Base loaded aerial

[David Drew]

Yeh, just found them on the website. Not a bad price either

Thanks Mike557

[Gt450s]

Give us a clue, what are they under ?

[David Drew]

Under motorsandrotors.com /Product Index/Radio kit/JR Radio & scroll down very near the bottom of the page

David

[XH558]

Sorry what was that Dave? Who rattled your cage

Exactly no one seems to want to make anything nowadays for 50p - rather spend several quid on a bright shiny one I'll get back in my cage now

[HighlanderJC]

How do these things fit on your receiver?

[David Drew]

I give in!!

Tell you what. I'll compromise XH558, I'll buy one and I'll make one.

I can then compare

Highlander. The one I saw on a heli had the Rx aerial cut to length (just long enough to route tidily) and soldered to the terminal on the base of the aerial.

David

[ross]

Quick UK do something similar.

If you feel confident you can make something perfectly functional with 7" of copper wire from a twin and earth cable soldered to a 10 micro henry choke, heatsrinked and sleeved and soldered to your Rx with the standard cable cut down to 4".

quick UK one is prettier though

That should smarten up a £1500 quid Futaba tranny!!

[ross]

Good idea. Saves a few bob! But should the tranny and rcvr have matched aerials?

[David Drew]

[QUOTE=Smoothound;24015]Quick UK do something similar.

If you feel confident you can make something perfectly functional with 7" of copper wire from a twin and earth cable soldered to a 10 micro henry choke, heatsrinked and sleeved and soldered to your Rx with the standard cable cut down to 4".

Does that 4" apply to a quick base loaded too? Or just a made-up one?

David

[Smoothound]

I would imagine they are made exactly the same way so yes.

with the Quick one you are paying extra for a nice machined ally choke cover

[XH558]

How do these things fit on your receiver?

You know that screwdriver thing you have with a mains plug on it that gets hot on one end ...... yes that's it - your soldering iron ...... well you solder it on
(sorry couldn't resist that )
Carefully trim your existing RX aerial wire to exactly 4" - then solder that to one end of the choke (10 microhenry) wire (trimmed short) - then solder the other trimmed end of the choke wire to exactly 7" of 35amp mains inner copper wire - and shrink wrap the soldering ... then as pretty coloured bling add some protective tube over the mains copper wire with a natty black end cap as per my links previously given. Eh voila

[XH558]

Good idea. Saves a few bob! But should the tranny and rcvr have matched aerials?

Well you could try cutting the TX aerial down to 4" too - to match - but it may not work so good

[David Drew]

Looking at those pics, 4" does not allow much to get the aerial lead away from the Rx, (mine is in the nose) down the skid and located. The one in the pic is on what looks like a rear mounted Rx and is angled.

Front mounted would not allow getting the aerial far away from the other electrics, esp on an electric heli.

Has anyone got a set of instructions for a Quick UK base loaded?. What length does it say to cut the aerial lead to? The one I saw mounted on a Trex 600 at the weekend had at least 8 - 10 inches of lead. Aerial was mounted well away from ESC/motor etc

Thanks all

David

[XH558]

Looking at those pics, 4" does not allow much to get the aerial lead away from the Rx, (mine is in the nose) down the skid and located. The one in the pic is on what looks like a rear mounted Rx and is angled.
Front mounted would not allow getting the aerial far away from the other electrics, esp on an electric heli.

There's no pleasing some people You know what the Round Table say .....
Adopt - Adapt - Improve ....

[Gt450s]

David,

IF there are any instructions with the Quick Base loaded Aerial I will have them tomorrow