@@xerxes7500 hahaha, he came back! Thanks I was thinking doing this as the used one I just bought has a broken hinge and tough finding a replacement without waiting
@@furonwarrior, modifying the antenna does not change the wattage output. If you have a 100mw module in your transmitter, (that's just one tenth of one full watt), regardless of what type of antenna you use, it will not change the wattage output from the transmitter module.
Alan Wylie That’s not true... antennas are measured in decibels. The higher the decibel, the more RF power output you’re transmitting, but it does sacrifice the “focal” length of the antenna. The higher the gain, the more likely you’ll get a brown out because the RF energy is more concentrated in one direction. With a patch, you would have to keep it pointed at the airplane or quad, but your range would be much further and you wouldn’t be wasting any RF energy.
When doing this, you need a Ham license to use this legally because you modified the originally antenna. Also, I thought there was two antennas with different polarities? lol
Only if you were transmitting with anything with ONE WATT or more would you have to have a Hamm radio licence, modifying the antenna doesn't change the wattage output nor would it justify the need for a HAMM operator licence.
Alan Wylie No, it doesn’t matter how much RF output you are transmitting. The radio would need to be reevaluated by the FCC or by yourself if you have a license. A lower or higher decibel antenna does change the RF wattage output thus voiding the FCC ID. Regardless, I was just saying this to let others be aware. I don’t personally care what you guys do. But if you had a ham license, it’s honestly better to just get a UHF long range system for the transmitter instead of boosting your signal an extra 100 FT with a higher gain antenna and accidentally break your expensive transmitter. These radios can already fly way beyond line of sight without any modifications even for short/mid range FPV. Even 50mw is fantastic for 5.8GHz with a 5dB RHCP antenna for FPV. If you added a 6dB antenna to a 100mw transmitter, the antenna is outputting 400mw of RF power. If anything a patch antenna mod would have been better.
Thanks! I will do this to my DX6e!
How much more Range did you achieve?
10%? 25%? 100%????
Awesome.. how could you not know you voided the warranty doing this seriously, but it’s worth it.. I wish there were more hacks like this..
gotta live life a little to get longer range :) Thx Michael, I will do more, make sure you subscribe.
Thank you for the great video! The installation worked flawlessly and the range is so far so good!
I'm happy this worked out for your radio. I appreciate your kind words!
How much range increase?
LOL! So much better than my how to video. Now people can see why i just drilled a hole in the case.
I just watched your vid, I think that's brilliant not to have to cut anything. I never thought of a 2nd antenna just popping out the side like that.
laziness is the mother of all invention. The thought you put into your video was great, loved it.
I really appreciate that. Thx
How much range you gaining
Dope
Thank you!
How did you put ont he UFL connector..
Be sure to never run a transmitter without an antenna.
Subbed. This is a very helpful video I'm doing this exact mod tomorrow. If I remember I'll report back how much it improved range!
well?
He never came back :(
I need closure
it in fact did not improve my range at all hahaha.
@@xerxes7500 hahaha, he came back! Thanks I was thinking doing this as the used one I just bought has a broken hinge and tough finding a replacement without waiting
Hello. I did the exact same mod yesterday, went out to test it and I failsfed! Broke an arm on my quad. How is this possible??
How much more range ?
How much range did you gain?
I'd say about 40% - 60% increase in range. I lose video transmission before i lose radio signal now.
Sunny Soundrise How much mw do you use? Get a patch or a 16dbi rhcp antenna on eBay for $16.
@@furonwarrior, modifying the antenna does not change the wattage output. If you have a 100mw module in your transmitter, (that's just one tenth of one full watt), regardless of what type of antenna you use, it will not change the wattage output from the transmitter module.
Alan Wylie That’s not true... antennas are measured in decibels. The higher the decibel, the more RF power output you’re transmitting, but it does sacrifice the “focal” length of the antenna. The higher the gain, the more likely you’ll get a brown out because the RF energy is more concentrated in one direction. With a patch, you would have to keep it pointed at the airplane or quad, but your range would be much further and you wouldn’t be wasting any RF energy.
With a 16dB patch antenna, your 100mw transmitter turns into 4.3W of RF power from the patch antenna.
I think I read somewhere that you don't need to cut at all and that the piece will screw off. What gen is that dx6?
It's a DX6 G2. I can't imagine how, it was all one piece molded plastic.
Wheels ON yeah I think the G3s are a bit different
yeah, i think the 3rd gen comes off.
That's only for the 3rd generation dx6.
I have the exact same radio that he has, the front cover of the gen 2 is all one piece.
So does this actually work? Contemplating on doing it to a Dx7
Kwak_RC it's not working! Tried same ok my fx7s and that mod reduced my range for 1/4
Tested today with a DX6 G2. Range test with stock antenna - 40 steps. With new antenna 70 steps and still strong signal. More than 50% gain.
Your links for amazon are wrong I think
Really? Hmm I just tried and they seem to go to right products. Sorry, but not sure what happened.
Same here I ordered directly from your links and got wrong cable. Now I just totally f***** up my transmitter thanks dude.
Will this mod work on a dx6e??
You ever find an answer to this? I would also like to know...
This is a diversity radio, so why you changed only one antenna and not both (the other one is on the handle)?
The older models (G2, SPM6700) only had one antenna.
@@robertgosz4281 There are diversity antennas. You can see them at 0:25.
@@someone1974 Those 2 little grey antennas are attached to the wireless trainer module. FCC ID BRWDASRX20 I believe.
I need help how do I fix my Spektrum dx6 it won't bind
50% Is a lot.
You voided the warrenty by cutting up the case, you know that right. lol.
YES! Spektrum offers a 1 YEAR Limited Warranty and I was well past that. I forgot to mention that in the video, thanks for bringing it up. 👍
Does this mod work for a gen 3 DX6 with diversity? Thanks in advance!
Did you ever find out
No and I use a FRsky now with cross fire.
Hacked the šhïţ out of mine as well to get down far enough to fit the sam far enough to work the way I wanted.
Good job. Just a little risky but easy.
How much range did you gain?
When doing this, you need a Ham license to use this legally because you modified the originally antenna. Also, I thought there was two antennas with different polarities? lol
Only if you were transmitting with anything with ONE WATT or more would you have to have a Hamm radio licence, modifying the antenna doesn't change the wattage output nor would it justify the need for a HAMM operator licence.
Alan Wylie No, it doesn’t matter how much RF output you are transmitting. The radio would need to be reevaluated by the FCC or by yourself if you have a license. A lower or higher decibel antenna does change the RF wattage output thus voiding the FCC ID. Regardless, I was just saying this to let others be aware. I don’t personally care what you guys do. But if you had a ham license, it’s honestly better to just get a UHF long range system for the transmitter instead of boosting your signal an extra 100 FT with a higher gain antenna and accidentally break your expensive transmitter. These radios can already fly way beyond line of sight without any modifications even for short/mid range FPV. Even 50mw is fantastic for 5.8GHz with a 5dB RHCP antenna for FPV. If you added a 6dB antenna to a 100mw transmitter, the antenna is outputting 400mw of RF power. If anything a patch antenna mod would have been better.
You are out of your mind. This never work.
It has worked for other people who followed instructions, and worked for me