Brilliant! On Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 12:22 AM Mark Brantana via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK, what is an FSD? It is a Field Strength Drone. It’s an idea I am sure > others have had, and I don’t expect to get around to designing or patenting > such a thing. But inventions are often just the merging of new > technologies, and this is not much different. I don’t see any YouTubes > about this or any other reference, so here’s the idea: > > With all the capabilities of little drones I wonder if anyone has designed > one which can carry a field strength meter and fly a grid around an antenna > to evaluate antenna performance. The guts of my little Radio Shack FSM > would have weighed way less than an ounce. > > Ideally, the field strength meter could communicate to the base through > the drone transmitter, reducing weight. Software at the base could link the > drone 3D location data with the FS reading. The drone would have to wait at > test locations for the operator to transmit, and ideally would move to the > next location. Finally, the software might be able to link with existing > simulation software for comparison with theory and allow for simulation > model improvement. This looks like it would take a small team to develop. > > This sounds like it would have many uses besides antenna evaluation, like > RFI evaluation. > > What about it? Has anyone done this? > > Mark > N5PRD > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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