What kind of range is everyone experiencing with the Xbee Pro 900? Also, what has been done to extend it's range, and what kind of improvement was exprienced?
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What kind of range is everyone experiencing with the Xbee Pro 900? Also, what has been done to extend it's range, and what kind of improvement was exprienced?
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sorry, i think you are right, its 50mW
Very good information, thanks for that. I know you said it was a 60mW, but the one I was looking at http://store.diydrones.com/XBee_PRO_900_extended_range_module_w_RPS... states a 10km range and it is a 50mW. Is this the same and I am missing something, or where do I get the more powerful version? Also, what kind of range did you get with your transmitter and receiver, or did you just use the autopilot?
Here is my writeup on my experiment...
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/what-is-the-maximum-range-o...
it depends which Xbee you are talking about. I was using the 60mW PRO 900.Any 900Mhz patch antenna would do. Just do a local search for "900Mhz patch antenna".
The key is keeping the antenna cable as short as possible so ideally attach the Xbee directly to the back of the antenna.
I tested and it dropped out at the rated max range of 10km using a 14dBi patch antenna.