[geeks] Long range radio?

[Jeremy Grosser]

Not sure if this is the best or most elegant solution, but you could  
put a WiFi card on your gumstix and use one of the many homebrew  
wireless antenna designs on the ground for signal amplification. I'd  
imagine that a good omni-directional antenna would do the trick.
--
Jeremy Grosser
www.runemonkey.com

On Aug 6, 2005, at 1:59 AM, Michael Dombrowski wrote:

> Hello All,
> I'm looking for a long range (1000' would be ideal,
> more better of course), slow (only 9600 needed),
> small, and cheap transmitter for digital data. We can
> get small and cheap with decent range (500') easy from
>
> http://www.sparkfun.com/shop/index.php?shop=1&cart=359638&cat=62&
>
> (Great site BTW) As we want to use GPS on our RC
> plane, 500' is kind of limiting. So if anyone has any
> recommendation for something that will work, please
> let me know.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
>
>
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