Hey Wayne, that was a very excellent overview, I'm much more educated now on utilizing it. I've actually took mine out of the box and at present currently "properly" checking this quad that seems to have no range at 25mw but functions ok on 200mw and guess what?? on 25MW its around 10mw. Reggie and I now have been able to use it on his locomotive set to match the frequency's Really Cool.
I'll have to go back and check out a few quads myself. I remember one having amazing range at 25mw which I'm now less than convinced was 25mw. I do notice that the mighty RushFPV VTX's do start to break up quite early on 25mw, which makes sense now given that they seem a little down on power. I remember people mentioning in the older VTX's the variance used to be massive on different channels - so it might be worth having a look to see how it goes on other bands/channels as well to see if there's one or two channels that make it flyable.
Bort one last month from hobby RC very handy measure the tx power(LBT)to see true output when I switch to 100mw instead of the legal 25mw(oops did I just fess up🤔)and see if fpv Antennas are ok after a crash,i downloaded a mw to dBm chart ie 25mw=14dbm etc,great as a checking tool for equipment testing.👍
@@CurryKitten Depends on what the dBm was when new say 3dbm then when checked the value drops indicating a problem as resulting a crash ripping the antenna out or a break in the element,you can build Antennas and use the tool to tune to the right length and check dBm or signal strength for that given frequency.ive made a few 31mm and checked after with this tool that it was correctly tuned for that purpose.
I have a cheaper unbranded power meter and they are useful for all sorts, its one of those things you wonder why you didn't get sooner, like 3d printers! Lol, I'm using R9, I have two R9M modules, one running FrSky firmware which I use with R9 Slim+ RX's and the other R9M is running ELRS and that's being tested at the moment with purpose made ELRS900 RX's.
I haven't really seen anything else on the market like these... then again I probably haven't looked, and I'm guessing this wasn't sold as a hobby item?
@@CurryKitten There are all sorts on A express, mine was something like £25. Another great tool you should look at is a Nano VNA V2 (not V1 as they are much more limited on frequency). Its an antenna analyser, I use it to test pre made antennas and tune them and also make my own and use it for 27mhz 433mhz 446mhz 868mhz and 2.4ghz, ive just made a bunch of perfectly tuned 868 antennas for ELRS :) It only goes up to 3ghz unfortunately so no good for 5.8ghz, you can get units that will go to 6ghz but they are very expensive, the Nano VNA V2 is around 30 quid.
The battery charging circuit through the usb doesn’t work on mine.It’s a frustrating process but the battery comes out for recharging. It’s a tiny lion cylinder shaped lion cell.
Orqa had me send it in for replacement but neither one charges through the usb. I have tried cell phone chargers,computer usb,4 different cables which all will update the firmware or charge phones or tablets. If i remove the battery then i can charge it through my battery charger. @@CurryKitten
Hey Wayne, that was a very excellent overview, I'm much more educated now on utilizing it. I've actually took mine out of the box and at present currently "properly" checking this quad that seems to have no range at 25mw but functions ok on 200mw and guess what?? on 25MW its around 10mw. Reggie and I now have been able to use it on his locomotive set to match the frequency's Really Cool.
I'll have to go back and check out a few quads myself. I remember one having amazing range at 25mw which I'm now less than convinced was 25mw. I do notice that the mighty RushFPV VTX's do start to break up quite early on 25mw, which makes sense now given that they seem a little down on power. I remember people mentioning in the older VTX's the variance used to be massive on different channels - so it might be worth having a look to see how it goes on other bands/channels as well to see if there's one or two channels that make it flyable.
I have the previous version of this meter (in red) and it paid itself several times already. A must have IMHO.
Technically the same version (there are 3 versions of V2!) Really does allow you to get rid of any guesswork doesn't it
Fantastic review, Wayne! Thanks! 😃
I want one of those for a long time!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Me too - very glad to have acquired one ")
Great overview of a useful tool. 👍🤓
Thanks 👍
Great stuff, thank you for sharing. Think i might be getting one.
I'm curious how mini dipole antennas would do, great review as always.
Bort one last month from hobby RC very handy measure the tx power(LBT)to see true output when I switch to 100mw instead of the legal 25mw(oops did I just fess up🤔)and see if fpv Antennas are ok after a crash,i downloaded a mw to dBm chart ie 25mw=14dbm etc,great as a checking tool for equipment testing.👍
Interesting - how are you checking antennas out after a crash. Do they not radiate out as much power if the lobes have been bent or something?
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Depends on what the dBm was when new say 3dbm then when checked the value drops indicating a problem as resulting a crash ripping the antenna out or a break in the element,you can build Antennas and use the tool to tune to the right length and check dBm or signal strength for that given frequency.ive made a few 31mm and checked after with this tool that it was correctly tuned for that purpose.
Good review Wayne. Can you measure walksnail vtx power output? As a walksnail user, I'm very curious about its true power.
Yes - I do intend to, on one of my v2's... although only upto 700mw. I'll aim to get to that before I install it on a wing
Have you watched Chris rosser's video? he did a test on ws vtx and the results were very strange.
can you test the RushFPV MAX SOLO? a polish youtuber tested it and it hit 4W! If that's true then im def buying one.
If I can get the appropriate attenuators
I have a cheaper unbranded power meter and they are useful for all sorts, its one of those things you wonder why you didn't get sooner, like 3d printers! Lol, I'm using R9, I have two R9M modules, one running FrSky firmware which I use with R9 Slim+ RX's and the other R9M is running ELRS and that's being tested at the moment with purpose made ELRS900 RX's.
I haven't really seen anything else on the market like these... then again I probably haven't looked, and I'm guessing this wasn't sold as a hobby item?
@@CurryKitten There are all sorts on A express, mine was something like £25.
Another great tool you should look at is a Nano VNA V2 (not V1 as they are much more limited on frequency).
Its an antenna analyser, I use it to test pre made antennas and tune them and also make my own and use it for 27mhz 433mhz 446mhz 868mhz and 2.4ghz, ive just made a bunch of perfectly tuned 868 antennas for ELRS :)
It only goes up to 3ghz unfortunately so no good for 5.8ghz, you can get units that will go to 6ghz but they are very expensive, the Nano VNA V2 is around 30 quid.
The battery charging circuit through the usb doesn’t work on mine.It’s a frustrating process but the battery comes out for recharging. It’s a tiny lion cylinder shaped lion cell.
Mine works ok - have you pinged IRC about this. They are normally pretty good with repairs?
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I opened a ticket with Orqa/IRC and will see what happens.
I can flash the firmware through the usb but not charge.
Orqa had me send it in for replacement but neither one charges through the usb.
I have tried cell phone chargers,computer usb,4 different cables which all will update the firmware or charge phones or tablets.
If i remove the battery then i can charge it through my battery charger.
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I’m curious if it’s my iMac not having enough power plus I had to use parallel (virtual machine) to download windows for the IRC power meter driver.
It was my iMac going to sleep and it only has usb 2.0.
It doesn’t charge in an hour but it does charge after changing the sleep settings in iMac.