RadarBox FlightStick vs. FlightAware Pro Stick Plus

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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COMPARISON OF SCANS FOR NOISE / CELL / MOBILE / PAGER & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SIGNALS

NOTE: EXTERNAL FILTER WAS NOT USED WITH ANY OF THE TWO DONGLES

800 Mhz ~ 850 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-1

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-1

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850 Mhz ~ 900 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-2

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-2
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900 Mhz ~ 950 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-3

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-3

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950 Mhz ~ 1000 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-4

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-4
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1000 Mhz ~ 1050 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-5

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-5

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1050 Mhz ~ 1100 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-6

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-6
.

1100 Mhz ~ 1050 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-7

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-7

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1150 Mhz ~ 1200 Mhz

Pro Stick Plus
scan-pro-plus-8

FlightStick
scan-flight-stick-8

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Look pretty similar, donā€™t they? And you need an additional filter, I guess.

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(1) Yes, these scans are almost identical.

(2) I normally use FA external filter, but during comaparision test, I removed it. I get a bad reception without external filter as there are cell phone antennas of almost all cell/mobile companies of Canada on my buildingā€™s roof. GSM850 and GSM 950 are very strong even with interenal SAW filter of both the dongles, as you can see from the scans :angry::rage:

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The uputronics has a MiniCircuits PSA4-5043+, ā€supplied in a super small SC-70 (SOT-343) MSL 1 package.ā€ You can say that againā€¦

https://ww2.minicircuits.com/pdfs/PSA4-5043+.pdf

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Received my RadarBox FlightStick yesterday. It took over a month to arrive. RadarBox was out of stock around the time I ordered it, late March early April.

After 24 hours of use, I think it was worth the $9.95 price. I noticed yesterday that itā€™s $14.95 now.

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I got the radarbox flightstick is there anywhere where i can get information how i can get it to work on windowsā€¦

Regards Linoā€¦

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Just like any other rtl-sdr compatible dongle.
Check this thread:
How-to Install Pro Stick & DVB-T on Windows - #2 by abcd567

I believe airnav also offers some windows software but iā€™m not familiar with it.

Flightaware does not support feeding via Windows.

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Has anyone tried this 978mhz dongle & 1090mhz filter?

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https://www.amazon.com/AirNav-RadarBox-1090-ADS-B-Filter/dp/B082WR1SDF

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Dont need any of these, but the curiosity resulted in loss of $34.89

Note:
Purchased directly from AirNav site.
On Amazon it is costlier (higher shipping + Canadian sales tax, although sale is by amazon usa)

https://www.radarbox24.com/store

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I donā€™t understand it. How will it work having an 978 optimized stick with an additional filter for 1090 MHz which does the opposite?

Or is it a misinterpretation from me?

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The two items dont work togather.

978 stick will be used for uat978. It has builtin 978 filter

1090 filter will be connected to a normal wide-band dongle which will be used for 1090

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Got it, was a misunderstanding, i thought you want it as ā€œoneā€ installation

I am waiting until the filter becomes available on the german market. I wanted to give the FA Filter a try, but this one seem to be similar

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FlightRadar24 Forum
Added filter. Gained flights on FR24, dropped on flightaware

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Flightaware forum
Added filter. Gained flights on FR24, dropped on flightaware