I bought a new Futaba 7 channel reciever the other day at the local hobby shop and the antenna was almost 13 inches shorter then all my other antennas. I didn't notice until I was putting it in the plane. It ground checked ok but seemed to intermittently lose signal about 350 yds out. Do I need to send this thing in for a new antenna?

Hi cstevec,

Yes, you would either need to take this back to the place of purchase, as if it was purchased new, it is defective, or if it was purchased used, you may send this into the service center to have a new antenna installed. The antenna should be at least 39 1/2" long on this FM receiver.

Please see our website for information on returning items for repair at:

http://www.hobbyservices.com/futaba-rates.html

I hope you find this information helpful. You can also reach our Futaba support technical team at 217-398-8970, or via fax at 217-398-7721.

Sincerely,
Krysta
Lead Futaba Customer Service and Programming Technician
Also you may want to check our Website at (http://www.futaba-rc.com)

Thanks, back to the hobby shop it goes.