Whip antenna for Futaba 8U

[Larry Diamond]

MessageI'm not a supporter of short whip antenna's...Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe that since you can't collapse them, you have an even higher risk of inadvertent interference by a mistaken "power up of the Tx" while someone is in the air on the same frequency. I understand that this can still happen with a OEM antenna, but I believe it's at significantly less power when the antenna is collapsed.

Frequency control programs at the flying field don't prevent this from happening, but reduces the number of occurrences. People will always make mistakes...Kinda like sailor proofing, it only took us so far in the Navy...

Are there clubs out there that ban the short whip antennas from R/C Air? I though this was the case some years back...

Curious about other opinions...

Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Czarnik 
  To: 'discussion at nsrca.org' 
  Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:52 AM
  Subject: Whip antenna for Futaba 8U


  Wanting to replace my stock antenna on my 8U with one of those shorter whip antennas.  I have looked around the web and couldn't find one (Central, Radio South, etc.).  Any tips on a brand / source?  BTW, if this is a bad idea for performance reasons, please tell me that also!   TIA, Chuck



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