andygflees Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hi, I have an ADB receiver and aerial provided by FlightAware and was wondering if: 1. Can I use the same aerial for an STR dongle 2. Will it affect the quality of the the ADB or ATC reception 3. What is the best way to split the signal Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygflees Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Sorry, I meant SDR !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoregem Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Yes you can, but not at the same time. They way the RTL-SDR is designed makes it only able to process one input at a time, so you can have flightaware running, or you can read ADSB. Because of this, you can't "split the signal." Btw, the flightaware dongle is really just an RTL-SDR with a focus on ADSB reception. For anyone else reading this, I recommend the dongle kit from RTL-SDR.com. I'm not paid by them or anything, but it's the one I use, and the dipole antenna works great. You can use it for ADSB too, but you end up paying a bit less because it's not marketed as for a specific application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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