I have the default antennas installed right now, running a purely analog setup at the moment. This headset has two high gain digital patches (non-removable) one removable omnidirectional digital antenna, and one omnidirectional analog + digital antenna that is shared. I want better range, but I also fly in a variety of environments, such as forested fields, homes, and wide open environments.
Should I really go for an omni antenna for analog?
I’ve been looking at stuff like these: https://www.truerc.ca/shop/5-8ghz-2/transmitter/singularity-5-8
But I’ve also heard of mixed antennas like the VAS Pepperbox, which came out seven years ago:
What do you think is best? I’ve only got one port for analog, so I’m somewhat conflicted on what’s best until I go to an HDZ digital drone someday.
Mixing it up won’t fry hardware, you’d just get worse signal. IIRC, if you have circular-polarized antennas on the goggles but a linear antenna in the air, you’d lose about 1/3 of your range. If you mix up LHCP and RHCP, you’d lose something like 95% of your range. I’m not too familiar with radio physics, so I don’t really know what polarization actually means, just the consequences.
Thank you!