Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / April 2004

If you have any noticeable loss from before, you should be worried. If
it broke off that close to the receiver, I would have just put a new
antenna on to be sure there were no broken areas still under the
insulation. But if you range check OK, and there aren't any disturbed
areas left in the insulation to worry about, then you're good to go. You
might want to pick up some heat shrink next time you order from someone
that carries it, and replace the tape with it. If you should ever have
to re-solder that area, the glue from the tape will make a good job
almost impossible.

On 4/2/2004 1:53 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great
(and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge:

Just do a normal range test.  If the receiver is working properly you
should be OK.  If any antenna is missing it is probably minimal and
should not effect your reception.  You did measure the repaired antenna
to see if it was ABOUT 39" long, didn't you ?

The only other suggestions I can make are:

Did you clean the solder joint afterwards to prevent corrosion ?

I would substitute some heat shrink tubing or "liquid electrical tape"
in place of the vinyl tape.  The vinyl tape, beside being bulky, has a
good chance of "unraveling" as it ages, which can in turn expose the
connection and/or foul/jam the controls.

It should range check the same as before.  These receivers are fairly
tolerant of an inch or two.

--
Paul McIntosh
http://www.rc-bearings.com

No. That's all you do. Very few of my models have their original
antennae in. Mostly I build in a piece of wire into the wings or
fuselage of about the right length and solder it to a short pigtail left
on the receiver.