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  Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
 
"Falk" == Falk Stricker <falk.stricker@gmx.de> writes: (...) Falk> because a lot of toys are using mignon batteries Mignon batteries? Falk> and so I have about 20 rechargable batteries and a processor Falk> charger for loading these in a short (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
 
  Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
 
Johannes Keukelaar skrev i meddelandet ... (...) We did some tests when the kit was new (almost a year ago now!), and we had communications working from first to second floor (old house, no cement or iron in the walls, just a brick chimney in the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
 
  Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
 
(...) of the CM. On using the rechargable batteries the control shows a low battery status also on just refreshed batteries... So the action radius was about a maximum of 3...4 meters an d the connection was interrupted seveal times. My measurements (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
 
  Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
 
(...) Mignon batteries are batteries of size R6 like used in CM. (...) You are right the nominal voltage of this recharable batteries is 1.2V but I tested the voltage of a just refreshed batterie under load and then the real voltage was about 1.25 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
 
  Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
 
I would second the recommendation for trying different locations for the tower. At one point I had so many problems with "dead spots" with my exploring rover (that needs to communicate with the map making/route finding software running on the PC), (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
 
  Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
 
(...) I would suspect that antenna placement, and possibly considering a different antenna design, would make a huge difference. Look in some radio books for things like Yagi designs. Give you much more range, but also make the antenna very (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)

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