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Permalink Reply by aspenlife on May 18, 2012 at 3:59pm

I appreciate the help Jason. I have one on the way with a separate camera. I can always move to the GoPro later. Went with the shorter range Aviator Shark goggles because of the increased FOV. Long range was out of stock. If I need it there's always room to upgrade around here! Many thanks, that was one of the very few places that wasn't out of stock!

Cheers!

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Permalink Reply by Wesley Chuen on May 18, 2012 at 4:57pm

I used a 200mW 5.8Ghz one and it didn't go too far.  Just a nearby tree would cause me lost the visual.  Quite scary experience.  I'm now using a 2W 900Mhz one.  I can't say for sure 900Mhz is better, but the 2W certainly helps.  :D

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Permalink Reply by postaL on May 22, 2012 at 9:12am

If you're going w/ the 5.8ghz setup, make sure to get some cloverleaf antennas.

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Permalink Reply by aspenlife on May 22, 2012 at 11:21am

Michael, are cloverleaf the same as "whip"? This is what I've seen. http://hobbywireless.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath...

Thank you for the input!

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Permalink Reply by postaL on May 24, 2012 at 12:47pm

Yup. I got mine from readymaderc.com though, and picked up the ones w/o the boom.

http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&a...

They're made by a guy on the RCGroups.com, which was my pushing point, as I like to support the local/independant/awesome people :)

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Permalink Reply by Ramesh Tahlan on June 7, 2012 at 11:41pm

hi,

I am using a 5.8 video 500mW Tx system (hobbyking)... not getting a clear video, i mean getting good... but not very good... i need live broadcast quality and for documentaries... or somewhere close to it from my Quad set up...... with just the video tx and rx on i can see  a bit of disturbance.....now when i fire up the motors... some more disturbance starts....have put ring magnets on all escs...with 4 turns on each ring magnet.....

Some of my friends who r into pro jobs have put 1.5 or 2 Watt video Tx..... will i get better quality signal at Rx with a 1.5 watt 5.8 video Tx....something like the MONDO Extreme 1.5 watt 5.8..........and what if at all effect will it have on my 2.4 Rx in the Quad which is just 5 inches away....

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Permalink Reply by Ramesh Tahlan on June 8, 2012 at 12:20am

Monroe.

looking at a range of not more than 500 meters in worst case... but need really good quality video....the reason i said 5.8 was that it has the best band width....

Also i found a lot of write up on  the 100 and 200mW tx that, by 350 to 500mts they lost video link....

So should i go for the 5.8 Mondo 1.5 W Tx

And for the Rx what would be the quality difference between the Passport 5.8 Diversity Rx for $400 and the Nano 5.8 Modular Rx at $ 144 ????? 

Does the $400 one have 2 AV outputs that is why it has 2 Rx  inside.... so would that mean that the $144 has only ONE AVout, cause the data sheet for $144 one just does not talk about how many outputs it has...... cause i do need 2 AV outputs...

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Permalink Reply by Ramesh Tahlan on June 8, 2012 at 12:32am

Monroe,

I am using the following Tx and Rx

http://www.foxtechfpv.com/58g-500mw-tx-p-247.html

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__18649__RC805_5_8G_8_Chan...

in my hobby room. with only these two on i can see slight disturbance, everything else is off....???

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Permalink Reply by Jake Stew on June 8, 2012 at 7:35am

Higher frequency = shorter range with the same TX power + LOS issues + multipath issues.

The higher you go the lower your quality gets because of this.

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