Just a standard antenna tube right nowwhat is the material your using to hold the antennas?
There are 2 modes with the HV Rx "normal" & "Hi speed". So I have tried both as wellhow are you ground testing it? power down and walking or full power and flying? what are these power settings you mentioned earlier?
wait till you feel the cold shoulder they throw when you tell em you want to use a long range system with it... they flip out,,, file for divorce. These places are what they are....
but your **** should work alot better
does it get the 30 paces in lowpower?
Re-bound... Put back into Hi-speed & heading out again.rebind it and try that again
I have it tested laid to the rightfor best range, the tx antenna should not be sticking straight up from the tx. laid out parallel to the ground, either right or left of center works much better.
I wouldn't be worried, give a real range test and see what happens. My wife says I have impeccable luck with this hobby so I expect bumps in the road which forces a quick learning curveThis is making me nervous. I'm still waiting on my motors and escs from TBS to arrive, but in the mean time I may run out with my 8FGS and Rx to do some range testing with the micro. I don't expect a mile without going to UHF but reading what you have been going through to reach 1/4 and 1/2 has me a bit worried since I've got essentially the same setup.