Flying Drones are Part 15 Devices

Radio Application of UAS

Of course UAS stands for "Unmanned Aerial System" as explained by Tim in the neighboring thread at part15(dot)us.

Most obviously the UAS are excellent vehicles for camera views unattainable from a ladder or rooftop. Yesterday I found a 360-degree camera video taken from a very professional UAS. If I can find it again I'll link it for you.

In the meantime a possible radio use for UAS has been thought about in a conversation with a colleague...

What we do is mount a small sensitive AM radio on the UAS together with a lightweight FM transmitter.

On the ground we listen to the FM signal coming from the UAS. The onboard AM radio is tuned to our AM ground frequency, and by flying out toward the 1,000-foot distance and beyond we can hear how our AM system is doing out in the field.

Naturally we want the most stable and reliable UAS possible, or we'll be bombing the area with radio components. It becomes important to avoid the "Rich Powers Effect", where the flying machine crashes into everything in the terrain.

Catch up with everything being said on this subject at part15(dot)us

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