Range testing...
 

Guys,


I'm trying a new setup on one of my jets. I'm using a 10X radio with an R-2000 receiver and a Deans base load antenna. I am getting only about 33 paces with the antenna out of the transmitter which is about 105'. On another jet using a Modelbau-USA coiled whip antenna I can walk over 100 paces using the same transmitter, channel and an R-2000 receiver.

Is this just a trait of the Deans or is something wrong here?

Thanks,

Beave

RE: Range testing...
 

read this [link]http://www.rc-cam.com/ant_exp.htm[/link]

RE: Range testing...
 

I figured it out. I did some more testing this evening and the range got worse...to the point it was locking out at 15 paces. I swapped the antenna for a new one I had hanging on the wall and I can now get 500'.

I guess the antenna went bad or was bad from the get go...it only had two flights on it.

Beave