DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

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ThatFlieCray
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DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

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I have something I'd like to share with my fellow BitCrazers. It's a DIY 9dB antenna booster for the CrazyRadio. This design is sometimes referred to as the WindSurfer. It's used in WiFi signal boosting & extending the radio range of other RC Quadcopters.

I edited an antenna booster template with instructions & BitCraze logo. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

ENJOY
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Re: DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

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Hah, well done. Now time for a max range test!
tobias
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Re: DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

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Nice! Do you have any idea how well it works?
Noctámbulo
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Re: DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

Post by Noctámbulo »

Hi all,

First, my apologies for my bad english. Maybe is not the correct place to make the question, however, my problem is this:
when I bought the CRPA came with an antenna that doesn't fit on the device, so, as I guess it's impossible to change it in the place where I bought (I live in Ecuador), my question is what kind of antenna can replace it?

Perhaps with an antenna of a router?

Regards,

Diego.
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Re: DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

Post by arnaud »

Hi,

First of all can you please create a new topic when you are asking an unrelated question.

This is very strange, where did you buy the Crazyradio from?

The antenna is an RP-SMA 2.4GHz duck antenna, any standard 2.4GHz wifi antenna will replace it (like the one you get with router or USB wifi dongle).
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Re: DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

Post by Noctámbulo »

Hi,

Sorry for posting the question in the wrong topic, feel free to relocate/remove it.

I bought it from Hackaday.

Ok, thanks for the reply. A doubt about it, the performance is affected by changing the antenna?

Regards,

Diego.
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Re: DIY CrazyRadio Antenna Booster 9dB

Post by arnaud »

No the performance will not be affected, the stock Crazyradio antenna is just a standard 2.4GHz antenna.

Can you take a photo of the Crazyradio packaging (mostly the Seeedstudio sticker) and send it to me? You can send by mail at the contact email https://www.bitcraze.io/contact/. We would like to know where the problem was.

Regards,
Arnaud
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