AIRNAV box died/new box or Dongle ?

[Runway 31]

I have just left Las Vegas and had been using my laptop with the NooElec stick and noted something strange.  My hotel overlooked the airport but I was only seeing aircraft on the ground and about a mile out on the approach.  I was expecting a lot better having tried it at home.   I had the antenna situated on the balcony giving it a clear view but was going out so moved it inside and suddenly my coverage went up from 20 to over 70 hits and a good distance out as well, coverage I had been expecting.

I presume this was RF interference which was causing the degrade and moving the antenna inside reduced the RF.  I am going to get the flightaware filter now for when I am out and about especially in the big cities where lots of RF interference is to be expected

Another thing I noted but nothing to do with the stick was the number of aircraft not showing a flight ID or an IATA/ICAO identifier or even had ADS-B.  A big difference to what we see in Europe.

Alan

[superspotter]

Hmm. It seems I like to inflict upon myself computer pain :)
Just bought the dongle 2+ thingy from Amazon, should be there when I get home. I have actually got two working Airnav boxes, this one with me now and a brand new one I bought before they disappeared. My reasoning in buying this dongle is purely down to trying at all times to reduce the "clutter" I carry with me around the world, never seems to work though! :)
regards clive.

[superspotter]

Hi Guys;
OK, so having Mike.UTD be the guinea pig for this dongle, Hey up Mike, long time no see! I now have mine up and running perfectly with the minimum of fuss.
My question is, if I was now to plug the Airnav box in, will Airnav recognise which box/dongle I have plugged in automatically? Meaning, could I decide which one I wanted to use without having to fiddle again with drivers?
regards clive.

[Runway 31]

Hi Clive, yes the software will detect what is connected at start up and you will see this on the start up splash screen showing either RB1 or Micro

Alan

[superspotter]

Cheers Alan though now there will be no need to cart the Airnav box around!
regards clive.