I have the default antennas installed right now, running a purely analog setup at the moment. This headset has two high gain digital patches (non-removable) one removable omnidirectional digital antenna, and one omnidirectional analog + digital antenna that is shared. I want better range, but I also fly in a variety of environments, such as forested fields, homes, and wide open environments.

Should I really go for an omni antenna for analog?

I’ve been looking at stuff like these: https://www.truerc.ca/shop/5-8ghz-2/transmitter/singularity-5-8

But I’ve also heard of mixed antennas like the VAS Pepperbox, which came out seven years ago:

https://www.videoaerialsystems.com/collections/5-8ghz-antennas/products/pepperbox-xtreme

What do you think is best? I’ve only got one port for analog, so I’m somewhat conflicted on what’s best until I go to an HDZ digital drone someday.

  • Wahots@pawb.socialOP
    1·
    3 months ago

    Got it on all counts. Can you explain a bit more about polarization, linear polarization, and what RHCP and LHCP is? I’m pretty new to this and don’t want to fry my hardware.

    • sobchak@programming.dev
      2·
      3 months ago

      Mixing it up won’t fry hardware, you’d just get worse signal. IIRC, if you have circular-polarized antennas on the goggles but a linear antenna in the air, you’d lose about 1/3 of your range. If you mix up LHCP and RHCP, you’d lose something like 95% of your range. I’m not too familiar with radio physics, so I don’t really know what polarization actually means, just the consequences.