eachine novice 4

[candid scaffold]

I broke my antenna and was wondering what to get for a new one anyone know what would work?

[raven echo]

Do you have a picture of how it looks like? (Where it broke)

[granite herald]

Looks like that model's VTX has a UFL connector

[candid scaffold]

Half of it broke off so I soilder it back on

But it only goes ab 5 10 feet then the video cuts out

[raven echo]

That antenna looks pretty long to me, is it secured well?

[raven echo]

my guess woulb be just to get urself a new (shorter) antenna with an UFL connector like Daedalus said

[candid scaffold]

Okay that's what I was thinking will thst effect my range?

And how do u remove the old antenna

I don't know my ab drones sorry

@raven echo

[raven echo]

Unplug it from the UFL connector, be careful because it can break

When unplugged, DO NOT power up your drone/vtx. No antenna can destroy it

[candid scaffold]

👍🏿

@granite herald @raven echo Dumb question but is it a 5.8G and what dBi is it?

[raven echo]

The antenna?

[candid scaffold]

Yes

Like I see some antennas with 5 dBi or like 3

[raven echo]

“Some antennas”, how are they called?

[raven echo]

And yes 5.8gHz

[candid scaffold]

Maybe it's just off brands

Do u know any good brands

[granite herald]

Truerc, pyrodrone.pl, Lumenier, foxeer

Lower dbi on the quad is better

[candid scaffold]

Okay 👍🏿

These should work right?

[granite herald]

They should, but note that they do not have any rigid sheath, you would need to 3d print a mount to secure the antenna head

Foxeer does make a variant of the lollipop that has a rigid section to allow easier mounting if you don't have a printer. Also note the length of the antenna for your use case

[candid scaffold]

Okay ill figure something out