Cool, thanks. Sooooo, did it work? -Bryan
> On May 30, 2019, at 6:36 PM, Bdale Garbee <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> altusmetrum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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