Help! Ufl connector came off!

Mr_Stripes

Elite member
My antenna ripped out of the connector so I tried to pull of the connector and replace the antenna. The whole connector came off! Can I still direct solder the antenna back onto the board?

Thanks for any help,
Mr_Stripes
 

Mr_Stripes

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JasonK

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that picture is well out of focus, but if the traces are undamaged, you should be able to replace the connector. I would find a wiring schematic for the board and do continuity tests to the pads and make sure they are still connected to the appropriate locations.

if this is a VTX, I would guess that the side 2 connectors are ground and the smaller middle one is signal. Ground obviously goes to ground and the signal is going to connect to an amplifier chip/IC (or some filtering discrete components after the amplifier).

if it is a RX, it would be a bit more complicated for the signal wire (given that most RXes are actually transceivers).
 

Mr_Stripes

Elite member
that picture is well out of focus, but if the traces are undamaged, you should be able to replace the connector. I would find a wiring schematic for the board and do continuity tests to the pads and make sure they are still connected to the appropriate locations.

if this is a VTX, I would guess that the side 2 connectors are ground and the smaller middle one is signal. Ground obviously goes to ground and the signal is going to connect to an amplifier chip/IC (or some filtering discrete components after the amplifier).

if it is a RX, it would be a bit more complicated for the signal wire (given that most RXes are actually transceivers).
Sorry for the bad image quality, yes the two bigger pads are gnd and the little one is signal. It is a vtx. I will attempt to solder on a new connector (after youtube shows me how)