Hello all, i write this to let you know my experience with both the Argtek and the Dbs Itelite mods to the controller.
Please note that I live in Italy and so my controller works in CE mode.
I first bought the Argtek as it is a "cleaner" solution as you don't have to drill holes in the controller, but except for this, the internal modification of the controller is the same. You have to remove the original cables from the transmitters and replace them with the supplied ones. Not a big deal, but be careful removing the silicon covering the UFL connectors, and gently detach them from the connectors on the transmitters. As I said I firstly installed the Argtek not wanting to drill any hole. The mod worked perfectly, and my range really more than doubled in quite open areas, my best shot has been 1046 meters, where before my best with stock antenna had been 450 meters. As maybe lot of you, I was impressed, but wondered "what if" I used the Dbs Itelite that apparently many say it's a lot better ?
So then I bought the Itelite, and installed it as suggested by a video on youtube drilling the holes on the front lower part of the RC. This mod worked, but with my disappointment the range had reduced by one third to about 750 meters in the same place where i got 1046 meters. Also, while with the Argtek i reached my record and then lost video signal without losing control (I could activate RTH with my s2 controller switch), with the Itelite i lose video and controller quite together infact the RTH kicks in automatically after the controller loses video connection. Also this is happening at even nearer distance, and it's completely random. The worst part is that it loses signal also just over me if i got to more than 55 meters high. This never happened before with the Argtek.
Well i have to admit that in the meantime, just after the second mod, something happened. I crashed my Phantom just two days after the DBS mod, for an error of mine, but I had just made about 10 flights with signal and RTH kick in issues. Now I've rebuilt quite completely my Phantom 3 standard, and again I experience the same problems with the DBS mod. Obviously I've more than double checked my installation of the mod, but nothing appears to be wrong.
Sorry for this long intro, but now I've come up with an idea: what if i could use both the mods, alternatively and find out which is the better one for me, and also eventually switch them any time I want?
Maybe that each mod works better depending on the place I am flying, also I've already spent money, so here is what I came into:
From now on I can choose, anytime I want, anytime I feel one mod is not working properly.
What do you think ?
Aldo