[RFI] Triangulating with quad-copter/drones?

[qrv at kd4e.com]

Excellent question ... that never occurred to me. No idea.

If they are noisy, can they be quieted? Or is there another method to
run the little critters that is quieter?

Thanks ... DavidC KD4E

> How much RFI is generated by those 30 Amp ESC controllers to run the motors?
> 
> de Jim WB5WPA
> 
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> *From:* "qrv at kd4e.com" <qrv at kd4e.com>
> *To:* Rfi List <rfi at contesting.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 11, 2018 3:25 PM
> *Subject:* [RFI] Triangulating with quad-copter/drones?
> 
> I had a wild thought ...
> 
> I've seen quad-copters controlled via a program to fly in various
> patterns.
> 
> What if they received a target signal and relayed, real-time, that
> signal back to the controller - so that they could triangulate down
> to the source?
> 
> I'd imagine it's possible to them to have tiny on-board computers
> so they could process and control independently ... but that's
> probably a whole lot harder.
> 
> Coding such a thing is way above my pay grade ... but I thought I'd
> share the notion ...
> 
> 73, DavidC KD4E