Range extender antenna Mavic mini

[Mimmacks]

Hi, anyone got any experience with the antenna range boosters available on eBay?
Are these worth buying or just a gimmick?

 

[old man mavic]

all they do is concentrate the signal in one direction, they will not stop interference from outside sources, and you have to make sure that they are always pointed towards the drone , by all means give them a try, but you might find that you are losing the signal more as you fly around,especially if you are a fair way out, as the MM is small and hard to see at times

 

[CarstenB]

there are like 100s of threads and posts about range extenders in this forum. Why people are so obsessed with range is beyond me but you only have to scroll through a few pages to get all your questions answered.

 

[fificap]

Yagi antenna booster are better, see bellow

mavic mini yagi antenna (CE)

Thanks. For practical reasons, those lengths may be too cumbersome, so could an exact fraction be used instead, e.g. ½ so 6.25 cm and 2.5862 cm respectively? It appears that’s what the yagi antennas you can buy online have done. Also, the one at the back appears to be longer for both 2.4 and...

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[Dbez1]

Yes. They do work but then the temptation is greater to fly beyond VLOS.

 

[boblui]

A test done by me a while ago :

 

[Rodders]

Sorry that is no test flying over water it is line of sight

 

[Dbez1]

I disagree. I feel the test is valid under those specific circumstances. However, another set of circumstances, like flying in a WiFi rich environment, may produce a different outcome. ??‍

 

[Capt KO]

Yes, reflectors work well, but focus a narrow beam. The standard ones cast a wider, shorter beam.

 

[boblui]

I disagree. I feel the test is valid under those specific circumstances. However, another set of circumstances, like flying in a WiFi rich environment, may produce a different outcome. ??‍

How will it be different ?

 

[Dbez1]

How will it be different ?

I said it may be different. Someone will have to try it and see.

 

[boblui]

I said it may be different. Someone will have to try it and see.

It's just simple physics. Given a level of interference, the stronger the signal, the further the distance. The effectiveness of the reflector in extending the range is still there.

 

[Dbez1]

I’ll trust your physics. ?

 

[boblui]

Just want to say that the test was done for 5.8GHz. Not sure if the reflector works for 2.4 GHz .

 

[shaneb50]

I recently bought a pair of yagi extenders.
Soon I will test them out to see how much range I will get.when I do. I will post a video of the test flight.
I have watched a lot of videos on the yagi antennas. I hope they will work great.[emoji848]

 

[Luca Brazzi]

Best of both worlds

 

[Hydrostan]

Best of both worldsView attachment 107447

Does it work better with both??

 

[Luca Brazzi]

Does it work better with both??

I just got the Yagi yesterday and I was windy but a mile out was perfect reception and I get a lot of interference here at my house.

 

[Droning on and on...]

How many millimeters from the top of the antenna's should those yagi's be mounted and is it different between the 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz yagi's?
I read somewhere he middle of the metal rods should be 28mm from the top of the antenna's, but I'm not sure whether that was for the 2.4 or 5.8

 

[boblui]

How many millimeters from the top of the antenna's should those yagi's be mounted and is it different between the 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz yagi's?
I read somewhere he middle of the metal rods should be 28mm from the top of the antenna's, but I'm not sure whether that was for the 2.4 or 5.8

If you have got the FCC version, it's running on 5.8GHz only.