Antenna Mods on Car

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    • May 25, 2002 at 12:12 am #9011
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      Has anyone out thier modified the antenna on the car, maybe with an antenna like the one on the control? i’m curious if this would help.

    • May 25, 2002 at 4:13 am #14137
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      YES. unsolder your old antenna and replace it with 1 strand of Construction grade Cat-5 ethernet wire and do NOTtie a knot in it. There are 8 strands in there just use 1 strand. Construction grade is solid coper wires instead of stranded. This helped my range quite a bit. I also drilled a new hole for the antenna in in the middle aboe the windshield (like new VW’s). Just to have a different look.

      -Peter

    • May 25, 2002 at 5:17 am #14140
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      hey prabbit, how long did you make the car antenna stick out? what about the cat 5 on the controller side, how long? does it flop down? b

    • May 25, 2002 at 5:31 am #14141
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      I’ve done the CAT5 mod to my cars only – NOT the controller. The length of all the antennae is 70mm (from the antenna clip to the tip) except for the 57MHz car, which is fitted with a 90mm antenna.

      Excellent increase in jitter-free range.

      But, as Prabbit advised, make sure you get construction-grade CAT5 – cutting a section of the multi-core stuff from the patch lead at the back of your PC will not be very effective (oh…. and you’ll probably lose some of your network connections, too :smiley2:)

      Derek

    • May 25, 2002 at 5:59 am #14146
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      Oh….almost forgot.

      Check out this thread for more info.

      Later

      Derek

    • May 25, 2002 at 3:11 pm #14161
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      I simply opend up the car and unwound the arial from around the cuircuit board. This gave me a bout another 4-5 cm of length and improved the range. Especially after I took the knot out. A dab of hot glue now holds it in place

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