Whatever Happened to the RadarBox XRange?

[Anmer]

It's nearly a year since AirNav announced its new RadarBox XRange receiver.

Why is it taking so long to be released? 

Meanwhile, FlightAware has released a new GPS FlightFeeder, with WiFi and LCD touchscreen.

Maybe the XRange has already been surpassed and we'll never see it in production?

https://www.facebook.com/RadarBox24/photos/a.250514485077361.57504.226612787467531/1080726718722796/?type=3

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[reheat101]

Hi,

Radarbox XRange now on there website and retailing for a lot of money,

i wonder what the difference is between this and the normal Radarbox ?

Lee.

[Anmer]

I too noticed the XRange was available for sale at US$650.  Why anyone would pay that price beats me, but I'm sure there will be some takers.

i wonder what the difference is between this and the normal Radarbox ?

1. The RadarBox is no longer available.
2. Price!
3. GPS (I'm assuming the external antenna doubles up with GPS and Mode-S elements?)
4. VHF/UHF reception.  But can one tune and listed to the frequencies?
5. Ethernet network connectivity (when the competition has already migrated to WiFi!)
6. My guess is your data will be uploaded to AirNav whether you want it to be or not.

Both FR24 and FlightAware planned to sell their bespoke receivers but soon dropped the idea.  When an RPi based receiver can be had for a tenth of the price, I don't see too many XRanges being sold.