Poor reception at the airport / inside airplane

[ivanvasquez1]

@geckoVN

You are overloading the front end.
Try a 30dB attenuator before the receiver.

Thanks @geckoVN. Could you elaborate on what “overloading the front end” means? You also recently referred to the dynamic range of the receiver, which led me to try the NooElec SDRs (arriving today). Have you ever seen differences in reception depending on the manufacturer?

@geckoVN

It comes down to dynamic range of the receiver.
Put simply, you can set your receiver for strong signals or for weak signals, but not both.