Hello everybody, I am looking for Ultra Long Range Telemetry radio with range over 60km… I undertand 1 watt power of RFD900x, but I need longer. I consider
this Arkbird 5w 433 Uhf radio . Anybody has experience with thhis radio??
Any suggestion or advice??
Thank you…
The RFD900X has been known to reach well over the stated 40km even at high baud rates - exactly how far do you need to go? I know of over 130km with altitude (but I dont have the logs and they are not my logs to share).
A directional antenna with tracker at the ground station could be most useful solution.
I would purchase one via RFD to make sure it really is suitable. I’ve seen yagis online that are not very good quality or not really for the frequency you expect.
RFD also have 5db and 8db antennas, so one of those and a yagi on a RFD900X (since they have two antenna ports with diversity) and you’d be looking at communicating with the air radio at astronomical ranges. Check the notes for the yagi because you also need the correct cable and adapters.