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Old 01-11-2007 | 04:31 AM
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Nick_Malinoski
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Originally Posted by coons88
Have you cut your arial shorter? Or is it wrapped around something and doesn't stick up the arial tube?

I have just the standard Spektrum in my 3pk. I cut the arial on my receiver down to 4" (still longer then the minimum 3.6") and I sometimes get a similar problem. I will be driving around and at some far points of the track it seems to loose signal and the failsafe kicks in. I have put it down to the arial being too short and not enough of it is sticking up the arial tube. I was going to put on a new arial but by the looks of it you have to send it back to replace the arial, so instead I am just changing the route of the arial to the arial tube so that more of it sticks up the tube. I will be testing today so I will see how it goes.
The arial is the stock length and routed directly to the antenna tube (its in a TC3 with a BMI chassis, which has an antenna hole in the top deck). The arial is not wrapped around anything, it is run straight and directly to the antenna tube.

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Nick Malinoski
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