Best tutorial I found after looking for a while. Such a big help. The only problem is my receiver solder points are much closer together and in a very hard to reach place, much harder than my soldering skills can master. But Your video did give me the answers I was looking for. Especially the length of shielding to be removed and also that you need to solder the shielding on. The other video I just watched totally ignored both of those points and just said you need to use the same length of wire as the old antenna. (impossible for me as I don't have a the full piece of the old wire, it's in a field somewhere. lol). My only regret is not watching this first as I paid a premium for a replacement cable from a model shop when I could have butchered one of the many old routers/laptops.computers I have lying around... Lesson learned... Thanks a bunch though and I'm going to try the repair. The receiver is no use without an antenna so paying £5 for a wire is pennies compared to paying £70 for a new receiver.
Man! Thank you!!! Son's metal piece of his antenna broke off when he was with a friend. Instead of replacing a 40.00 reciever I spent 5 minutes in the garage and his range is completely restored! Thanks again!
Awesome! Just fixed my MERV's antenna after having watched this, and saved some bucks on not having to buy a new Rx, as my local dealer suggested. Range is as it initially was out of the box. Took this opportunity to also roll upp the antenna length inside the Rx-box and only have a stump sticking out. There will be no more broken antennas now. Again, awesome video, thanks Justin!
Thank you so much I got a traxxas e revo with my Christmas money and I scraped the antenna soo many times that it wire off so I never watched this video and I bought a while another receiver for$30 and it scraped again so I looked it up and saw this video thank you sooooooo much your are a life saver
One big thing is technical terms LOL good sense of humor brother LOL great video cheers. I was told you can't fix the antenna on a 2.4 gigahertz. I guess it's them trying to sell me their radio. This helped me out a lot thanks.
Thanks so much. I only had to do the end of the wire and it worked great. But now I'll know how to replace the whole thing if needed. Thanks again for this video!!
Glad this old ass video is still helping people. I want to get back into posting but I've been working 60+ hour weeks for the last year and a half. It is hard to find time to record.
@@ramrod126 I like older videos because half the time you're working on something that's 3 or 4 years old and you don't want to see the brand new versions of things. The first time I fixed it it didn't work because I strip the insulation but forgot to take off the shielding. Duh. After that it worked great. Been having a blast with my four-wheel drive brushless Stampede in the snow here lately. I'll have a lot more fun now of course they can go farther than 15 feet away from me. If you don't mind my asking what do you do for a living that is taking up 60 plus hours a week?
@@thestime I work for a pet food plant. The plant used to be owned by a German company, 3 years ago a US based plant bought us out. They are based in Indiana and we are their only east coast asset. So we work a LOT.
Just wanted to add a couple of things. First, when creating your "antenna" end, don't remove the shield, pull it back around the cable and put a piece of heat shrink on it. the ground should be as long as the stripped internal wire. next. after the soldering job, always check with a meter to ensure the leads are not grounding. good luck
Taranis Rx antenna "bare wire length" is 26mm? I copied this and it works as well as original?? is this shorter than theoretical length due to variance for type of coax??
Hello! I have an S8R reciever from FrSky. After one of the antennas was cuting from a prop, the RF-signal was not good anymore. But I have the another original one. And that is 35mm. So I took broken antennas of my Laptop Wifi-card. And cut the isolation like original of FrSky Reciever to 35mm. Without better signal. At the week I've bought new 150mm antennas for my reciever. And the unisolated end of it was 34mm on both new antennas. Should i try to unsolate the 34 to 35mm. And then maybe cuting it of a half or 1mm away, till i have a good signal? I want just have a good rf-signal ahgain, and make nice flights. But why is it so different about the unisolated part of the antennas? I think it would be name monopole. Cause it's defently not a dipole.
Don Armstrong Unfortunately I do not have a video for that. If I ever get some equipment back (camera, RC stuff, etc...) I will be sure to make a video. It is pretty easy to do though. I used liquid electrical tape and just brushed several coats on both sides of the circuit board. Just make sure it is well covered. Plati-dip works well too. Both can be found at your local hardware store.
if I want a longer antenna on a rx that has no connector like that, do i just unsolder the blob to get the old wire off and then solder the new wire on that blob? It's just one connection? Thanks.
Let me see if I'm right: The length of the antenna WITH the shield doesn't matter. The important length is this slice of antenna WITHOUT the shield protector: 123mm? (or a 1/2: (61,5mm) or a 1/4: (30,7mm)? I'm right? Today I cut from the root my antenna from RadioLink R9D 2.4Ghz 9-Ch S.Bus Receiver and now I need to fix it.
You said, "if the shield and the centre wire touches, it becomes one big thing and won't work?" Well, I'm doing this on a Traxxas #6519 board and noticed that both solder pads (centre and ground) are touching! I checked it with a multimeter. So, it doesn't make a difference if they are touching.
I have a 2.4 GHZ quad copter TX that I wanted to do an antenna mod on. The stock antenna on the board was just an insulated 3.125 cm length of wire soldered to a spot on the circuit board labeled "ANT". There was no ground just that length of insulated wire. If I solder a 6.5 or 12.5 cm length of center portion of antenna wire stripped of shield to this point, should it work okay?
Hi , i have the same problem with my rc receiver. did you find out the solution to not having a ground connection to attach the outer cable of the antenna too? thanks
Hi Can you let me know the length of the new antenna wire.. , is it matter or the end point of the wire 31.25mm is the "Key".. Length of the new antenna wire is not matter?
I've been searching for over an hour now and I found NOT A SINGLE VIDEO ABOUT HOW TO REPAIR A TRANSMITTER ANTENNA. why does it have to be reciever antennas everywhere 😭
Best tutorial I found after looking for a while. Such a big help. The only problem is my receiver solder points are much closer together and in a very hard to reach place, much harder than my soldering skills can master. But Your video did give me the answers I was looking for. Especially the length of shielding to be removed and also that you need to solder the shielding on. The other video I just watched totally ignored both of those points and just said you need to use the same length of wire as the old antenna. (impossible for me as I don't have a the full piece of the old wire, it's in a field somewhere. lol). My only regret is not watching this first as I paid a premium for a replacement cable from a model shop when I could have butchered one of the many old routers/laptops.computers I have lying around... Lesson learned... Thanks a bunch though and I'm going to try the repair. The receiver is no use without an antenna so paying £5 for a wire is pennies compared to paying £70 for a new receiver.
+Lee OfBacup Well good luck. I am glad my simple video might help you.
Man! Thank you!!! Son's metal piece of his antenna broke off when he was with a friend. Instead of replacing a 40.00 reciever I spent 5 minutes in the garage and his range is completely restored! Thanks again!
Awesome! Just fixed my MERV's antenna after having watched this, and saved some bucks on not having to buy a new Rx, as my local dealer suggested. Range is as it initially was out of the box.
Took this opportunity to also roll upp the antenna length inside the Rx-box and only have a stump sticking out. There will be no more broken antennas now.
Again, awesome video, thanks Justin!
Thank you so much I got a traxxas e revo with my Christmas money and I scraped the antenna soo many times that it wire off so I never watched this video and I bought a while another receiver for$30 and it scraped again so I looked it up and saw this video thank you sooooooo much your are a life saver
Aron McKeown does a new receiver come with the wire because the picture doesn't have it in it
gamer life yes it does
Aron McKeown thanks
One big thing is technical terms LOL good sense of humor brother LOL great video cheers. I was told you can't fix the antenna on a 2.4 gigahertz. I guess it's them trying to sell me their radio. This helped me out a lot thanks.
top of the line ...thank you so much for ur video, so does the total length of the Antena wire make a difference? and if not, why is it so long?
Thanks so much. I only had to do the end of the wire and it worked great. But now I'll know how to replace the whole thing if needed. Thanks again for this video!!
Glad this old ass video is still helping people. I want to get back into posting but I've been working 60+ hour weeks for the last year and a half. It is hard to find time to record.
@@ramrod126 I like older videos because half the time you're working on something that's 3 or 4 years old and you don't want to see the brand new versions of things. The first time I fixed it it didn't work because I strip the insulation but forgot to take off the shielding. Duh. After that it worked great. Been having a blast with my four-wheel drive brushless Stampede in the snow here lately. I'll have a lot more fun now of course they can go farther than 15 feet away from me. If you don't mind my asking what do you do for a living that is taking up 60 plus hours a week?
@@thestime I work for a pet food plant. The plant used to be owned by a German company, 3 years ago a US based plant bought us out. They are based in Indiana and we are their only east coast asset. So we work a LOT.
best tutorial yet, I used it to fix my transmitter aerial also thx
thanks!!! you just saved me the cost of a new receiver!
Perfect tips. Lost my antenna today.
Just wanted to add a couple of things. First, when creating your "antenna" end, don't remove the shield, pull it back around the cable and put a piece of heat shrink on it. the ground should be as long as the stripped internal wire. next. after the soldering job, always check with a meter to ensure the leads are not grounding. good luck
also it makes the job easyer by not cutting the shelding
Taranis Rx antenna "bare wire length" is 26mm? I copied this and it works as well as original?? is this shorter than theoretical length due to variance for type of coax??
Thanks, this video helps a lot!
Hello! I have an S8R reciever from FrSky. After one of the antennas was cuting from a prop, the RF-signal was not good anymore. But I have the another original one. And that is 35mm. So I took broken antennas of my Laptop Wifi-card. And cut the isolation like original of FrSky Reciever to 35mm. Without better signal.
At the week I've bought new 150mm antennas for my reciever. And the unisolated end of it was 34mm on both new antennas. Should i try to unsolate the 34 to 35mm. And then maybe cuting it of a half or 1mm away, till i have a good signal?
I want just have a good rf-signal ahgain, and make nice flights.
But why is it so different about the unisolated part of the antennas? I think it would be name monopole. Cause it's defently not a dipole.
Thanks helped me fix mine. You were also saying how you waterproof your receiver? Do you have a video on that?
Don Armstrong Unfortunately I do not have a video for that. If I ever get some equipment back (camera, RC stuff, etc...) I will be sure to make a video. It is pretty easy to do though. I used liquid electrical tape and just brushed several coats on both sides of the circuit board. Just make sure it is well covered. Plati-dip works well too. Both can be found at your local hardware store.
Thanks, I'll certainly give it a try. And thanks again for responding.
Hi I have the same broken wire problem and was wondering were you got your replacement cable and what gauge/width it is
if I want a longer antenna on a rx that has no connector like that, do i just unsolder the blob to get the old wire off and then solder the new wire on that blob? It's just one connection? Thanks.
Let me see if I'm right: The length of the antenna WITH the shield doesn't matter. The important length is this slice of antenna WITHOUT the shield protector: 123mm? (or a 1/2: (61,5mm) or a 1/4: (30,7mm)? I'm right?
Today I cut from the root my antenna from RadioLink R9D 2.4Ghz 9-Ch S.Bus Receiver and now I need to fix it.
Antoni Pons Oliver i
Thank you for this helpful video but when I tried this on my 2.4 ghz receiver I was not getting any more than 20 feet of range.
You said, "if the shield and the centre wire touches, it becomes one big thing and won't work?" Well, I'm doing this on a Traxxas #6519 board and noticed that both solder pads (centre and ground) are touching! I checked it with a multimeter. So, it doesn't make a difference if they are touching.
is it possible to add a second antenna to a receiver that way you set them up at a 90 degree?
will you have more range with 12,5 mm?
will this work for transmitter antenna wires?
I have a 2.4 GHZ quad copter TX that I wanted to do an antenna mod on. The stock antenna on the board was just an insulated 3.125 cm length of wire soldered to a spot on the circuit board labeled "ANT". There was no ground just that length of insulated wire. If I solder a 6.5 or 12.5 cm length of center portion of antenna wire stripped of shield to this point, should it work okay?
Hi , i have the same problem with my rc receiver. did you find out the solution to not having a ground connection to attach the outer cable of the antenna too? thanks
Great Video... Thanks, That is just what I wanted to know :)
explained well thank you
Excellent bro, great 411...
Hi Can you let me know the length of the new antenna wire.. , is it matter or the end point of the wire 31.25mm is the "Key".. Length of the new antenna wire is not matter?
Ken C The overall length doesn't matter too much. The stripped part is the key.
Thanks for the quick reply. nice. learn more.
thanks. that was helpful.
but for turnigy 9x reciever the stripped antenna length is 2.94cm...and has a brass sheild...what for it is?
It makes it a sleeved dipole which has approximately a 3 dB (double the sensitivity) over a sinple monopole (the inner core on its own)
very nice!
i have been trying to fix my antenna for 6 years now but i am still looking for that 'hobby kinfe'
Always run a ohm meter on it after your done to make sure the wires did not melt enough to touch! Happens alot...... Just word of advice >^_^
is it ok if i just coiled up the entire antenna inside the receiver box so it doesn't stick out?
What do you mean ground out?
i mean dont let the little wire in the antenna touch any solder joints or the CH1 and CH2 terminals
+kimbo slice i see. thanks
I've been searching for over an hour now and I found NOT A SINGLE VIDEO ABOUT HOW TO REPAIR A TRANSMITTER ANTENNA. why does it have to be reciever antennas everywhere 😭
IDK, I've never broken a transmitter. I don't have a spare to tear down as I am down to two cars and two transmitters. I wish I could help you.
interesting ;-) haha
Some might see a worthless router missing the pass code I now see a back up antenna.
my car cannot turn
10x
Improve the audio and increase your views. Just sayn !