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Mini Screened Aerial connection
malcolmfrary:
The mag article was probably just being ultra-cautious. If the receiver is not mounted almost in contact with the motor wiring, there is nothing to be gained by using coax for the below-deck aerial run, especially at 27 / 40 MHz.
As long as there is enough metal connected to the aerial input that is not also connected to battery ground, good reception and thus good range will result.
Another goodie that Maplin used to do was the car aerial which was basically a length of clear sticky tape with an aluminium strip up the middle and a socket at one end. Another casualty of their marketing strategy of spotting anything useful and dumping it.
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