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Old 10-28-2002, 04:51 PM
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i just recently finally found a place to get the real bit charg g. i got the honda nsx on 27 mhz, terrible range, so i did the car antenna mod i do with all my cars, it helped a little but still not good enough. So i decided to rip into the controller to see whats going on in there. i noticed that the wire antenna isnt even actually attached to the pcb, its just pinched into place on the bracket so the antenna can be wound up. So i decided to completely take the wind up antenna out and modify it with a radio shack telescopic antenna, about 22 inches. The way I did this was melt a section of the top of the controller out right where the screw is that holds down the antenna bracket. then screw the new antenna down with the stock bracket and screw, put it all back together and improved range greatly. Ive noticed that with all my cars that the 27 mhz just seems to not work as well, it must be because other appliances and such have a frequency close to that. PS I was going to do the crip cap mod, but my controller doesnt have one.

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Old 10-28-2002, 05:57 PM
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i bought a 27 mhz zipzap and took it back for a microsizer 49 mhz
out of the box my microsizer had 50 ft outdoor range.
after i did a controller mod (CAT5) i got 52 ft indoor range.
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Old 10-28-2002, 07:12 PM
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cat 5

whats the cat 5 mod, and where do i get it
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Old 10-29-2002, 01:19 AM
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You unsolder the existing antenna and replace it with a cat-5 cables wire (one of the eight) it looks a lot better and reception is improved. Get commercial grade with the blue casing. Home Depot $.22 per foot. Addtional notes at QFM.
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Old 10-29-2002, 03:49 AM
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Telescopic antenna $6
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