Range

[LBCKID]

My P4 only goes about 2200ft before I get a weak signal, why?

 

[Meta4]

My P4 only goes about 2200ft before I get a weak signal, why?

Range is variable and affected by a number of factors.
The most important are:

The interference i your flying area (more range over the sea - less in urban areas)
Your antenna orientation​

 

[LBCKID]

Thank you Meta4

 

[Duchunter]

Do you have the p4 in line of site to your controller? I think you can go into the radio settings and it will show you how much congestion is on each channel and you can select the least used channel. It should be set to auto by default but it may not be and auto may not be ideal in your area.

 

[DocDiggler]

Is your channel mode set to auto?

 

[DocDiggler]

What's your altitude ? Raise the p4 and it may improve the signal

 

[jsposito]

My P4 only goes about 2200ft before I get a weak signal, why?

Do not work or have any interest in the slip on the range extender Tozo antenna's. Increased my signal/distance 3x.

 

[Duchunter]

I went out about a mile and a half today at about 300 feet elevation. My video signal started glitch out but I had a Forrest between me and the p4. I raised it up a little and full signal was regained.

 

[John Locke]

My P4 only goes about 2200ft before I get a weak signal, why?

The truth is the GL300C controller that comes with the P4 is the weakest lightbridge controller DJI has released to date. Link a GL658 Inspire1 controller to it and go twice as far. That's what I had to do.

 

[jsposito]

The truth is the GL300C controller that comes with the P4 is the weakest lightbridge controller DJI has released to date. Link a GL658 Inspire1 controller to it and go twice as far. That's what I had to do.

Wow, that's great, no issues between controller and P4? I see one for $229 - used

 

[John Locke]

You can't do firmware updates to the craft using the GL658, using GO4. You need to do that with the GL300C, or digital assistant.

 

[jsposito]

You can't do firmware updates to the craft using the GL658, using GO4. You need to do that with the GL330C, or digital assistant.

ok, thanks