016, 02:05:38 PM

The flightaware pro stick has built in amplifier for 1090 mhz.

My one works better than my other dongles and expensive adsb receivers. Cheap price too.

neroon79 · August 25, 2016, 03:40:30 PM

The internal layout of the flightaware dongle is almost 100% identical with the NooElec one. The only difference is the amp which was added to the input stage of the flightaware dongle.

If you will see a huge difference or not might also depend on you existing antenna installation.

Ingo

Runway 31 · August 26, 2016, 06:18:06 AM

Depending on your location you may also find that you also need to use the flightaware inline filter which helps cut out RF interference especially prevalent in urban locations, ie cell phone transmitters. As well as legitimate signals the amp may also amplify unwanted signals.

Alan

54901 - Jim · September 21, 2016, 01:41:52 AM

My AIRNAV box died months ago. Today, I received the FlightAware dongle and the filter and installed the version 6.0 software on a new Windows 10 machine. No muss ... No fuss! Using the small AIRNAV antenna indoors, for testing purposes, the results are EXCELLENT ... Way better than with the old box. May it rest in peace!