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A long-range directional base station that automatically tracks the drone (and can switch to omni at short range) would be cool.
by schiffern 3y ago
A long-range directional base station that automatically tracks the drone (and can switch to omni at short range) would be cool.
- 83 3y agoAs I understand it this new antenna changes frequencies in the collapsed/omni states so you would then need multiple transmitters/antennas on the drone which would be weight prohibitive. Antenna tracking ground stations and diversity receivers have been around since the early fpv days, although tracking isn't very mainstream because its challenging to set it all up. I'd still prefer my dual antenna / diversity RX setup since it provides some redundancy.
- schiffern 3y agoAhh thanks, I hadn't seen that detail. I thought the tracking could be mostly automated between GPS (outdoor) and direction finding + dBm (indoor/canyon), but I guess not.