Rx ????

[MAMBA2200]

i am currently running a spektrum sr3100 in my revolt and the range well lets say its not great do i need to bring the antenna outside the hull or just get one of the marine rx's any info would be great thanks

[Fluid]

That is a car/truck receiver, if used in a boat it really needs to have the antenna outside the hull as far as possible. I had short range issues even when the antenna was outside with a different car receiver. The marine receivers are best, and while you can run both antennas inside the hull if the range is not too far, it is still best to have one outside the hull.



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[siberianhusky]

The marine and car RXs are two completely different animals, not just the two antennae' on the marine, they operate on a completely different protocol, plus they are waterproof. If it were me I'd run a proper marine rx although I do run a surface esc in a slow retrieval boat with the antennae as high as possible, still doesn't have the range of a Marine, probably about half I'd say, I've lost bind with it before, I've run the marine ones out so far I can't really tell what the boat is doing.
I've bough a few MR receivers from the swap shop here for great prices, they come with proboat rtr boats, lots of people sell them to use other radios. Usually end up with the proboat radio as well, now have a couple "spares".

[MAMBA2200]

thanks guys your great help

[96XP]

Was a while back and can't recall the details, but I think I read somewhere sometime that it also had to do with certain kinds of signals deflecting off the water. Can anyone confirm this?

[BHChieftain]

2.4ghz in general is quickly blocked by water, so spectrum increased the power and uses 2 antennas for dual diversity on their marine line.

Chief

[MAMBA2200]

2.4ghz in general is quickly blocked by water, so spectrum increased the power and uses 2 antennas for dual diversity on their marine line.

that makes sense thanks guys