Available dual-band ADSB IN

Why wouldn't the Freeflight Rangr 978-RX series work?

Edited by AZ Flyer - 16 Jan 2019 at 11:57am

I have the same issue. I also have an AXP340 and would like a dual-band In solution to replace my MLB100.

I might end up doing that if I don’t hear of a good offering from Avidyne sometime soon. It would be either a GTX345 or a Lynx NGT-9000. 

teeth6 wrote: I also have the MLB 100.  I'm just curious why you pulled it out and replaced it with another option.  I've had no issues with mine so I wondering the benefit?

teeth6 wrote: I also have the MLB 100.  I'm just curious why you pulled it out and replaced it with another option.  I've had no issues with mine so I wondering the benefit?

The NGT 9000 also talks to the Aspen for weather and traffic.

CubedRoot wrote: If you dont mind me asking LANCE, what did you get for your AXP340 and MLB100 on the used market?  I am considering pulling my AXP340 and MLB to go with a Lynx unit, and was wondering how much I could get for it help offset that cost of a LYNX. I'll be getting an Aspen installed in a couple of months so I need something that can talk to it which is why I am thinking of the Lynx.

Edited by brou0040 - 18 Jan 2019 at 12:17am

>Garmin ADS-B unlock for the Aspens

Reportedly ASPEN does have the fix finished, but can't get it through the last FAA hoop for a release, as government is shutdown.

Edited by oskrypuch - 24 Jan 2019 at 1:10pm

In practice, my MLB100 does not show all the traffic around me. For some reason, I see more planes using a dual-band Stratux receiver. Somehow it appears that not all 1090ES traffic is coming over the UAT transmission. 

This is my experience as well, though I have also seen targets on the IFD display that were not present on my EFB/Stratux display (may have been because of altitude filtering or other settings, though).

Very  strange!  I would expect the towers to deliver both 978 and 1090 aircraft when in ADS-B coverage with the MLB 100.  I’ve also seen all the extra traffic when using a Stratus but assumed it was due to the traffic filtering on the IFD/MLB 100. I don’t recall missing any “nearby” traffic with the MLB 100 when in coverage but perhaps I’ll have to look more closely. 

My AXP-340 is properly set up to say there is only a UAT receiver, no 1090ES In. I verified the settings recently. Like MysticCobra, I’ve occasionally seen traffic on the IFD that is not shown on ForeFlight/Stratux, but mostly there is quite a bit of traffic missing on the IFD. 

CubedRoot wrote: Same here.  My dual band Stratux will show me WAY more traffic than my Skytrax100 does, even if you ONLY consider traffic that is in my ADS-b "puck". Which is why I really want a dual band in on my Avidyne setup.

Edited by LarryPetro - 10 Feb 2019 at 7:08am

I have the older MLB 100 with Nav Worx.  That is single band 978 I believe.  I had thought I should receive other 978 traffic from direct communication even when outside of tower range but I don't.  Whenever I fly to the Bahamas, I get NO traffic at all displayed on my 540s even though I know, at times, there is 978 traffic in my area.  When using the Stratus 2S with Foreflight, in the same location, I get both 978 and 1090 traffic.  Is this correct behavior for the MLB 100 with NavWorx or do I have a setting wrong.  It seems to pick up all traffic when in areas of rebroadcast.

gsxrpilot wrote: Now if only Lynx had a remote version that I could stick back in the tail and use the IFD540 as the head unit.

Does the remote Lynx unit offer anything that the GTX-345 doesn't, out of interest? It seemed to me that the main selling point of the Lynx had been the screen! The cost looks good. I'd probably have gone for one if it had been available when I did my GTX-345.