Skysport 4 aerial replacement

[CliveW]

Hello, I hope you can help me. My transmitter aerial on the Skysport 4 handset has snapped and I would like to replace it. 

Is this a straight forward task? 

I think I have found a replacement aerial (£5.90) on Ebay and it looks like the base of the aerial has a female screw thread.

Any advice you can provide, before I take things apart or try unscrewing things that shouldn't be, would be very welcome.

Thanks

[Paul De Tourtoulon]

Yes unscrew and screw the new one in.

[CliveW]

Thanks Paul, sound easy enough - grip base of antenna with pliers and turn anticlockwise to undo.

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

Pliers shouldn’t be necessary as these should only be hand tight but I would recommend removing the rear casing and checking that the ring terminal at the base of the mounting screw hasn’t been disturbed - this has caused intermittent transmission problems and even component failure in the past. 
 

Do check that your replacement is the same length as the original when extended - if it’s different your range may be affected badly. 

[Paul De Tourtoulon]

if it won't unscrew by hand maybe someone opened it up and put a locknut on the end of the thread.

[CliveW]

All great advice, thank you for your help with this