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11-25-2006, 11:20 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: my house
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|  Antenna question Is an antenna needed on a Clod with a TQ3 radio and receiver? If it is, what do you wire the antenna to? |
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11-25-2006, 11:45 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Claremore
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The antenna has to be there because the Rx has to pick up what the Tx is sending. The antenna also has to be a specific length because of the frequency of the emmitted RF. Bottom line, if you want to control your truck, keep the antenna. Some make an antenna loom or something like thishttp://www.craftlab.net/epage/etech1receiver.htm if you look hard enough, you can also find antenna mounts that an antenna tube could mount in and just run it out the top like a regular r/c |
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11-26-2006, 08:05 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: my house
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Is there any place where I could buy an antenna for my Clod project? | |
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11-26-2006, 08:15 AM
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do you mean an antenna wire? Dose your receiver not have the antenna?
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11-26-2006, 08:23 AM
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11-26-2006, 08:33 AM
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yes all recievers should already have an antenna attached  |
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11-26-2006, 08:33 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Centerville
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This is how I cleaned up the antenna bundle I had. My LHS showed me these boat antennas by Deans. My ant. is 9" long, they very with freq.. Here is a link.http://www.wsdeans.com/products/antenna/index.html |
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11-26-2006, 08:41 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Claremore
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To use this antenna, you hav to cut your old antenna wire down to a couple of inches or so and then solder the pin connector from the new antenna to what you have left. then the deands just plugs in. I have never installed the deans for a boat or car but I just installed one on my heli and it is very nice. | |
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11-26-2006, 04:19 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Claremore
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Teach us oh wise newb leader  |
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11-26-2006, 05:19 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VARCOR
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Your the newest newb!! Quote:
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11-27-2006, 09:27 AM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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 crazyforcrawlers, your receiver will have an antenna wire on it, you can also just use an antenna tube and mount like this and it will work fine. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXHWN9&P=7 Last edited by Grizzly4x4; 11-27-2006 at 11:32 PM. | |
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