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Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/13/2007 11:48:30 AM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		I finally got a 2.4GHz D/L and I'm pretty happy with it but I'm still getting a lot of glitches everything seems to be tight,, and for now I'm testing it on a Slow Stick,,Picture quality it's awesome more than I expected and Range seems to be pretty good too,,,but I'm getting signal glitches even at 10 ft away it's like if there was loose cables but it doesn't look like it.
The glitches are not loose of signal but more like interference!!!
What am I doing wrong????

So I'm now looking to get a Patch antenna to see if that helps so which one to get or what's the difference between the 8db nd 14db that I've seen???

This is the last video I made now with the new camera... Second Aerial Video!!!

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/13/2007 12:09:34 PM   
derftl56



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Status: offline 		Make sure you are not around any one else that might be use any 2.4 ghz. This can and will cause you to have interference on your unit. That can include phones, lap tops anyhing that uses 2.4.

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/13/2007 4:01:26 PM   
moogly



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Status: offline 		I run into the same thing its mutipath (the signal hiting the anntena 1st time and then a Millisec later it gets the same signal)
make sure you antenna is as far away from refective object as possable
I bought the 14bdi patch fron range vid and returned it for the 8dbi its not all about gain but also beam with a narrow beam will give you great gain but unless you can keep it pointed at the plane its not so great I use there 8dbi and it works pretty well but its never perfect. you can see some of my video one showing the set up @ www.putfile.com/mbren there a bunch of family stuff to so just look for the aerial videos

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/13/2007 9:06:39 PM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		ahh I see so that's probably what it was my test flight was just inside my neighbouhood,,,mmm I should have bought the patch antenna at the same time,,I'll go ahead and get the 8db antenna then.
I'll try to post a video as soon as I can get this thing working right!!!!

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/14/2007 11:38:51 AM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		well yesterday I got a different battery to run the D/L and I was still getting the interference,, I just purchased the patch antenna to see if it does any better I cant wait to start getting better signal quality toget some aerial videos,,,I think it would be nice since the Picture quality of that little camera it's awsome,,I would say almos as good as my DV Camera!!!

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/14/2007 12:09:03 PM   
moogly



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Status: offline 		Even with the patch you'll get drop outs but if you are going from a whip anntena to a patch it should be alot better
some drops are normal
I know i used a 90 walmart web camera (cmos) at 1st and when I got my new one sony 420 fron future I could not beleive it
some of my old videos one @www.putfile.com/mbren are from my old one probably the 1st 5 or so and man what a difference
I just with these sites rcu, putfile ect .. would not commpress the snot out of the they look so good on computer or DVD

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/14/2007 10:09:29 PM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		well the thing was I wasnt getting drop out but a pretty steady interference but I could still see the picture it was more loike interference,,,and it starts at about 10ft away,,I'm wondering now if the TX and RX are in the same channlel??

How do you change the channel on the TX D/L????

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/15/2007 12:20:38 AM   
moogly



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Status: offline 		that dependes on the tx /rx you have mine from future you can change it at both the tx / rx @ THE TX ITS A SWITCH AT THE RX IT A BUTTON
IF YOUR GETTING ANY DECENT PICTURE YOU ARE PROBABLY ON THE RIGHT CHANNEL

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/15/2007 12:54:06 AM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		aah yes the picture quality it's awsome but when I take it to about 10 ft away starts getting that interference!!!mmm I dont know we'll se how it does when I get the patch antenna

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/16/2007 1:54:49 AM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		Ok I got my patch antenna but I still was getting interference flying arround my house,,I decided to test it at the field and everything was gone so I it had to be some bad interference just where I live.

Awsome picture qualty,,I even got to fly the Slow stick by just looking at the screen,,hehehehe but not for too long!!!!! as long as I didnt turn I was ok,,,I love it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll be making a video soon!!!!

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/16/2007 4:05:51 AM   
moogly



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Status: offline 		Great to here it have fun it's A great time
and i want to see some video

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/16/2007 2:25:14 PM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		as soon as I get the extra cable I need to conect my DVD Player to my DV Camera I can start recording some!!!!!

I ended up instaling a himax 2015-4100 but I'm getting a lot of vivration on the plane and you can see it on the video so I'm gonna have to go back to the outrunner!!!!

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/16/2007 3:46:24 PM   
JMSTECH



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Status: offline 		Every time you turn you lose signal? Make sure you point your 8db patch at the general direction of your plane. Even though the reception beam is wider than the 14db, it still has a zone where there is no contact to the TX.

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/16/2007 3:48:35 PM   
moogly



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Status: offline 		Really thats the motor I use and i don't seem to have much problem are you props balanced and the shft straight I had a bent shaft slight but enough to cause vibration
and when I had the camera on the wind it was wild what camera did you buy (range video? future)

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/16/2007 3:53:31 PM   
moogly



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Status: offline 		so true i think the only way around that is possably a circular polerized anntena and even then you still would have mutipath

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RE: Which 2.4GHz Patch receiver antenna to get??? - 6/16/2007 8:47:08 PM   
charrua



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Status: offline 		yes I ended up giving Range video another chance after my first attepmt at buying from him!!!

But this time I'm very happy with everything I got and got a reply back to every email I send him so I got nothing to say but good things now.

Talking about the einterference maybe I should go to the moon or mars and fly there where there's aplace on earth that you wont run into wifi interference???? hehhe

I think you are right the prop I was using it was kind of bad shape I got some new ones and I'll try tonight hopefully I'll get some footage of it..

I installed a friends eflite 370 outrunner and it did better but it started getting some viration also a little bit.

I ordered a hacker 20020l to install instead of the himax,,I like ourunner better,,I love the himax but nothing like an outrunner!!!

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