Daniel. do you have anything productive to add? Or are you shooting from the hip here?
Keep racing
Grim
Oh no you didn't ask. Lol. Of course I do. Typed for two hours last night but didn't think you wanted to hear it so I erased it.
I had plenty but it wasn't worth going on about so I erased it and left a simple appropriate reply..
I read what you post on equipment all the time. Some is good advice and some times it is just BS. Recommending everyone switch to 400mm antenna is one of those BS times. Very few need or will benefit from the long antenna. For many it is a outright mistake.
When you said to only run Futaba servo's with Futaba radio's or you may have problems was when I knew you had too much Futaba coolaid. Lol. Nice plug though.
The 3PV being recommended daily as a good marine radio for people to buy is BS. It doesn't have steering speed. If it doesn't have steering speed then it is almost completely worthless as a marine radio to most any fast boat anyone has. Then you suggest using Futaba programmable servos as the fix to slow the speed down. Nice try but nobody wants a budget radio so they can buy programmable servos although they are getting cheaper it just is not smart decision to go that route at all.
That is not great advice IMO at all. Just buy a radio that has steering speed. Everyone uses steering speed and they sure as heck should not need to buy Futaba programmable servos to do it.
Almost no one runs Futaba servos and almost no one has problems related to their choice of quality made servo. A poll would put Futaba servo use at less than 5% I would guess.
So 95% are NOT running Futaba servos and none are actually having any issues related to using another quality brand of servo.
The long antenna are rarely ever really needed for any reason at all. Many people successfully run the short antenna left in the radio box. I don't really suggest that but if you just put the short one up a tube you have way more than enough up above to get the job done. The long wire is usually just more loose delicate coax for it to get damaged is my expirience watching and seeing what others have been doing with them for 15 years or more.
If you just simply velcro the receiver to the underside of the lid not only does it get the internal antenna vertically polarized but up as high as it can be in the box and out of any water that may sneak in then the entire short wire can all go straight up the tube and be protected and plenty high for 99% of the boats we build.
Suggesting everyone install these long antennas on their receivers is crazy(not as crazy as having to run Futaba servos though). Very very few people actually need them and for most it is just leaving them with extra wire in the box. I take notice of everything when I go to races. I definitely have seen what is going on with them and it isn't all that good in most cases.
What I stated about the second external can replace a internal is 100% accurate. All 2.4ghz antenna have the same tune. Some may work better than others but all tuned for 2.4GHZ. Of course I didn't mean everyone to do that. If you needed some extra range it could give you that especially if the internal is already corroded like they often do. It wasn't even a recomendation but rather just something that you can do and it works fine. It sure fixes a corroded out internal one.
The internal antenna is these is made of thin bare tin foil. It doesn't take long for a receiver that got damp to start corroding the foil. I am pretty sure when the tin foil is a white and corroded it is no longer functioning. Most would never know because they have never even seen the inside of their receivers and they function just fine with the one external working. That is why I did a couple of mine with second external and just left it in the box so at least both were working. I am pretty sure if you ran it up it could work better than the original internal one and especially if it has corrosion already.
Of course most don't realize their internal antenna is corroded because they never see it and because the receiver will work with just the one external just like the thousands of 3PM and 3PM-X that were sold with the R603FF single external antenna receivers that no one had range issues with unless the thing was just defective. Yes NON diversity receivers working flawlessly for thousands of users, imagine that. The range was identical as far as I ever saw with them.
You can also waterproof these receivers so they will literally function under water even after soaking it under the water for days. Not going to post how to do that though as I don't want to suggest another violation to the Futaba laws.
Jonathan Demaria said:
I got some 1.13 coax cable 42" with 2 female ends from a company named data alliance, . I striped the end to match the 324rx and got 2 antenna for like 5 bucks. I ordered 4 so that's 8 antenna shipper for like 30 bucks. Thanks Grim for introducing me to the 324
Yes sir. Another good source is old used Wifi routers. They have the same exact connector and wire in them. Those really common Linksys blue ones you used to be able to find boxes of at the Goodwill for few dollars each and you get two out of each one. Some cordless phone base stations have them too.
Check with Grim first to see if he is ok using aftermarket antennas with Futaba receivers. Pretty sure that is not his recommended way to do it. Lol.
On a lighter note I definitely do applause the time and effort you (Grim) have put into sharing what you know with others to help them understand things they otherwise may not ever understand. Keep up the good work with that. Most of the time you are right on the money. We are all just trying to share some things we know, right ?
