• @[email protected]
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    They are terrible anti drone nipples then, considering you can easily find off the shelf drone RF antennas at the 400 MHz range easily, which is below 900 MHz. You can also easily find on the 5.8 GHz range.

    Must be why drone attacks are so effective against Russia.

    • @[email protected]M
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      32 years ago

      400MHz? you mean 430MHz-ish, which is near 70cm band?

      i heard that Ukrainians are using 900MHz band for long range drones, that puts it near ISM band also used for LoRa and some other applications like this

    • @[email protected]M
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      22 years ago

      What are the most common ones though? Jammers in UHF are shorter range than the VHF jammers, and so these would help with the network.

      It also doesn’t do you any good if you’re trying to attack the tank and all you have is 1GHz+ drones. Equipment isn’t made to deal with anything and everything, after all the radar isn’t obsolete since it can’t defend against an artillery shell.

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        433 MHz, 915 MHz and the “wi-fi ones”, 2.4 Ghz and 5.8 GHz are the most frequent in off the shelf components

        433 MHz is banned in Europe but allowed in the US.

        915 MHz is banned in the US, but allowed in Europe.

        The wi-fi bands (they don’t go by that name, it’s just most commonly known for that specific use) are allowed everywhere per international convention.

        I’m just saying, they could have selected the jammers better.

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          there’s also 3.4GHz band, rarely used, could collide with some radars

          433MHz could interfere with some 70cm band radios, depending on how badly are all these baofengs misused

          Of course, if you make your own drones from scratch, you can make them work on any part of spectrum, including what is normally advised against. There are tradeoffs to be done, but not all rules of electromagnetic compliance will be adhered to in wartime

          • @[email protected]
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            12 years ago

            I think if their jamming goes up to 3 GHz, the sidebands of the jammer might affect at 3.4 GHz too, but yeah, there is also that one.

            The problem with making your own RF systems is that Ukraine would require a steady supply of RF components, which might be hard to secure in war time over off the shelf, which probably have stocked supply lines in most places, through hobbyists stores.

  • @[email protected]
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    122 years ago

    “Dammit man, it’s like tits on a Russian tank” was not a phrase I was expecting to learn had some veracity this week

    • @[email protected]
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      42 years ago

      Oh you know there’s some anime out there where they depict tanks as girls. They’ve already done it with warships, right?

      • Astro
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        12 years ago

        There is a series called “Girls Und Panzer” I think

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        I know of warships as girls, guns as girls and fighter planes as girls but I’m not aware of tanks as girls.

        • Kitty Jynx
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          22 years ago

          The youtuber Cone of Arc uses a tank girl avatar so there is at least one out there.

  • @[email protected]
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    42 years ago

    If remote control doesn’t work anymore it’s time to roll out the fully automated AI killer drones that hunt down anything that moves. Nothing can go wrong, surely nothing can go wrong…

  • @[email protected]M
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    22 years ago

    Could be useful against those drone dropped grenades. Especially at shorter range. Actually a good idea, though they still look funny.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 years ago

      Im pretty sure the control amd video feeds for my drone is switchable between 2…4ghz and 5.8ghz… Range of 7km with uprated antennas, and its just an old dji phantom. Nothing fancy. Instantly doesnt give a shit about this tank tech.

        • @[email protected]
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          32 years ago

          Honestly, I never tested that distance. I reached about 5km piloting from a hill, with a clear line of sight, video (on 2.4ghz) and the control (on 5.7ghz) with good signal still for both feeds.

    • Pons_Aelius
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      New control system.

      Have a suicide drone head straight for the interference signal, HARM style.

  • FiveMacs
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    222 years ago

    I’d be halarious if these photos were taken from a Ukraine drone while Russians were operating the tank…also wouldn’t surprise me

  • PugJesus
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    72 years ago

    “Rubber nipples? Hm. No, I don’t think I need any rubber nipples. But you know what I do need? WALRUS PROTECTORS”