I recently range tested my repaired Pike WR and the results were disastrous!
There may be a few contributing factors. I'll try explain here with the hope I get some advice on how best to alter my setup if that is needed.
I've got two remotes installed because the actual Rx (and its main antennas) is in a Carbon / Kevlar nose cone which totally blocks the signal. So that gives me a total of four antennas that I use. Two taped to the fuselage, under the trailing edge either side, and another two in front of the wing. One taped on top of the fuselage and one below.
This arrangement worked very well before. Now it doesn't...
There are two big differences now. One, the repair. My dad fixed it up and used Carbon I believe. Two, one of the remote antennas has had the 'active' part of one wire broken off.
I installed all the antennas as before but now the damaged one (that would have been the lower front antenna) is just pushed back in the hole and taped over.
Is this the problem? If the broken antenna has ended up touching bare Carbon would that lead to range problems?
Any ideas greatly appreciated
Tony