Tried it once with TeleDongle and a laptop... Haven't had a reason to try since
TeleBT...
Bdale
On May 30, 2019 7:19:30 PM MDT, Bryan Duke <[email protected]> wrote:
>Thanks Bdale & everyone else.
>
>My DFing last weekend was with body blocking. That works pretty well if
>the range is right. It’s good to know that DFing will work with the 3
>element. I’ll order that and see how it goes.
>
>To throw a monkey wrench in this thread, here’s another question.
>Instead of using an HT, has anyone DF’d using RSSI on a
>TeleDongle/TeleBT? Walking around with a Yagi & AltosDroid seems like
>it’d work just fine if I just watched RSSI.
>
>Thanks!
>-Bryan
>
>> On May 30, 2019, at 5:52 PM, Bdale Garbee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Bryan Duke <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>> Awesome, thanks. I’ve read a couple posts on TRF of people saying
>the
>>> 3 isn’t directional enough for RDF. Any issues with that?
>>
>> RDF can be fun, or it can be really annoying .. I have to admit it's
>> been a while since I did any myself.
>>
>> Having said that, I've successfully done RDF with a 3-element.
>>
>> Honestly, the biggest thing you need for doing RDF is an RF
>attenuator
>> (in the radio or external) so that when you get close you can knock
>the
>> signal down enough to not have full quieting in all directions.
>We've
>> done things like putting on a rubber duck and using the body of the
>HT
>> as a "blocker" to look for the deepest null... even taking the
>antenna
>> entirely off and using just an open SMA connector on the end of the
>HT
>> to "sniff out" which direction a strong signal is coming from.
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>>
>> Bdale
>
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