rffs-100 range?

[muskrat]

what are you guys using for an antenna on your rffs-100 systems? I tried wrapping about 39 inches of fine wire (30 ga) around a 1/32" flat stick and then soldered it to a piece of wire that came with the system. Anyways, I can only get about 30 foot of range. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jim

[MicroPhil]

I would give the M-72U Micro ULTRA Antenna a try. http://www.azarr.com/antennas.htm

They claim it is tunned for the RFFS-100

Has anyone tried this antenna with there RFFS yet??

Philip

[dhurd]

Muskrat,
Your antenna may actually be too long. There are certain lengths that are tuned with the frequencies we are using. 18" should give you about 1000 ft and 9" about 500ft of range. The gauge of the wire used for your antenna is not significant (we've used 40ga magnet wire before), however, the length is. You might want to make sure that your getting a good connection from the wire for the receptacle to the antenna wire.

Dan

[muskrat]

Thanks Philip and Dan,
I went to the whip antenna as described in the skeeter plans,
works well