# Skyaware vs VRS

**URL:** <https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079>\
**Category:** ADS-B Flight Tracking\
**Created:** [August 9, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079 "2022-08-09T10:09:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![nglass171](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nglass171/32/115766_2.png) [@nglass171](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nglass171)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/1 "2022-08-09T10:09:15Z")

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Hi all

Does anyone know why SkyAware seems to always see around 10 more aircraft than my VRS ?

Am i missing a setting in VRS ?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![LawrenceHill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/lawrencehill/32/113365_2.png) [@LawrenceHill](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/LawrenceHill)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/2 "2022-08-09T10:29:28Z")

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> [@nglass171](#):
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> Am i missing a setting in VRS ?

Have you got both ADSB and MLAT feeds to your VRS?  
Maybe you are missing MLAT (Port 30105)

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**Author:** ![nglass171](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nglass171/32/115766_2.png) [@nglass171](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nglass171)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/3 "2022-08-09T10:40:28Z")

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Thanks for the reply, that would explain it, How do i add the MLAT ?

Please

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**Author:** ![nglass171](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nglass171/32/115766_2.png) [@nglass171](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nglass171)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/4 "2022-08-09T10:45:19Z")

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Think I’ve done it, I’ve added another receiver with different port .

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**Author:** ![LawrenceHill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/lawrencehill/32/113365_2.png) [@LawrenceHill](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/LawrenceHill)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/5 "2022-08-09T10:49:33Z")

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> [@nglass171](#):
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> Think I’ve done it

You will also need to set a merged feed in VRS (if you haven’t already) so you can see both ADSB and MLAT feeds combined.

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**Author:** ![nglass171](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nglass171/32/115766_2.png) [@nglass171](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nglass171)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/6 "2022-08-09T10:55:35Z")

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![2022-08-09 (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/e/a/ea571722aeafe982504be5a7b915f6ea80f19f3d.jpeg)  
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 ![2022-08-09](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/1/6/165dfb72d26336633f8943986023eda8c7d159d9.jpeg)

Does this look correct

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**Author:** ![LawrenceHill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/lawrencehill/32/113365_2.png) [@LawrenceHill](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/LawrenceHill)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/7 "2022-08-09T11:02:38Z")

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> [@nglass171](#):
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> Does this look correct

You don’t want MLAT selected for your normal (ADSB) feed.

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**Author:** ![nglass171](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nglass171/32/115766_2.png) [@nglass171](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nglass171)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/8 "2022-08-09T11:10:53Z")

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Its getting better but still got a discrepancy, could you send me some screen shots of your setting in case I’m still missing something please.

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**Author:** ![LawrenceHill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/lawrencehill/32/113365_2.png) [@LawrenceHill](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/LawrenceHill)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/9 "2022-08-09T11:34:47Z")

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> [@nglass171](#):
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> could you send me some screen shots

These are my settings.  
Note I so not set the MLAT feed to be MLAT in VRS. This is because the feed itself identifies the data as MLAT and so the static MLAT setting is not actually required. However setting it won’t do any harm.  
Hope this helps.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/b/0/b0e9e4992544b3defe0cd9d86d73a50c4d5e6520.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/f/0/f0163f083d4191fb3776c4042071e24232cd943a.png)

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**Author:** ![nglass171](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nglass171/32/115766_2.png) [@nglass171](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nglass171)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/10 "2022-08-09T11:45:00Z")

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Awesome Many thanks 😉

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**Author:** ![nglass171](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nglass171/32/115766_2.png) [@nglass171](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nglass171)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/11 "2022-08-09T12:54:42Z")

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I just also found i hadn’t changed on VRS to merged feed ! all working now. Thanks once again…

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/system/32/38558_2.png) [@system](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/skyaware-vs-vrs/84079/12 "2023-08-09T12:54:51Z")

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