How do i connect RFD 900x-AU to a Cube Orange?


hey there im a super noob at all this and need some help the RFD people told me to buy a cable but i got conflicting information for youtube
how do get the RFD900x modem to talk to me cube orange? Im keen to have some long distance communication between my laptop and drone im making and was advised to buy the RFD900x modem. but it didnt come with any wires!
Help! please! would be much appreciated. :slight_smile:

https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-rfd900.html

The big thing is if you’re running the radio at 1w (30db) you’ll want to give it it’s own power supply and not rely on the voltage regulator in the Cube. You run the risk of over drawing the Cube’s regulator and getting a brown out.

In addition to Allister suggestion, this other cable allows supplying the radio from a different BEC, which is always recommended.

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Yes, the cable that @matheusr suggested is the better choice.

would it be advisable to buy two antennas for the RFD900x? theres two ports on the rfd900x
thank you kindly
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Yes, buy two. You should have two antennas for both the ground and the air radio, mounted at 90 degrees to each other for best performance.

The bundles from RFD usually come with everything except the mulit-cable.

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