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Re: pic: 1225's 2008 Electrical Board

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Originally Posted by vhcook View Post
Looks pretty good. Last year, IFI had recommended that the radio modem be mounted vertically (there's an antenna inside the case, in addition to the external one). For safety, I'd put a little electrical tape on the positive connection to the ATC panel, since it's very close to the negative.

Do you have enough room on the right side to get the serial cables in and out of the robot controller once it's mounted on the robot? They take up quite a bit of room.
Thats what I was going to say. IFI also recommended that it be mounted 3 feet or so in the air. We mounted ours on our mast and never had a radio problem last year.
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