TIU floating transceiver board

Kris,

My concern is that the soft nonconductive  spongy material will prevent the signal from the antenna.

It shouldn't cause any issues regardless of how you place the foam material. Neither the lid nor the foam material is any kind of a radio signal blocker.

Regardless, I'd place the material between the lid and the top of the board/antenna assembly so as to be sure not to compromise the antenna's connection to the transceiver board.

Thank you, Barry!

I have found drilling a hole in the cover and extending the antenna wire straight up out of the TIU, to give me better remote response at a further distance.

Dave Zucal posted:

I have found drilling a hole in the cover and extending the antenna wire straight up out of the TIU, to give me better remote response at a further distance.

I did the same as DZ..used a plastic tube for vertical support..works well.

I'd put the antenna away from the board on top of the foam if you're leaving it inside.  Like Dave said, in many cases sticking it up outside gives you better range for the remotes.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

I'd put the antenna away from the board on top of the foam if you're leaving it inside.  Like Dave said, in many cases sticking it up outside gives you better range for the remotes.

I found that simply standing the TIU up gives the same results. So I mounted it vertically on a panel. The same with the remote mods. I leave both alone now.

If you do the hole and put the wire thru, make sure you don't pull the wire as the whole board will pop off. The foam should help this.

Thank you gentlemen.

Barry, have you posted a new picture of yourself?

Robert,

have you posted a new picture of yourself?

That's "Berry", my evil twin.  

Glad to hear that.  I never took you for the type who would take beauty treatments.

How thick / thin should the non conductive material be

thick enough so your foam will put some pressure on the tiu transmitter board otherwise your board will come loose and quit!

Alan

How about foam from a foam paint brush ?