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The drone was placed on the workbench, USB power delivered by the WARG laptop. The ranger and tx16 were placed on the blue bench ~ 1m away, taking measurements for TPower, LQ, and RSSI. This configuration ensured the most free air between the drone and the groundside (no vanny, or other cables in the way - less reflections & alignment issues). The ranger was powered by Hardy Yu’s laptop, while the tx16 was plugged in to charge the low battery (7.2v after test #1). Output power for the tx16 was limited to 10mW , while the ranger was limited to 250mW with dynamic power.
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This improvement is likely due to the fact that there’s lots of Wifi/cell/interference inside E7things in our bay to cause reflections or interactions between other antennas. Notice how we are at a steady 10mW of transmission power now, with 100% LQ.
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