replacement Radio antenna for spectrum radio

[jdacus]

My antenna on my spectrum radio has been abused enough to were the plastic antenna covering is gone and the actuall antenna is just danggling there and has even broke to were the truck can only dirve 10 feet away


this is for a SC truck and since i bought this radio for a crawler and is used more but the crawler guys this may be a better place to post this


basically i need to know where to buy a new antenna and i checked the spectrum website and didn't find much.

[Narly1]

http://ca.digikey.com/scripts/DkSear...me=730-1004-ND

Oh sorry, forgot you're in the States & I'm in Canada:

http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/114...-px-2450s.html

Narly1

[jdacus]

now does this have the wires to because the antenna wire is broke along with the plastic cover.

[jdacus]

will this work?? looks like the same thing according to the specs but it has a pic

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...ABLE&x=20&y=17

[losikid]

Something like this?

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=JRPA164

[jdacus]

Originally Posted by losikid

Something like this?

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=JRPA164

no i need it for a DX3.0

http://www.spektrumrc.com/DSM/Produc...aceRadios.aspx Its the 5th one down

[Narly1]

Originally Posted by jdacus

now does this have the wires to because the antenna wire is broke along with the plastic cover.

Yes. As shown in the spec drawing shown in the first link I directed you to:

http://ca.digikey.com/scripts/DkSear...me=730-1004-ND

Narly1

[Narly1]

Originally Posted by jdacus

will this work?? looks like the same thing according to the specs but it has a pic

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...ABLE&x=20&y=17

Yes. This is the exact same pn# I directed you to.

Narly1

[Narly1]

The coax pigtail will be a bit longer than the one on the stock antenna, and you might have to fart around a bit with the hole in the case that the antenna base plugs into, but it will work.

Be careful when you go to disconnect the old pigtail connector from the RF (radio frequency) board and when connecting the new one. MMCX connectors are not meant to be disconnected and reconnected repeatedly. They are fragile.

Narly1

[losikid]

To me it they are the same thing, whats the difference from the digikey and horizon ones

[Narly1]

Originally Posted by losikid

To me it they are the same thing, whats the difference from the digikey and horizon ones

The difference is in how they each mount to the radio cases. Look at the base detail for both parts and tell me that they aren't different.

The Nearson antenna snaps into a shaped hole in the transmitter case. The Horizon antenna slips over top of a stub molded into the case and is secured with a small screw.

Narly1