changeover to radarbox

[liammccarthy]

hi everyone, as a user of the sbs-1, Iwish to change over to the radarbox due mainly to the opportunity to be able to see aircraft tracked worldwide My Question is, as i am operating  a laptop with mobile broadband ,wil that enable me to see flights  over other countries or do i have to have home broadband? any advice or help would be great. I am reasonally happy with my sbs but have found it akward to get addons to it. thanks liam

[viking9]

Hi Liam,

Welcome to the group. I frequently use RB with my laptop and Vodaphone mobile broadband dongle. Like a mobile phone, results depend on location.

Tom

[rogerl]

Laptop and mobile broadband work fine with the network for me with the radarbox.

If you already have an sbs-1 you might want to look at adding Planeplotter for network traffic,  certainly within the UK that gives me more traffic than the radarbox network (and in real time).

[liammccarthy]

hi, thanks for your reply can you tell me more about planespotter. liam

[viking9]

You can learn all about PlanePlotter and download a trial copy at this address:

http://www.coaa.co.uk/planeplotter.htm

Tom

[AirNav Development]

RadarBox Network has now usually 200 permanent sharing stations.
You can check a real-time network sharer locations at:
http://www.airnavsystems.com/radarbox/network.php

[liammccarthy]

thanks it looks like that is what i want to see with the radarbox. wil it work with my existing external antenna?

[besty]

If you have a bnc connector you'd need an adapter to sma but you can get them quite easily.


http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=32015


Stuart

[Terry]

Yes is the answer,as Stuart rightly says you will need an SMA to BNC connector which are available from Maplins for around £2-50.


      Regards Terry.

[liammccarthy]

thats great thanks a lot

[Terry]

No problem,this is what the hobby is all about,and the forums of course.I`m using the BS1100 with the RB,I have an SBS1 but don`t use it any more but still use the antenna with the RB,and it woks very well indeed.

            Regards Terry.