Norris White

I have little radio control over my rc truck as of yesterday. With radio on the controls are at best jerky up to 10 ' range and nothing past that. It acts like interference, but I have run in this area for months with no problems and I have the same results at another location a mile away and 24 hrs. later.

I have changed batteries and check all connections and looked for frayed or broken wires.

I also switched the 27.045MHz crystal with another cars 64MHz crystal and that didn't work at all in either car.
Do I have a bad crystal, and why didn't the 64MHz one work, are they too far apart in frequency????

Sorry for the newbie question.

MikeMayberry

My Feedback: (1)

You can't switch from 27mhz to 75mhz by changing the crystal.

Mike.

Norris White

But, do you think I have a bad 27 crystal??

MikeMayberry

My Feedback: (1)

It's possible but there are many things that can cause glitching or poor range.

Is this an electric or nitro car?

Mike.

Norris White

Nitro, so what should I check that I haven't checked.

Lack of range....I'm talking 10 feet with the antenna pointed at the car and even then the servo's are jerking.

So can I get different frequency crystals for this radio if I stay in the 27MHz range, so when I do have interference and can switch them?

Thanks Mike.

MikeMayberry

My Feedback: (1)

What radio system and receiver do you have? What crystals are you using? If you are still having problems I would sent it in and we will check it out for you.

Mike.

Norris White

But turned out to be a newbie problem, the new batteries I installed in the car turned out to have one bad one in the batch, didn't believe it until I stuck a ohm meter on it them. Simple solution to a newbie problem, next time I will look hareder at the batteries instead of just putting in new ones.

Thanks again.