In our aeromodelling club we sometimes (even often) have crashes on the approach to land. Some members blame poor radio installation, some poor construction, others RF interference, some pilot error (very few).
The cross-wind and downwind legs pass over a long three strand wire fence at low altitude. The strands are not connected to each other except by wooden posts, which are often wet. The soil is acid. The frequencies in use are 35MHz and 2.4GHz.
Is it possible, that the fence acts as a sink for the RF field and low field strength in the "RF shadow" of the fence. Would earth bonding the wires together and connecting to grounded copper conductors help or worsen any such effect?
The cross-wind and downwind legs pass over a long three strand wire fence at low altitude. The strands are not connected to each other except by wooden posts, which are often wet. The soil is acid. The frequencies in use are 35MHz and 2.4GHz.
Is it possible, that the fence acts as a sink for the RF field and low field strength in the "RF shadow" of the fence. Would earth bonding the wires together and connecting to grounded copper conductors help or worsen any such effect?