To @mp or not to @mp the right side?

[The Bob]

I added combiners to the tip of the amps so I can use both directional and omni's. I will be testing it later today.

 

[Robpol]

I added combiners to the tip of the amps so I can use both directional and omni's. I will be testing it later today.

@The Bob
Did the new mod make much difference?

 

[The Bob]

@The Bob
Did the new mod make much difference?

Actually it did seem to hold the signal... video mainly much better when I was past 10k ft.
- Just make sure the omni antenna are perfectly vertical when using in combination with the the directional.

 

[Robpol]

Thanks for all your help with the boosted set up @The Bob, Very similar to yours and others but this is the set up so far....

 

[The Bob]

Thanks for all your help with the boosted set up @The Bob, Very similar to yours and others but this is the set up so far....

I did the same to mine... more compact now. Great idea and did not noticeably affect amp performance.

 

[Robpol]

I did the same to mine... more compact now. Great idea and did not noticeably affect amp performance.

@The Bob that's looking awesome!
Unfortunately I can't take credit for putting the amps on the back of the antenna, someone else had done it first ?.
The omni's look a great addition to the whole design - One, quick question - Do you get signal loss when you are close to the drone with the amps on? I seem to have to land mine around 10ft way to stop this happening, I wonder if the audition of Omni's will cure it?

Off on a tangent quickly, I very nearly lost my Mavic last week to a angry Seagull, it somehow dropped 80m and recovered, how I have no clue.. The drone must have been under attack for 3 minutes.. ?
.

 

[Texas Mavic]

@TheBob that's looking awesome!
Unfortunately I can't take credit for putting the amps on the back of the antenna, someone else had done it first ?.
The omni's look a great addition to the whole design.
Off on a tangent quickly, I very nearly lost my Mavic last week to a angry Seagull, it somehow dropped 80m and recovered, how I have no clue..

Do you get signal loss when you are close to the drone with the amps on? I seem to have to land mine around 10ft way and OK then.

Can you use combiners to use omnidirectional and directional at the same time!?

 

[Robpol]

Can you use combiners to use omnidirectional and directional at the same time!?

@The Bob has both installed and working well I think?

 

[The Bob]

@The Bob that's looking awesome!
Unfortunately I can't take credit for putting the amps on the back of the antenna, someone else had done it first ?.
The omni's look a great addition to the whole design - One, quick question - Do you get signal loss when you are close to the drone with the amps on? I seem to have to land mine around 10ft way to stop this happening, I wonder if the audition of Omni's will cure it?

Off on a tangent quickly, I very nearly lost my Mavic last week to a angry Seagull, it somehow dropped 80m and recovered, how I have no clue.. The drone must have been under attack for 3 minutes.. ?
.

I do not get any issues with or without the directional antenna: I usually land only a few feet away. Never lost signal. Check your left antenna connections / perhaps pinched within the controller? Also... sorry to hear about the bird strike... scary! Glad it recovered!

 

[The Bob]

Can you use combiners to use omnidirectional and directional at the same time!?

Confirmed. That is what I am doing. Works very well.
Make sure to get quality combiners and pigtails.. the better the quality the better the results.
I use THIS vendor to get most of my build parts.

 

[Texas Mavic]

What exactly do they call the combiner on that website? I searched combiner, didn’t get anything. Is a splitter the same thing? Lol what do YOU use?

 

[Robpol]

I do not get any issues with or without the directional antenna: I usually land only a few feet away. Never lost signal. Check your left antenna connections / perhaps pinched within the controller? Also... sorry to hear about the bird strike... scary! Glad it recovered!

Strangely it's only happened since I started using the amps, didn't used to do it with just the 4hawks installed...

 

[The Bob]

Strangely it's only happened since I started using the amps, didn't used to do it with just the 4hawks installed...

I would double check your amp direction... make sure the SMA connectors from the controller are both going IN the amps and also that the antenna are on the OUT connector of the amps. Other than a wiring issue or a bad wire, I am not sure what could be happening. Try swapping things around and use only the left side and see if it still happens.

 

[The Bob]

What exactly do they call the combiner on that website? I searched combiner, didn’t get anything. Is a splitter the same thing? Lol what do YOU use?

uxcell 2pcs Gold Tone RP-SMA Male to 2 RP-SMA Female Jack RF Coaxial Adapter Connector

 

[Robpol]

I would double check your amp direction... make sure the SMA connectors from the controller are both going IN the amps and also that the antenna are on the OUT connector of the amps. Other than a wiring issue or a bad wire, I am not sure what could be happening. Try swapping things around and use only the left side and see if it still happens.

It's strange, at all range it's OK but closer than say 6ft it sometimes drops the connection. All seems wired up correctly... Battery mod next ??

 

[Robpol]

@The Bob I think I might copy your antenna set up with the omni's to see if I can stop the signal drop at close range.

 

[The Bob]

@The Bob I think I might copy your antenna set up with the omni's to see if I can stop the signal drop at close range.

Are you using a Mavic Air or a Mavic Pro/Plat?
I run a Mavic Pro so may work differently if you use an Air.

 

[Robpol]

Are you using a Mavic Air or a Mavic Pro/Plat?
I run a Mavic Pro so may work differently if you use an Air.

@The Bob Air

 

[The Bob]

@The Bob Air

I would be curious to see how the Air signaling works. Is left antenna RX and right TX? or do they both do rx and tx?
On the Mavic Pro the left is RX/TX and the right side is diversity.

It could be possible that your right and left sides could be amplifying rf "noise" and causing a loop/interference when the AC and RC are too close.
Have you tried putting an amp on just 1 side and see if it fixes it?

 

[Robpol]

I would be curious to see how the Air signaling works. Is left antenna RX and right TX? or do they both do rx and tx?
On the Mavic Pro the left is RX/TX and the right side is diversity.

It could be possible that your right and left sides could be amplifying rf "noise" and causing a loop/interference when the AC and RC are too close.
Have you tried putting an amp on just 1 side and see if it fixes it?

No I haven't tried that yet, I'll be interested to find out like you say what each antenna does on the air..