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![]() If you loop any excess cable, it loops the energy essentially makes the loop the tip of the antenna, which makes for poor reception and transmission. When you use an external antenna, buy only as much of the RG58 cable as you need to route it from the antenna to where the radio is mounted. That’s one of the biggest things, so you don’t end up with electronic issues in your radio transmissions. Make sure you run the antenna kit from where it starts to where the radio is all by itself and separate. ![]() “When you’re installing an external antenna kit, make sure you follow the directions on how it gets run,” said Shawn Sampson, owner of Sampson Racing Communications. Installation is reasonably straightforward, though we were glad to be close enough to Sampson’s shop that we could take the car over for the helmet and antenna installations and routing and cutting the cables, which is critical. We turned to NASA sponsor Sampson Racing Communications for a setup that would work for sprints and enduros and agreed on the company’s 5-watt “The Racer’s System” with an upgraded push-to-talk button, helmet cord and antenna. Hand signals will only get you so far, which is to say, not very. For endurance racing, a radio system is a must. Sometimes you need someone to tell you when the green flag flies. ![]() No floppy wiring means less risk of failure.įor sprint racing, you can get away without having a radio communication system and a spotter at the other end. We kept the push-to-talk wiring tidy by zip-tying it to fire-system pull cable, already in place.
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