Success with tuned TBS lawmate gear

[Hucker]

I promised you that I would test your gear on the test gear I have access to but I just haven't gotten to it yet...too much work to do.

I did the next best thing. After flying a few medium flights with the TBS tx/rx with crystal clear video I opted to see if I could get to the end of a river valley where I live.

Made it out 10.3km with one tiny glitch on the turn. There is a lot more to be had and I'm flying on VAS clover + 9.5db helical. With a lawmate ducky and a 14db patch I'd bet I can go much farther.

Thanks for the great gear it seems to be working very well

[Trappy]

thanks Hucker, good to hear it's working well! with a 14dbi patch we can do 15km with solid video. never really had the desire to go any futher with this kind of gear

[sharonx]

But how is the range compared to the stock SAW filter ?

[Trappy]

depends how noisy the place is you're flying at. if it's noisy, you wiill see up to 20% range improvement. in zero noise it will not be a problem, but zero noise is never a case.

[brosius85]

try flying at little topar. i reckon you could go 80km on 8db
http://tinyurl.com/btedqqq

[Flyinghigh]

I just ordered a TBS tuned lawmate 2.4 Vtx.

I use a 14dbi patch and a Inverted 'V' currently, Is the better all round antenna for the Vtx ?

[Trappy]

depends on the accuracy of the Vee. The Vee is certainly a more capable antenna, the problem is that 2.4GHz already has fairly tight tolerances. If you are capable of tuning the frequency, then the Vee is your bet. Otherwise the stock lawmate Tx whips (you will get one with the Rx) will do an exceptional job.

[Flyinghigh]

Thanks for the fast response.

[Scotttu]

I've been thinking about getting a tuned RX from ya trappy, daughter is here till the end of hte month though, next month is better for that

Hucker I have a 14dbi L-com sitting here if ya need to borrow it! Got the l-Com low loss cable for it and another lower loss cable...

[Hucker]

What is a low loss cable? Is it just short? That is one of my gripes on antennas. My RX is usually inches away and the antennas come with 2ft of cable...