I've been having trouble with both of my transmitters for the past month or so. One being a Futaba 3prka and an AE XP3-SS. Now I understand both are entry level and thats fine with me. I may in the near future be upgrading but...

I was getting glitching randomly, I could be racing at the track or blasting thru a parking lot and i would just lose signal. Not for long though, just enough time to, ya know, smash a curb, take out a spectator. The usual...

Obviously I got sick of it real fast until i figured something out. Both Rx's at some point had the antenna trimmed back slightly. (I'm not talking .250" from the base more like .250" off the top) No big deal right? i read all over that it's no biggie to trim back.

I NEVER PULLED BACK THE SHIELDING/COATING TO EXPOSE THE ANTENNA ITSELF.

As stupid as it sounds I had no idea, all the googling, searching, resulted nothing. Needless to say everything works fine now and I'm not looking at an unneeded upgrade. I really just thought they got damp or something. I just hope this helps someone out that has a glitching issue.

Any input or experiences welcomed.