RTL-SDR Dongle

[Runway 31]

I don't use the version myself by have been advised of the following

1. Some aircraft icons not pointing in the direction of travel, occasionally they correct themselves.
2. A number of ADSB plots on the list but not on the map.  Sometimes double clicking on the list entry reveals the plot on the map

Alan

[tarbat]

Andrew, No, haven't tried that.  Direct connection with a 5 metre USB cable.

[CoastGuardJon]

That's interesting Chris, I found my RB would not work with a 5M USB lead, that's why I went for the Lindy extension booster lead which solved my problems (voltage drop I assume?) and gave the RB full power.

[GreekSpy2001]

Using my RTL USB dongle thru a USB2.0 port.  Would there be any benefit to the Radarbox system by adding a USB3.0 port into my system and plugging the dongle thru that?

graham

[neroon79]

No, as the dongle is usually a USB2.0 type. Word case you will have a compatibility problem,  if the USB2.0 dongle is used with a USB3.0 port. Has not a high possibilty,  but such things happen.

Ingo

[GreekSpy2001]

thanks Ingo.  Did look on the dongle's website for USB compatibility but couldn't find anything.  So won't go down that route for now.

Graham

[carras320]

Hi All,

In my case reception of the dongle compared from the radarbox improved a lot, now I get flights from far distance and strong signal, it´s really noticeable.

Once the bugs are corrected this will be a great software, but we need options to manage ports in order to have other programs feeded.

Cheers,

Antonio

[airbus340]

I am trying to get my dongle to work with version 6 but it is impossible to get it to start... I see other had the same problem too, when I try to start it say "Checking Device" forever... I am sure I have tried 10 times and been waiting sometimes for 15 minutes to I hit Ctrl + C to close it...

Any solutions for this problem?

I use Windows 7 and my dongle is a NEWSKY RTL2832U R820T and it is working perfectly with Dump1090.

[GreekSpy2001]

I had similar when my ZADIG driver wasn't running. Have you got this installed on your system?

Graham

[airbus340]

Hi Graham, thanks for your reply! My dongle is working with Dump1090 on same computer so doesn´t that mean that the Zadig is installed properly? Or do I have to install Zadig in Airnav software somehow?

[Runway 31]

airbus, from earlier on in the thread, If RTL1090 or dump1090 is already running, ANRB.exe won't detect the dongle.

Alan

[airbus340]

Thanks Alan, none of them has been running when I tried it and I also restarted PC and tried right away, but it didn´t help.

[airbus340]

Nobody else that have the same problem? Now I have tried with and without USB extension cable and 2 different dongles of same brand but no luck...

[CYYZGUY]

Hi Airbus, I got the NooElec SDR dongle and it started up on the first try got me with Version 6.  I have had no problems.  Still testing and doing some comparisons with the original RB.

Jason

[neroon79]

Information for all those who have V6.00.000 Version running with SDR dongles. It seems that there are different builds available. The latest seems to be from November 11th 2015. I haven't tested if there are bug fixes or improvements between the different builds.

You may consider to go to http://www.airnavsystems.com/download/ANRB/ and dowload the install or upodate .exe again anyway.

Ingo