Antenna or Chimera?

Antenna or Chimera?

  Every now and then, someone asks why not connect two antennas together using a Tee or Y adapter for the benefits of both? The answer is that isn’t that simple unfortunately. Unlike batteries that, given they are same voltage, you can wire them together for more available power, antennas produce an alternating current. As […]

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The Pagoda

The Pagoda

The pagoda antenna was developed by Maarten Baert as a free to use design. It quickly became a popular antenna, with multiple brands selling them as is or with various attempts to encase or otherwise protect it. In this post we will study the inner functioning of the pagoda and what are the effects of […]

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The new TBS crossfire

The new TBS crossfire

Team black sheep been doing some great work lately with their new “crossfire” long range system. The current generation of 433MHz “LRS” have served us well, but where plagued by common issues. Notably, the on-board noise coming from different equipment within the aircraft. That super nice camera, with amazing colors, but cut your range completely, […]

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