So.........I ordered an ARGtek setup and have been flying around the house quite a bit and not done much of a distance test with it. In the wooded area around me, I can get out to about 3,000 ft before RTH kicks in. I read an article about fake ARGtek devices. So after some close examination, I realized that I had purchased one of the "Fakes". So anyway, I thought that I had purchased the standard ARGtek with the two 7db panels and the 6db omni so I went to ARGtek and ordered the 10db omni for $20. Received it this morning and the two omnis were nearly identical. The new omni had very slightly different markings and using a flashlight to get an idea about the omni's internals, it appears to have less internals than the original. That's where the comparison stops. I went out and flew the original until I hit RTH at about 3k ft. I canceled RTH and swapped to the new omni and took it out to 4,076ft, another 300+ meters, but with choppy video. Tested both again with nearly identical results.
Now to the question. The two distance tests that I've done have both been in cold weather, between 35F and 40F. One was over open farmland and I hit 5,333ft with the stock antenna and parabolic reflector with the unmodified controller. The second was this morning's test over wooded terrain with the so called "ARGtek". I'm more than pleased with the distance but I'm wondering what I can expect as temperatures start to warm up? I have the Alpha APA-M25 10db flat panel ordered and I'm hoping to gain better distances with it, weather permitting next weekend when it arrives. I'm heading out this afternoon to test the new 10db omni and the two 7db flat panels over the same farmland that got me a mile. Hoping to break the mile and a half to two mile range. If I can sweet talk my wife, I think I'm going to order the Alpha 2.4 7db flat panels and see where this setup gets me.
Should I expect longer distances with warmer weather as far as radio signals are concerned or is cold weather the key to distance?
Now to the question. The two distance tests that I've done have both been in cold weather, between 35F and 40F. One was over open farmland and I hit 5,333ft with the stock antenna and parabolic reflector with the unmodified controller. The second was this morning's test over wooded terrain with the so called "ARGtek". I'm more than pleased with the distance but I'm wondering what I can expect as temperatures start to warm up? I have the Alpha APA-M25 10db flat panel ordered and I'm hoping to gain better distances with it, weather permitting next weekend when it arrives. I'm heading out this afternoon to test the new 10db omni and the two 7db flat panels over the same farmland that got me a mile. Hoping to break the mile and a half to two mile range. If I can sweet talk my wife, I think I'm going to order the Alpha 2.4 7db flat panels and see where this setup gets me.
Should I expect longer distances with warmer weather as far as radio signals are concerned or is cold weather the key to distance?
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