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psicmar-6
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If you want to improve your drone signal range i suggest you do the following
if your radio is 2.4GHz get a pig tail connector like the one you have.
an antenna 2.4ghz omnidirectional WiFi 5db . TP LINK is a good brand.
Find a place where to place your pig tail connector in the transmitter so it will come out only the thread for screwing the outside antenna, you may have to do some drilling.
remove all the soldering and the original antenna in the board.
most likely you will have two soldering places next to each-other one is for the antenna signal and the other is the ground. the cable is composed, first the plastic covering, next the mesh that looks like a net or a web of silver wires. next a tube of plastic generally transparent and finally the core which is a very thin golden wire and that is the real antenna output.
cut the pig tail wire leaving a 7 to 8 cm long wire from the connector. cut the exterior covering at the end of the wire 1 cm long. next make more or less like a single wire out of the mesh, do not cut it, that is the ground. that will expose the plastic tube that is the isolation of the antenna wire, cut it extremely careful of a long approx of half a cm without cutting the very thin antenna wire and not all the way to the mesh wire and remove it. this will expose the antenna wire only. is extremely important that there is not connection whatsoever between the mesh and the antenna wire. if this happens you will short circuit the antenna and the ground causing a complete loss of the signal output, that is a common mistake.
check which is the ground and solder the mesh wire, be very careful not to melt the plastic tube and that the two points, the ground and the antenna output in the board do not solder together. and finally the tricky and difficult part is to solder the antenna wire in the board in the next spot and if you can add some silicone with a heat gun for electronics making sure is not a conductor silicone. this will fix the wires in place preventing they move or disconnect.
all this is done with caution and mos of all a lot of patience. can be frustrating.
finally reassemble the Tx and attache the 5Db antenna. i heard that if you turn on the Tx without the external antenna you will fry the output module. sounds to me more like a job wrongly done than something else, better no to do it.
put some fresh batteries in theTx and the drone and try it. the first time do not go too far.
You can also find my post in GENERAL DISCUSSION TRANSMITTER SIGNAL BLINKING
if your radio is 2.4GHz get a pig tail connector like the one you have.
an antenna 2.4ghz omnidirectional WiFi 5db . TP LINK is a good brand.
Find a place where to place your pig tail connector in the transmitter so it will come out only the thread for screwing the outside antenna, you may have to do some drilling.
remove all the soldering and the original antenna in the board.
most likely you will have two soldering places next to each-other one is for the antenna signal and the other is the ground. the cable is composed, first the plastic covering, next the mesh that looks like a net or a web of silver wires. next a tube of plastic generally transparent and finally the core which is a very thin golden wire and that is the real antenna output.
cut the pig tail wire leaving a 7 to 8 cm long wire from the connector. cut the exterior covering at the end of the wire 1 cm long. next make more or less like a single wire out of the mesh, do not cut it, that is the ground. that will expose the plastic tube that is the isolation of the antenna wire, cut it extremely careful of a long approx of half a cm without cutting the very thin antenna wire and not all the way to the mesh wire and remove it. this will expose the antenna wire only. is extremely important that there is not connection whatsoever between the mesh and the antenna wire. if this happens you will short circuit the antenna and the ground causing a complete loss of the signal output, that is a common mistake.
check which is the ground and solder the mesh wire, be very careful not to melt the plastic tube and that the two points, the ground and the antenna output in the board do not solder together. and finally the tricky and difficult part is to solder the antenna wire in the board in the next spot and if you can add some silicone with a heat gun for electronics making sure is not a conductor silicone. this will fix the wires in place preventing they move or disconnect.
all this is done with caution and mos of all a lot of patience. can be frustrating.
finally reassemble the Tx and attache the 5Db antenna. i heard that if you turn on the Tx without the external antenna you will fry the output module. sounds to me more like a job wrongly done than something else, better no to do it.
put some fresh batteries in theTx and the drone and try it. the first time do not go too far.
You can also find my post in GENERAL DISCUSSION TRANSMITTER SIGNAL BLINKING