New 5 chann tqi Rx solved my problem

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Well I bit the bullet and bought another new rx since I had poor range with my new tqi kit

I tested my old tq tx and new tqi rx and had good range again
Then I linked the new tqi tx (which I bought on eBay in new box with tx and rx)
To the new rx which I just bought separately and it worked good
Tank god for that

Then I did might have done something silly
I plugged the iPhone in and upgraded firmware

I saw that most of the firmware upgrade was at the reciever
As I was watching the iPhone during upgrade

The traxxas app had been upgraded since I upgraded the firmware
In the tqi kit I bought of eBay that didn't work properly

So with new upgraded app on iPhone and now upgraded firmware on new rx I bought separately the other
Day to see if it was rx

And to my surprise it still all worked

I also compared the antenna lengths between the old tq rx and tqi rx from kit
And new tqi rx I just bought last week
And the new rx I got the other day has a longer soft wire bit after the stiff metal part that goes
In blue tube

So not sure why I originally had issues
Was it bad traxxas app which broke the rx when I tried to upgrade firmware
Or was it just bad rx
Or was it bad antenna

Anyway I have new rx with new app and latest firmware and it all works
And it wasn't the tqi tx

[JimmyNeutron]

You can turn the non-working one in and get a new one direct from Traxxas for a small fee.

The "soft wire" leading up to the hard part has no effect on range... the only actual antenna is after the hard part; the rest is just an extension for routing.

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Yes the section I'm taking about is the soft section after the hard bit
Al three rx have different lengths soft bit
And the new rx has a pretty long soft section
Maybe that was problem
Or do they cut it to a certain length for tuning

[JimmyNeutron]

I am not sure length is that specific on that...
Maybe someone else can chime in that has more knowledge??