My grab-n-go ground station:

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=176

Reck
nice set up
good idea to be able to set up within minutes and be descrete.

at .5 miles i am surprised you don't just use a rubber ducky mounted up above your head or above other peoples heads?

so you can fly .5 miles all around you

Originally Posted by David22

Reck
nice set up
good idea to be able to set up within minutes and be descrete.

at .5 miles i am surprised you don't just use a rubber ducky mounted up above your head or above other peoples heads?

so you can fly .5 miles all around you

Now I fly between 1 and 1.5 miles so the patch is nice for that.

I tried a rubber duck antenna and had terrible results with it. Here's a video from that same thread where I document my ground station

http://www.vimeo.com/1663194

I love videos

cool experiment

I used an antenna that looks just like your first small one, but with 1.2.
maybe it is the same antenna?

didnot work for me either.

Bought a 1.2 sytem from my local spy shop and used the , what i call a rubber ducky that came with it, much higher dbi. I think it is 6

Bigger X2 but X4 better reception. better for sure anyways but pay a big price for aerodynamics

my oracle switches far away from me without a doubt

Yes, the monster-groundstation was a part of my diploma project at university I did last summer. To my surprise (2 PCs, 3 monitors, 3 microcontrollers and dozen of cables..), the system worked perfectly during the first test flight. But it really neads a better plane, it's too large and heavy.
Unfortunately there wasn't a second flight until now, simply because I didn't had time for flying ANY planes :-( So all the stuff is still waiting in the storage for a come-back, hopefully next summer!

Haha, I didn't meet the police until now, but I'm sure they will ask me "some" questions ;-) At least the walkers didn't seem to feel comfortable with the large parabolic antenna pointing at them, or was it more because of my flying-skills? Hmm...

cheers

Hueber that is awesome, why couldn't you live in N.Y.?

Here is my g/s, the black box holds a Duo 2400, single airwave receiver, oracle diversity controller, EasyCap 2.0, and an ezTracker.

Mark

Mine is somewhat smaller than Hueber's. But I expect he has a bit more range.

There was another thread where someone had a Solo briefcase ground station. Amazon had the briefcase for less than $20. I still want to add diversity, but it works well as it is.
The primary goal was fast set up. It takes less than 30 secs to get it ready.
I use a TV tray to set it on.

Morris

Originally Posted by MorrisM

Mine is somewhat smaller than Hueber's. But I expect he has a bit more range.

There was another thread where someone had a Solo briefcase ground station. Amazon had the briefcase for less than $20. I still want to add diversity, but it works well as it is.
The primary goal was fast set up. It takes less than 30 secs to get it ready.
I use a TV tray to set it on.

Morris

Don't know if it was mine you saw.... there have been a few people use a briefcase for a GS.

I don't use this one anymore, it did work quite well but I took it apart to make a custom case GS.

Have shown this before in one of the other GS threads...

This is what I use now, it's a bit big and heavy, thinking to go back to something a bit lighter and more compact....

Or just make a second, compact GS for a "quick grab-n-go" GS.

Not that this one is hard to setup, it's all ready to go at any time, it's just very heavy.

Originally Posted by Tarro

Hueber that is awesome, why couldn't you live in N.Y.?

No worries, I guess I will have enough range to fly to N.Y. for a visit ;-)

Galaxiex,

After seeing the Voltage indicator in your old box, I started looking for the RPM meter and the speedometer also

I like the new box better ! How much does it weigh ? I know what you mean about size and weight, but what can you do... Mine weighs 45 pounds At least I will build some more muscle carrying mine around

Mike

My humble base station...

I wear it around my neck.
I've flown my plane out to 4km with a 200mW VTx

At 1:30 and the end of this video you also see the Windsurfer Antenna, which I use now. It is at least as good as the 8dBi patch antenna.

Frafjord (4 min 58 sec)

I dont think I will be hiking to the top of any mountains soon with my ground station, portability has its advantages

Mike

Originally Posted by scrtsqrl

Windsurfer Antenna, which I use now. It is at least as good as the 8dBi patch antenna.

Ok, where would one buy a windsurfer antenna?