Today was the first time that I've had the chance to test some of my new antennas for distance. I ordered the ARGtek (CLONE) a month or so back and have only flown around the house a bit. Today I went out to the river for a good distance test. To put it politely, the Clone ARGtek Flat Panels SUCKED! Open area, 2k-3k feet and RTH activated several times.
I then swapped out the CLONE ARGtek omni 10db 5.8 for the REAL ARGtek 10db 5.8 omni that I ordered from Blue Proton and put on the Amazon Generic 10db 2.4 Omnis. BINGO! 6286ft / 1915 meters on Omnis!
Second Flight - Alpha APA-M25 5.8 10db panel and the Alpha 2.4ghz 7dbi panels on the ARGtek clone mount
6,834ft / 2083 meters / 1.3 miles!!!!!!!!!!!! My farthest flight since I got my P3S on Christmas Day! Next order - two more APA-M25's and then maybe a couple of amps.
I then swapped out the CLONE ARGtek omni 10db 5.8 for the REAL ARGtek 10db 5.8 omni that I ordered from Blue Proton and put on the Amazon Generic 10db 2.4 Omnis. BINGO! 6286ft / 1915 meters on Omnis!
Second Flight - Alpha APA-M25 5.8 10db panel and the Alpha 2.4ghz 7dbi panels on the ARGtek clone mount
6,834ft / 2083 meters / 1.3 miles!!!!!!!!!!!! My farthest flight since I got my P3S on Christmas Day! Next order - two more APA-M25's and then maybe a couple of amps.