Let me preface by saying I am still a novice pilot. The phantom 3 Standard is my first drone and I've been flying it for a little over a month. Living in West Virginia I noticed a pretty limited range with the stock antenna. I can only assume this is due to the mountainous region. I bought and installed the ARGtek WiFi and Signal range extender kit and installed it with no issues. At first I noticed a slight increase in range. Then I started to notice going from full signal to no signal instantly, then back to full, this process repeated. I was using two of the square antenna and one of the long ones in the middle. I tried multiple antenna positions with the same results and it didn't seem to matter where the drone was while this was happening. It was happening with the drone barley out in front of me at 200ish feet, directly above me, to my right and left. There didn't seem to be a pattern to when it was dropping signal. I made sure I was always directly facing the drone, I've doubled checked all the connections inside the remote, they're all fine. I have yet to try all three long antennas (no square ones). I did read where the square antenna were extremely directional but it seems like it shouldn't be dropping signal if they are directly facing your drone at short range.
I feel like I'm missing something. Hoping some of you more experienced pilots can help. Thank you for your time.
I feel like I'm missing something. Hoping some of you more experienced pilots can help. Thank you for your time.