Tested May 10 2007, Sundome, University of South Florida. Test conducted by officials from a local bomb squad.

A Remotec F6A robot equipped with a Monolith Digital Controller (output power 1 Watt and 4 Watts) was driven approximately on the path shown in yellow. The same path was driven using a Remotec Hybrid radio. All radios were driven until they lost signal and displayed a blue screen.

Performance of all radios was mission useable until shortly before failure. For comparison, the location of failure of the Remotec 5W analog radio (old style radio) is also shown. This location is approximate because no raw distance measurement is available.

Measured total path lengths:
1W Monolith Digital Controller: 1512 feet
4W Monolith Digital Controller: 1527 feet
5W Remotec Hybrid Radio (cost approximately $54k): 1541 feet

Point to point distance from OCU to blue screen of 1W Monolith controller is approximately 660 feet.

Summary: The performance of the Monolith Digital Controller was nearly equal to that of the Remotec Hybrid Radio at significantly lower cost.