***** Repost, we were having some problems with the list and it may have been lost in the shuffle********** Hello, I have been wondering if it is safe to cut a receiver antenna length or is it somehow tuned to the frequency length. For example, in the old days, I would make my FM antenna 1/4 or even 1/2 wave-length to help reception. Is this true for the Rx? Is the antenna length tuned to the frequency range? Would trimming it a bit effect performance? Last part, I have built only fomies with strapping tape, but am progressing along now. What about some of the other coverings or materials how do they affect reception? For example, I have a HGL I am putting together with a carbon boom, if I run the antenna through the carbon boom and out the back-end, can it receive through the carbon ok? What about some of the covering materials such as Ultracoat or Econocoat? Do any of these materials have a refracting properties that would inhibit good reception? Thanks, with all the talk about the how receivers and types, I figure the best I can do at the moment is to make sure I give my Tx the best target in the sky. Jim Cubbage RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
