Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Extending the Range of the Drone
Another fascinating area that I have looked into has been how to extend the range of the drone. After talking with another ham radio operator, the RFDude, I did some testing on my own. He gave me a wifi antenna connector platform for me to test with and I built a 2.4 GHz "Cantenna" to try. A cantenna is literally an antenna made from cans. Surprisingly, it worked! I followed these instructions for my build and added an extra can to improve the directionality and hopefully the distance. Here's some pics after the break
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