Rpi3 - WiFi Dongle unreliability

@teamasphalt from having a quick google it seems more likely this is due to NetworkManager attempting to take control over the interface.

A quick way to test this would be to connect to the device over serial and stop the NetworkManager service with systemctl stop NetworkManager.service and then try out tshark again. If this works you could have a go at following this guide to enable you to have both NetworkManager and tshark running side by side.