Gordy, Does it matter why Matt had the problem? He apparently had no
problem with the stock antenna at his field. When using another type
antenna he did have a problem. Weather it was a tuning problem or not
his particular setup did not do as well.
I used a Smiley Rubber Duck antenna with no problems on a Futaba 8UAF.
During some combat a plane hit me and my radio and broke off the adapter
so I went back to the stock antenna.
The problem I had with the Rubber Duck installed is there was no good
way to do a range check. If you removed the antenna at the BNC connector
you had almost no range at all. With the 8UAF there is just a short wire
that connects the plastic adapter to the regular antenna pickup inside
the Tx.
My question is this. Is there a way to do a range check with a Rubber
Duck antenna setup on the 8UAF or other radios? I liked using it. I had
no precieved range problem with the one I had installed on my Tx but I
couldn't ever do a range check! Maybe I'm missing something. Anybody
tell me how they accomplish a range check with a Rubber Duck antenna
setup??????
Thanks
Ed Berris wrote:
> I just finished reading it and like Gordy, I am amazed at the way some
> of you have translated what was said.
> In a message dated 4/23/01 12:10:33 PM Canada Central
> Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
First
> time out for TD, I found a corner of our field in Syossett,
> LI in which I
> lost control of my ship TWICE, and barely recovered to bring
> it on home.
>
> Okay Matt,
>
> Explain why you had the problem?
> Gordy
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