The Bird has 2 transmit antennas on left side and 2 receive antennas on right side. I'm assuming that the receive antennas are setup up for diversity or just in parallel to reduce flutter or weak spots. The transmitter is my question. Does anyone know how the RF output is configured? We are "supposed" to have .598mw of output power. Is that power divided into the 2 antennas or is each antenna being driven at .598mw? Some say that one transmit is video and the other is telemetry. I don't buy that because the telemetry could be embedded in a subcarrier of the video transmitter. If telemetry were separate, then there would to be another FCC filing for that as well. I don't have any way to measure the output power myself, and most testing I see others doing is just not accurate. So again my question is, is each antenna port putting out .598mw or is each port .299mw? Is each port driven by it's own output transistor or is the power divided on the board before it gets to the ports. Thanks for the help.
Dave
Dave