ham radio

[Mrktn]

According to the forum he was here last Tuesday at 9:27 am, so he's probably busy with something (maybe installing a radio shack for his ham equipment?).

Probably Ronny

 

[AMann]

Ham radio and drones can be useful together. I put a small crystal controlled oscillator and a short (40 cm or so) horizontal antenna on my Mavic Air 2 and plotted the elevation pattern of one of my antennas by receiving the signal level from the antenna as I flew the drone a constant distance from the antenna. It worked great and actually gave me a pattern that closely matched what I modeled with EZNEC.

Drones can also be useful for running a line over the top of trees or across a ravine (or stretch of water) for hauling up a wire antenna.

You could even fasten a dual band handheld with repeater capability to the drone (my Air 2 can easily live 500 grams) to get a lot of extra additional height on a temporary basis for extra distance.

Dave AB7E

Hey Dave, late reply, but I thought about doing the same with my Mavic 2P and a little Alinco 1/4 watt 2M credit card “fingerheld” with a small simplex repeater board.

Oh, and by the way, are you the same AZDave that is/was on DP and NF? If so, GotAU? Says

 

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