Posted by Toby Mills on September 27, 2011 at 10:45pm
I previously thought the maximum range f my xbee setup was around 8km. However I have just completed a flight of 10km (20km round trip) with my xbee still showing 95% signal strength. This makes me think I might be able to achieve much more.The key was altitude. By flying towards a mountain I was able to maintain an altitude of 120m above ground and remain legal. However I was 400m above my ground level.Luckily I have a mountain that is 800m high on my doorstep so I plan on testing to see how far it can go.This was using a 13db patch antenna.Has anybody else achieved distances significantly further than this in real world applications.
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Not even using my tracker yet which should give even more.
That's very good! Which Xbees were you using? 900Mhz?