Recent content by Sublime

You very well could be right. Maybe it's worth getting in touch with ARGtek and getting it replaced. It wasn't an impulse buy, I did research and saw more positive reviews than negative. Although I did see a handful of negatives so who knows.

I had a very similar issue with mine except my drone was making a god awful beeping noise. Almost like an alarm clock after I updated firmware. Sounds like you're have a different issue if you're not hearing this alarm coming from the drone. I had to completely reinstall the phone app and...

Update: Okay, so I tried multiple combinations of panels and long antenna, multiple locations and my results were fairly similar. After a bit more reading and seeing it for myself, I'm pretty sure I understand what's going on. First, I won't 100% condemn this product because I think you will...

This is the video I followed to install, it can also be found on the ARGtek website. I connected white on the bottom, black in the middle and gray on the top.

I actually did notice that I got instant signal drop when it was directly over head. I'm beginning to think that while the ARGtek extender might give you a little extra distance, it's just not worth it due to the extreme directional limits. If you are not pointing directly at your drone, and I...

Update. I've now tried it with only the three longer antenna, none of the panel antenna. Still having the same issues. At 200 feet I'm getting rapid signal loss around 600-900 feet away. Even when the drone is directly above me, it will drop signal.

Let me preface by saying I am still a novice pilot. The phantom 3 Standard is my first drone and I've been flying it for a little over a month. Living in West Virginia I noticed a pretty limited range with the stock antenna. I can only assume this is due to the mountainous region. I bought...