"Heather Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Gordy -
>Thanks for sharing these comments with me ...
>
>Is it possible you were using bad batteries? Otherwise, I would guess
>you were in a REALLY bad Rf environment!
>
>I'm estimating your 100 paces at about 100 or so feet, right?
>
>Our product manager helped do the QC testing on the first shipment of
>these, and with multiple units was able to get over 200 feet with every
>single unit WITHOUT the external antenna. A couple went up to the 300
>ft max range, others had a max range of around 230-270 feet. (With
>antenna, we easily got over 800 feet and close to 1000 ft)
I just got mine today and haven't been able to test it at a flying field yet,
but I'm looking at it right now in my living room and getting indications of
from 10 to 15 randomly changing channels in use at a time. That's a bit
surprising at 10:45 PM with no flying fields within miles. It seems to have a
special bias toward channels 15 and 16, as it kept them constantly lit, even
with no antenna, while sitting on my dashboard as I drove across town.
I hope this thing works better outside in an open field.
Mike
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