Suppose I have a handheld UAV radio groundstation and on it is a 500mW-1W 900MHz two-way data link running off an omnidirectional for flight data and control purposes. On the same groundstation there is also I also have a 5.8GHz video receiver.
Now...I'm pretty sure the 900MHz antenna could blind the 5.8GHz antenna during a data transmission to the UAV with them being placed so closely together. Would I be correct in thinking that using a directional antenna rather than an omni-directional antenna for the 5.8GHz video link would go a long way in ensuring a minimal amount of 900MHz RF energy being transmitted by the datalink would feedback into the video link (as long as the 5.8Ghz directional antenna did not have the 900MHz omni-directional antenna in it's FOV).
And I suppose a tricky potential problem is also on the UAV itself which needs to transmit 5.8Ghz video and transmit 900Mhz data while also receiving 900MHz data from the groundstation. I'm concerned about the 5.8Ghz video transmitter interferring with the 900MHz data reception. Directional antennas are a no-no since I have no room (or patience!) for onboard antenna trackers. But the situtation is not as severe as the ground station I suppose because the video link transmission is 250mW.
Now...I'm pretty sure the 900MHz antenna could blind the 5.8GHz antenna during a data transmission to the UAV with them being placed so closely together. Would I be correct in thinking that using a directional antenna rather than an omni-directional antenna for the 5.8GHz video link would go a long way in ensuring a minimal amount of 900MHz RF energy being transmitted by the datalink would feedback into the video link (as long as the 5.8Ghz directional antenna did not have the 900MHz omni-directional antenna in it's FOV).
And I suppose a tricky potential problem is also on the UAV itself which needs to transmit 5.8Ghz video and transmit 900Mhz data while also receiving 900MHz data from the groundstation. I'm concerned about the 5.8Ghz video transmitter interferring with the 900MHz data reception. Directional antennas are a no-no since I have no room (or patience!) for onboard antenna trackers. But the situtation is not as severe as the ground station I suppose because the video link transmission is 250mW.
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