Fr Sky cheap receiver fail...

[andys]

Bought the Hack Module thing a while ago for my KO and some of the crazy cheap / small receivers that are basically a circuit board wrapped in cardboard.

Thing is the ariel wire fell off - it always looked very, very flimsy. It had all this crazy yellow glue around it on the circuit board - so looks tricky to solder back on.

Question is - will it be ok without the ariel - it was tiny anyway!
Have people run these ok with ariels missing - I guess they generally fall off as they are so flimsy?

[adon30]

It looses range without the aerial. Mine would bind and unbind when it went 20m away.
I haven't got around to seeing if it can be fixed as just bought another. The new receivers are slightly longer though and don't fit as well.
With the aerials I just wrapped mine around a small piece of foam and taped it to the receiver. Haven't had any problems with the others

[neallewis]

It can be re-soldered. I'll find the link that shows the tab it goes on.
I could do it, if you don't fancy it.

This is the newer model, if you want to get a spare: http://www.t9hobbysport.com/item.asp?catid=115&subcatid=236&prodid=1034
The shop is local (to Leeds/Bradford) in Greengates, but mostly mail order as they only open for a few hours each day to process online orders.

I've heatshrinked mine, and curled the wire inside to protect it. I've also done a mod to make the laid down servo pins vertical, so the footprint is much smaller.

[neallewis]

http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/7/1/2/5/2/a4309752-235-Soldadura_Antena_V8R4.JPG

Solders onto tab marked 1.

Also read here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1512827

[adon30]

That's great help and saves me searching the web. I will resurrect mine when I get chance.

Any particular wire? Size, strands etc Or just something that's flexible?

[andys]

Cheers Neal great info :)

My reciever is covered in yellow goo so I can't see the circuit board where the ariel goes :(

Any good ways to get it off so I can see what I'm doing !

Andy