Tag: Radio
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FCC Highlights Industry Backing for Opening 800 MHz Cellular Band to Drones
The FCC has pointed to support from drone makers, wireless carriers and industry groups ahead of a vote on letting commercial drones use additional cellular spectrum.
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After the ESP32, the LR2021 LoRa Chip Is Found to Hide an SDR Too
Only weeks after a hidden baseband mode turned the ESP32 into a software-defined radio, a similar capability has been reported in the LR2021 LoRa chip.
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ESP-SDR Gains Transmit Support, Moving Beyond Listen-Only Use
A developer known as [marble] has released early ESP32 firmware that lets the chip’s 2.4 GHz radio transmit as well as receive, extending last week’s listen-only software defined radio hacks.
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How to Set Up ImmersionRC Ghost GPS Telemetry for FPV
ImmersionRC Ghost 2.4GHz long-range LoRa based radio system was announced a year ago and is available on the market for only a little shorter. In this time, ImmersionRC put quite an of effort into making it better, but for unknown reasons always ignored one very important aspect of a long-range radio control link: telemetry!
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QmuBeacon – ESP32 and LoRa based GPS recovery beacon and locator
Having a broken leg, limited mobility, and paid sick leave have some perks after all. I’ve finally found some free time to sit on the project I started, I think, two years ago: ESP32, LoRa based GPS beacon, and locator. You know, put it on an airplane and have a way to get the distance…
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FlySky FRM302 & FTR16S AFHDS3 – The Ultimate 2.4GHz Long-Range Radio System
ImmersionRC Ghost is the new long-range 2.4GHz radio system that is getting the most traction in the media in the last few days. However, IRC Ghost is not the first 2.4GHz SX1280/SX1281 LoRa based radio system that has hit the market. FlySky FRM302 TX module and FlySky FTR16S AFHDS3 receiver are available since May 2020,…
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Radiomaster TX16S Teardown – let’s see what’s inside!
Radiomaster TX16S is one of the most exciting premieres of the first half of 2020. Not only it establishes itself as a second most wanted radio transmitter on the market (right behind radios made by FrSky), it brings a few very interesting features to the table as well. Some of them are: Today, let’s open…
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The best RC radio transmitters for Q2 2020
The last year was a good year in terms of new radio transmitters. It’s no longer a choice between FlySky and FrSky. We have new players and new products. Below is my, very subjective, overview of the most interesting radios on the market. Still the best – FrSky X10S Horus In my very personal opinion,…
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FrSky R-XSR pinout