Hi Guys,
I have a 3-PM Futaba radio that I want to convert. Here are some of the pictures. I believe I can remove the entire yellow board (cutting the red white and black wires to it), since this is the entire RF section of the radio. I see the GND, VCC, and MOD signals, I assume these are the ground, power, and PPM signals that I need to connect to the DIY board. Am I correct on these assumptions?
The big issue is the following:
I want to use this radio with boats, where the Rx is buried in the hull and it would take a couple of inches to reach the antenna tube. Has anyone lengthened the 4 channel antenna wire to give a better aerial? I have considered using the 8 channel Rx with dual antenna exits, but would like to save a couple of dollars.
On a side note, this conversion is really just so that I can keep this radio with 10 model memory and get Rx's cheap (cheaper than 2 ch Rx's after shipping and the Xtal - crazy).
Thanks,
Curtis
Edit: I can't seem to upload photos properly.