Depends upon the aircraft. The P4P gets far better range on Auto 5.8Ghz than Auto 2.4Ghz. That was and still is the undocumented secret to its 5 mile range in heavily congested urban areas with clear LOS. It also works equally well on Auto 5.8 GHz in rural areas, with clear LOS.
That’s got to have something to do with it operating 5.8ghz with more wattage or something. It would be a completely anomalous situation if, with all things being the same, 5.8 achieved a longer range.
It's one of the counterintuitive anomalies of the P4P. I was only getting 2-3 miles on 2.4 Ghz and was actively looking for an antenna mod, when someone told me I didn't need one, as they were getting 5 miles stock, along with all their drone friends flying the P4P. Once I found out they were using Auto 5.8Ghz instead of 2.4Ghz, I tried it myself. It worked as represented, with clear LOS, and I never looked back! Makes no sense, but it works! Wattage is the same on both bands in the U.S..
4K feet on the Air 2 is supposed to be good? I've been out 20K with stock antenna. Maybe you left ot the zeros??
The response above is to the discussion about the MA2 (in response to the titled Mavic Air 2 Discussions). The statements given are in reference to the questions asked about the Drone Valley products sold direct or through Amazon for the MA2. I can not/would not comment on products I've not used but have the Drone Valley products are tuned to specific frequency ranges and without a doubt are an improvement and in theory would not cause a measurable performance hit when used together. My bad if the scope of this particular thread is across multiple DJI product antenna manufactures.
My personal experience has found the pin-point statement to simply not be true. With the Drone Valley Yagi in place and the controller turned 90 degrees off, the MA2 still will achieve a range greater than the typical LOS.
Windsurfers are not tuned to specific frequencies. Not sure where you got this idea from. Drone Valley Rick never said they are. Only the Yagis are frequency specific. Rick suggested the possibility of using a windsurfer with a Yagi together, but I can tell you for a fact, from personal use, that they do seriously interfere with one another. Not everything Rick says is gospel. Between theory and reality, reality trumps theory every time!
This is why a windsurfer is invariably a far better choice. It is not tuned to any specific frequency, and will concentrate whichever band is auto selected. It converts the 360° omnidirectionality into a roughly 180° directionality, so keeping it pointed at the drone is no problem. Yagis are frequency specific and narrow the beam field to roughly 90°, so they require more attention to being kept pointed at the drone.
From what I see they have 2 models , 1 for 5Ghz and 1 for 2,4Ghz ....
I hear you. it's hard to read the uneducated opinions that are ready to argue when you know better.
6 miles! No need for any antenna modifiers or amplifiers. Adding them, expecting more, without a battery mod to support any increased distance beyond 6 miles, is a fool's folly!
The unknown here then are the antennae for the bands at each end. Perhaps a discone in the drone and crossed-folded doublets in the RC?
