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Not if you have a phantom II from back when they had a GPS toggle on the controller ;)
Still trackable.
Radiowaves, my friend.
Ham radios don't have GPS and those amateurs will hunt you down if you mess with them.
The authorities can definitely pinpoint signals.
I mean unless you start using those tiny fiber optic cables to control it like they do in ukraine, then they could still shoot at it then find out who bought the drone.
So you basically have to do a lot of DIY with fiber optic cables, and also anonymously buy a drone from somewhere in cash.
I still think its best to use digiscoping, since, are you gonna carry a drone everywhere?
How quick can you get the bird flying before the incident is already over and they leave?
And it forces you to be on ground level, since its very difficult to take off from insidee a building and out a tiny gap in the window (I've tried it before, I crash on the window frame lol). When a protest is happening, you as a citizen-journalist wanna get as far away as possible, so that you can preserve the footage and therefore use it to sway public opinion. Find a good vantage point in a building somewhere with line-of-sight to a protest, set up cameras with scopes, and record from far away.
At least, that's my opinion. You can go Ukranian FPV with fiber cabled if you are that skilled in DIY and flying drones, be my guest 😅
Ha you know your stuff. That being said, radio pinpointing takes time and I am actually very good at flying through small gaps - I was an early drone op, hence the phantom II I keep around!
You keep it stripped down in a backpack so it’s easy to move without worrying about security cam footage and you launch from tall buildings. If you’re smart you get a colleague to bring it in days prior and stash it. Biggest risk is someone catching you in the act of launching, which admittedly is very difficult to avoid 100% of the time. Not that I’d know, to be clear. It’s not like I’d fly drones near the capitol during major protests, that’d be really risky and illegal. Don’t do that ever.