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- Sep 17, 2017
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I'm pretty impressed with the results so far using a $9.39AUD Antenna Range Extender. On average, I'm getting an extra kilometre. Of course, as they say, your mileage may vary.
The funny thing was that when I first got the Spark, I would always turn it around and bring it home as soon as the "image signal" became weak, usually under 500m, for fear that it might crash. So when my antenna range extender arrived I set out to do the big comparison - No Extender vs Extender. Imagine my shock when the Spark pushed past 500m and kept going to 1770m. I then placed the Extender on and sent her off again - this time it reached 2875m. I felt so stupid that I had created a "mental" limitation that didn't exist. There has been so much discussion around CE and FCC that I was unsure if Australia was CE or FCC, and was that affecting the the Image signal strength. And I'm still not sure... but I'm definitely happy with 3044m (9986ft) with no hacks or mods.
Check out the video...
The funny thing was that when I first got the Spark, I would always turn it around and bring it home as soon as the "image signal" became weak, usually under 500m, for fear that it might crash. So when my antenna range extender arrived I set out to do the big comparison - No Extender vs Extender. Imagine my shock when the Spark pushed past 500m and kept going to 1770m. I then placed the Extender on and sent her off again - this time it reached 2875m. I felt so stupid that I had created a "mental" limitation that didn't exist. There has been so much discussion around CE and FCC that I was unsure if Australia was CE or FCC, and was that affecting the the Image signal strength. And I'm still not sure... but I'm definitely happy with 3044m (9986ft) with no hacks or mods.
Check out the video...