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Questions tagged [rssi]

Received Signal Strength Indicators, also known as the "bars" that display your signal reception. Questions about how they work and how to use them belong here!

This tag is for questions which relate to gauging the strength of a received signal or comparing the strengths of received signals.

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Digital-mode signal reports

When operating analog voice, we give a qualitative (or possibly just arbitrary) signal report, 'scoring' the signal either out of a maximum 'five by five', or a maximum '599'. How do you report the quality of the received signal when using digital…
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How to Measure Signal Strength

I am building several types of radio antennas, and I would like to test which is the most effective. I am wondering: What is the best way to measure the strength of the received signal? It is at ~151 MHz and 2 watt transmission power, and I will be…
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RSSI on both ends of UHF Point to Point network do not match

My understanding of an RSSI reading is that it should equal Tx power - Tx feed loss + Tx antenna gain - pathloss + Rx antenna gain - Rx feed loss. If this is the case, if the radios at either end are identical and have the same Tx power, shouldn't…
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How to measure received signal strength, using DIY circuit

I use 2.4GHz receivers for flying my RC planes via FPV. So i can get best reception i use multiple antennas on multiple video receivers. I have a diversity controller that uses noise in the video signal to decide which receiver output i will be…
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Wireless signal strength explanation needed

Could you kindly explain me or advise following please... I have a TP-link WiFi router. When I measure signal strength just in the vicinity of the router- literally I touch my smartphone (with WiFi signal strength measurement application) to a WiFi…
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Can I measure position with antenna/receiver?

I hope this question is not out of bounds. I'm a EE with little RF and you guys seem to know a LOT about RF... I have a small vehicle traveling in a straight line at low speed. I need to know when it crosses a line that is perpendicular to it's…
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