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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Melody" data-source="post: 76573" data-attributes="member: 9146"><p>I was experimenting with the Marco Polo tracker. I placed the puck on the top of my Spark and attempted to fly it around my yard. On the flight I lost GPS several times or saw "Weak GPS " error many times. I had never seen this GPS error prior to placing the puck on the drone. I landed the Spark and removed the puck but did not reboot the Spark. On the second flight without the Marco Polo went the entire flight without any GPS errors. That was enough for me to abandon trying to attach anything to the top of the Spark. </p><p></p><p>I am an RF engineer and a Ham radio operator and I know better than covering up the GPS antenna but the center of the Spark is not directly over the GPS antenna so I gave it a try. It did not totally stop the GPS from functioning but greatly reduced its sensitivity. I ended up placing the Marco Polo under the battery on a landing gear I purchased from Amazon. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/CEARI-Extender-Fast-Landing-Spark/dp/B074BQ8T4B/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1547390616&sr=8-10&keywords=spark+landing" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/CEARI-Extender-Fast-Landing-Spark/dp/B074BQ8T4B/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1547390616&sr=8-10&keywords=spark+landing</a> </p><p></p><p>Someone needs to design a locator that turns on on impact. Or even better a locator that has a timer function that switches on the locator after 30 minutes. So before every flight you would press a reset button and the locator to reset the timer. If the 30 minute timer expires the puck turns on and hopefully you could track your drone. After flying for the day there would also be an on/off switch that turns the locator completely off.</p><p></p><p>However I have got over the fear of losing my drones and do not use any locators at all. I do have my phone number, FCC reg # and "REWARD if FOUND" sticker on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Melody, post: 76573, member: 9146"] I was experimenting with the Marco Polo tracker. I placed the puck on the top of my Spark and attempted to fly it around my yard. On the flight I lost GPS several times or saw "Weak GPS " error many times. I had never seen this GPS error prior to placing the puck on the drone. I landed the Spark and removed the puck but did not reboot the Spark. On the second flight without the Marco Polo went the entire flight without any GPS errors. That was enough for me to abandon trying to attach anything to the top of the Spark. I am an RF engineer and a Ham radio operator and I know better than covering up the GPS antenna but the center of the Spark is not directly over the GPS antenna so I gave it a try. It did not totally stop the GPS from functioning but greatly reduced its sensitivity. I ended up placing the Marco Polo under the battery on a landing gear I purchased from Amazon. [URL]https://www.amazon.com/CEARI-Extender-Fast-Landing-Spark/dp/B074BQ8T4B/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1547390616&sr=8-10&keywords=spark+landing[/URL] Someone needs to design a locator that turns on on impact. Or even better a locator that has a timer function that switches on the locator after 30 minutes. So before every flight you would press a reset button and the locator to reset the timer. If the 30 minute timer expires the puck turns on and hopefully you could track your drone. After flying for the day there would also be an on/off switch that turns the locator completely off. However I have got over the fear of losing my drones and do not use any locators at all. I do have my phone number, FCC reg # and "REWARD if FOUND" sticker on them. [/QUOTE]
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