Did I just screw up my Quasar?

[danielhv]

Can’t count how many times I’ve had to redo this sled to get it the way I want. In the process I kept bumping the antenna knocking it loose. So I used some solder and tacked it. Now I’m in the testing phase, and I’m getting ZERO range. Like, not even a foot away. Seems to catch a signal once then it just ages and never renews.

 

[SpaceX76]

Did it work before you mounted it on the sled?

 

[danielhv]

Did it work before you mounted it on the sled?

it worked in my other rocket. This is a new build.

 

[danielhv]

I think I figured it out. Swapped the antenna from the egg timer transmitter in another rocket and it works fine. So apparently when I tried to text solder the original antenna in place the heat must’ve done something to it.

 

[-Slick-Ice]

You should be able to use epoxy on both that and the GPS antenna. It looks like even the plastic melted on your antenna so it got hot. I don't know how that antenna is made but there is probably some coax inside of it.