Topic: 2.4Ghz aerial inside transmitter glove

Winter flying is almost impossible for me without a transmitter glove/muff/mit, call it what you like. I don't like flying with gloves, lose all sense of feel.

The question is now that I've switched to 2.4 Ghz, the aerial won't fit through the hole in the glove, but it will fit if its bend sideways.

Will the signal be affected by the material of the glove, which is probably some man made fibre?

Andrew

I'm guessing barely at all or not enough to matter much.  Either way I'd just do some range tests with and without the glove and see what happens.

Just went out the field next door to do some testing. The light was going, but as far as I could tell, it didn't make any difference whether the transmitter was inside the glove/muff/mit or not.

What was in my mind was the warnings which come with 2.4 equipment that objects in the signal path will adversely affect the signal. That and the fact that the aerial was touching something rather than being in open air.

Warm hands here I come!!

Andrew

I can't imagine it being a problem - unless you go bling and get a carbon fibre glove

Richard

There's a transmitter glove?!

Could barely feel my fingers the other day!!

[here's one]

I was thinking about one, when our lass says she could make one easy peasy.... still waiting....



Phil

I would suspect the only time to be careful using a glove is if the weather was damp / misty and condensation was forming on the outside of the glove. I'm told water can reduce the range dramatically though I haven't experienced this at all.

J