HorizonHobby.com How To - Antenna Placement When Using Remote Receivers

How do you place your remote receivers in your model when using Spektrum™ or JR® DSM® technology? We walk you through the tricks of the trade to show you a good place to start for better placement in your model. We show installations in both an all composite 94" span P-47 and a large balsa and plywood DV8R turbine jet. These two installations cover the two main material bases used in model construction. We discuss basic receivers with one remote as well as the extreme PowerSafe receivers. In the end, we fly the models to some extreme distances close to the ground and at very high altitudes to show the quality in performance of the DSM link between the pilot and the model. After the flight, we examine and explain the use of the data logger for those interested in optimizing their setup.

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[HorizonRCdotCom]

The goal is to get the receivers as far up off the ground as possible to ensure they do not see ground clutter interference during take off and landing approaches.

[WalneySkyland]

@G56AG I'm a ham too and the lack of knowledge about cross polarisation issues in the rc world has always mystified me as well. I thought he was going to address it when at one point he briefly showed a vertical antenna but then he totally fizzled out so apparently not even horizon are aware of or bothered about it. Hummmm.....

[iSturz]

why do i want to place the remote receivers as far up in the fuse as possible? the explanations in the video don't seem logic to me...

[rbjfarmer]

ok thats alot of work just to make sure your radio works. I mean 4 remote recievers holy crap that starts to become expensive just for a reciever. I traded in my jr radio for a few reasons, 1 of them due to this and the wonderful lockouts in a busy 2.4 enviroment. I grabed a hitec A9 will never go back i have the 7 channel single boda in my 34% extra 300 and never had any issues. I hear the dsmx is a good sysytem but at $100 a reciever compared to $60 for my hitec, as i will not use dsm.

[Juary70]

Do not understand why Futaba doesn't need all these remotes. It works just fine with only one receiver. Nevertheless where's a thumbs up for the nice tutorial.

[G56AG]

Have you considered horizontal and vertical signal polarization? I am a Ham radio operator and experience has proven this can be a tremendous factor in signal strength. If the transmitter antenna is vertically polarized and the receiver is horizontally polarized it can weaken reception. I always keep my Spectrum trans ant pointing vertically, and the receiver ants, one horizontal and one vertical, since the plane changes position, the one closest works the best.