"Oops! I ended up buying a different sma to uFL cable that had a RP SMA bulkhead fitting on it. That way I could just screw the antenna on it without an adapter that Mark Cowell uses. Then I bought some RP sma connectors for my RG316 cable when I'm…"
"Has anybody taken this booster out of its cast aluminum case? The case seems heavy and I'd like to lighten up my installation on my DX7. I could fabricate a lightweight tin housing for it. Now the heavy case could be a heat sink. How warm does the…"
"I will on both counts.
I'm about to cover the fuse of the Easy Star with 3/4 oz fg and epoxy. I deepened the fuselage by 1 inch to get more space inside. We'll see how much this thing weighs when I'm done."
"Mark, I have flown the system in my Hobby People Super Lightning (Easy Star clone) to 1700 feet away with no bad effects. My system is the DX7, AR7000 receiver with 1 satellite receiver, Turnigy 2212 1050kv motor, Turnigy Plush 18A ESC, 2 HXT-900…"
"Mark,
Thanks for the info. So hooking up the system without a long coax cable hasn't harmed the amp? I thought that the DX7 puts out about 200mw and the amp input was 100mw and we had to use a -4db or so attenuator."
"North Liberty is between Coralville and Cedar Rapids. I have a DX7 and just ordered the 500mw amplifier. Is you mod still working well and are there any other things I should know that isn't mentioned on the Forum.
Thank you,
Crist"