RC aerial shortening advice please

[nick@albion-manufacturing.com]

Dear All,

My father is building a radio controlled 3ft long model WWII American
destroyer.

He wishes to slide the aerial from the receiver inside the hollow
brass mast.

To do this he needs to cut 6 inches from the aerial.

Will cutting the aerial make any difference to the control of the
boat?

He is concerned that he will effect the range and handling.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers,

Nick

[Kevin]

nick@albion-manufacturing.com wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> My father is building a radio controlled 3ft long model WWII American
> destroyer.
>
> He wishes to slide the aerial from the receiver inside the hollow
> brass mast.
>
> To do this he needs to cut 6 inches from the aerial.
>
> Will cutting the aerial make any difference to the control of the
> boat?
>
> He is concerned that he will effect the range and handling.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick
>
inside a metal tube sounds like a bad idea,I would think it would be
better to electrically connect it to the mast and use the mast as the
aerial

[John]

Here is an iteresting read on changing the length of the receiver wire

http://www.rc-cam.com/ant_exp.htm


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[BCRandy]

FWIW, on 2 of my boats I cut the stock antenna by 25% and
mounted the antenna vertically in a plastic antenna tube.
On an air boat, I mounted about 30" of antenna wire
horizontally under the deck. The pond I run on only allows
a maximum of about 600 feet of distance between TX and RX
and I've never had a problem with any of the 3 boats. That
said, if you run the antenna inside a brass tube, won't the
tube shield the signal from the antenna?

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> Here is an iteresting read on changing the length of the
> receiver wire
>
> http://www.rc-cam.com/ant_exp.htm
>
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[nick@albion-manufacturing.com]

Thanks all for your advice!

Good point about the aerial *inside* the mast.

That article looks good.

I'll pass all the information on, he'll be very grateful!

Best wishes,

Nick

[nick@albion-manufacturing.com]

Cheers!