ITElite DBS Mod Not easy!!

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I just finished the install of my new DBS Mod and it was challenging to say the least. From start to finish I was a little under an hour. It was successful but lets say I may of lost weight as I was sweating through many stages. I can see now the reason why many are damaging the ribbon cable is not just from getting it out or getting it back in the slot but the hard part is getting it back in position through the slot back to the board it fits into . I will admit I was shocked to see the size of the ribbon cable and I can see now that strictly using your fingers(I wear latex gloves) will not work with these ribbon cable as they are too small. As I said in other posts I am a computer support specialist and have been working on computers for almost 20 years and installing or replacing a ribbon cable is far from a new event for me. This is a challenging install and the amount of things that can go wrong are many. My suggestion to anyone who is not 100% into this sort of thing is send your remote to DBS or I think you will likely be out the cost of a new remote. In hindsight I would've sent mine to them even though all appears to be working fine.
 
BUT...........on the Bright side...........Wicked nice range now..........For me, I't about Tree interference.........not going 5 miles away.............I am very happy with the purchase and it's performance
I agree but I will test the range as well without the heavy trees and hills but main reason for install was the heavy trees around here. Too wet to fly today but soon i hope
 
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i did mine and it works fine.
yes there are ribbons there that could cause a problem.
 
Nice Job ! ! I see you left the old ones on....I made some caps from some ⅜" Hole Plugs :) .........Nice here today...........Off to fly :)
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I found that if you loosen the three screws holding down the coms board it will allow the board to float up a little and that makes the re-insertion of the large ribbon cable a little easier. WMWV.
 
Also recommend upgrading the outside cable to a thicker rg402 coaxial cables . You can find them on eBay for just a few bucks.
 

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I just received my upgraded cables today from an address close to where my P3A was shipped from. Ive had the DBS upgrade for a few weeks( install was a breeze, hardest part for me was getting the ribbon cable fished back up the back of the tx & case closed smoothly) with great results & hated those longer cables. The 4" cables are perfect length & feel & look 100x better than the included 10" cables. Hoping for even less db loss with the shorter cables. Couldn't one expect better results without the connection point from outside the tx to inside. Every transition or connection point is a place for db loss correct?


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Also I purchased both 4" & 6" versions of the upgraded cables because I had read some saying 4 were better & some 6... 4" are the perfect fit with no excess hanging loosely or getting in the way
 

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