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ground station, quick note
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I'm copying my reply to my buddy Carl in here,
as I thought it could be of general interest. Subject's ground stations in general.
This is just a quick jot-down, if there's interest, I can post my setup and how I did it in detail, no problem. Will be for the first week of may, though..

..got a Boscam FR632 and run it with 3s Lipos, everything inside one of those clear plastik-lunchboxes with rubber foam and Lipo-straps stuck through and glued in. I can post a few pics of the setup, if you like!
I just noticed that, every time the quad was "behind my head", reception was getting way worse. Thought about it a little and concluded that what was in the way was my head. Metal-ions & Hydrody-apatite-crystals from skull bones, combined with lots of water, are not exactly friends of RC-waves. Now that'd be one advantage of being an airhead ROFL ROFL ROFL 
However, raising the antenna mounts to the point of looking like an ant wasn't feasible to my eyes, so I opted for a cheap try at the ground-station concept: Lunchbox was for free, cheapo camera-tripod around 25bucks, about 1 hour on lengthening the AV-cables, though. Result: WAY better reception behind yourself, and another advantage is you can set up the station in another direction from where you're facing! I did my first overview-flight, then decided to mainly spend time in one corner of the field, so I set up the GS facing that direction while still looking the other way for commodity. Pretty neat, everything fits into the little lunchbox including 2x 1500mAh 3s Lipos, which give you tons of reception time without worrying about sucking your Fatshark-batts dry (..another advantage: Fatshark-Lipos last way longer when Rx is turned off..). So overall, I can really recommend investing those few extra bucks and spending some little time on rigging the setup! *as a newbie, that is...  Wink
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I love cheap DIY with big payoffs Wink Id love to see some pics for sure
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