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<DIV>I started with keeping up with the Futaba Flyers Club Forum where the
problem initially became public. Even in the forum they were "NOT"
recommending to cut the antenna. Then all of a sudden they said that if
you were still having issues with glitches, to try cutting the length to exactly
21.6" from the case. That should solve to problem with excess noise.
The next thing they are discussing is that this receiver was designed
sensitivity with reguards to reception.... cutting the antenna to the
desired length "should" resolve the problem with picking up excessive noise,
which was causing the hold problem in the first place. If you look at the
forum now, they are discussing at length that all the antennas are coming in the
shortened </DIV>
<DIV>antenna version. Go figure!!!! All the talk on the forum has
entry after entry of guys who cut their antenna and all the problems went
away....</DIV>
<DIV>It'll work now Don!!!!</DIV>
<DIV>One of the other things that came from Japan was mounting the receiver
crosswise in the fuse, running the antenna wire on over to the fuse, then
running back along the side. This apparantly gives a better cross section
of antenna reception from all angles. Supposedly, helps with doing away
with possible blank spots...</DIV>
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<DIV>Rex</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:AtwoodDon@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba
14mz and compact flash card</DIV>
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<DIV>Yes, the Futaba site is interesting reading. Last time I
looked, they still say "don't cut the antenna unless you are having a
problem". Taken another way and <STRONG><U>not</U></STRONG> a quote from
Futaba, "don't cut the antenna until you crash". Which I did due to
lockouts.</DIV>
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<DIV>My personal opinion is they stick to the original design instructions
because admitting they had a design error would
mean........well....... admitting they had a design problem<IMG
src="http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/03">. However, they ship
all new receivers with a short antenna, go figure.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have been a long time Futaba customer, and I love my 14MZ transmitter,
however, the 5014 rx situation has left a bad taste in my mouth. I cut
the antenna and have been flying the original 5014 in a test plane but am
having a bit of a problem convincing myself to put it back in my pattern
plane. </DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/17/2007 4:26:28 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
cweimer@tconl.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I
agree you can tell the difference with the 2048 resolution but it is
not<BR>enough better to go ahead and fly with the airplane going into hold.
My<BR>feeling was that cutting the antenna to 21.6" would probably fix it
but then<BR>I heard that it should not be cut. My question is why Futaba
said not to cut<BR>the antenna and then they started shipping the receivers
with the shorter<BR>antenna? <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org<BR>[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]
On Behalf Of Ed Miller<BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:10 AM<BR>To:
NSRCA Mailing List<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 14mz and
compact flash card<BR><BR>I've used the R5014DPS receiver in 3 different
planes now with no problems. <BR>I did not measure the length of the
antennae wire prior to installation. <BR>Both my rx'es have the same length
antennae, maybe later tonight I can <BR>remove 1 and measure it's
length. You will notice a difference, at least in<BR><BR>a well setup
pattern plane going from 1024 to 2048 resolution. I also <BR>noticed
the 40% better update rate Futaba claims over the 9Z radios. Other
<BR>than the too soft factory stick springs and still too soft factory
Futaba <BR>"stiff" springs for the 14mz, I'm very happy with it. I
ended up installing<BR><BR>stick springs from a 9Z radio to get the feel I
was looking for. I do not <BR>have the part number as I ordered them
from Futaba some time ago but I do <BR>remember they were replacement
springs for the 9Z. I also purchased a <BR>genuine Sony NP-F570
battery and have used it for both programming and <BR>flying and can record
no difference in charge times, Tx on times, etc. The <BR>14mz is a
battery hog in programming mode with the backlight on for the <BR>screen,
mine will take the battery from 100% to 30% in about 50 minutes if
<BR>solely programming.<BR>Ed M.<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From:
"Claude Weimer" <cweimer@tconl.com><BR>To: "'NSRCA Mailing List'"
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
9:07 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 14mz and compact flash
card<BR><BR><BR>> My question isn't about the card but about the antenna
length on the R5014<BR>> receiver. There was an article in RCU about
cutting the antenna length to<BR>> 21.6" to solve intermittent holds.
Then I read something from Futaba that<BR>> you should not cut the
antenna, you should tighten any metal or carbon<BR>> vibration to solve
the problem. A friend bought a new radio with that<BR>> receiver and it
has the shortened antenna. So my question is if Futaba is<BR>> shipping
new receivers with the shorter antenna then why would they<BR>> recommend
not cutting the antenna? Holds no matter how short, unnerve me <BR>>
to<BR>> the point of not wanting to fly the airplane. I have been using
1024<BR>> receivers with the 14mz radio.<BR>><BR>> Claude
Weimer<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From:
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org<BR>>
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ted
Sander<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:03 PM<BR>> To: 'NSRCA
Mailing List'<BR>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 14mz and
compact flash card<BR>><BR>> Only as a bench test. I had this 2
gig card for a camera, and popped it <BR>> in.<BR>> It all seemed to
work just fine. Saved settings, recalled settings, much<BR>> more
room for tunes, etc. Didn't test to see if there was a problem with
<BR>> a<BR>> large number of files on the card - possible the MZ
itself can't display<BR>> beyond a certain number.<BR>> The system
doesn't need the card except as storage space - so if the saved<BR>>
planes read in to the radio fine, I wouldn't expect any issues. From
the<BR>> test, I will experiment once the temperature gets more
reasonable for<BR>> flying. Minus 10 last
night.....<BR>><BR>> Ted Sander<BR>><BR>> -----Original
Message-----<BR>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org<BR>>
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ed
Miller<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:11 AM<BR>> To: NSRCA
Mailing List<BR>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 14mz and compact
flash card<BR>><BR>> Has anyone tried a compact flash card in their
14mz other than the factory<BR>> supplied 32MB compact flash card
??<BR>> TIA.....Ed M.<BR>><BR>>
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