Chris Attebery <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi Guys,
>
> The antenna pad on my TM V2 was ripped off the board during a hard landing
> last month. My plan is to epoxy the pad back onto the board and then solder
> a thin wire from the output of C177/U174 to the antenna wire. I've also
> thought that converting the board to an SMA connector might be a more
> rugged solution.
>
> Any suggestions?

Plan sounds ok.  I've done both things, putting an SMA on isn't really 
more robust, and the RF performance isn't better, but sometimes it's
easier than trying to get enough epoxy around a wire to hold it in place
once the pads are damaged.

Bdale

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