EASIER SHORT WIRE: Extend Garage Door Opener's Range (bigtime)

QUICK fix. SHORT wire.
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[@jacksp5089]

Took me about 5 minutes to fix my Whimpey 5 inch antenna. I put on about 20 inches of thin insulated wire (scrap from old speaker wire) and walked down the street about 80 yards before it stopped picking up the signal. REALLY going to save on batteries because it would not open half the time while I was sitting in my 20 ft driveway. Thank you for the time you took to put this vid up.

[@slapdat.byteme]

To make the antenna even more effective, connect the new wire extension to one of the L-shaped steel struts supporting the garage opener unit, making metal-to-metal contact via a bolt, washer and nut. It yields even greater range.

[@suptjud]

I added wire to my receiver antenna that made the length a 5/8 wavelength at 315 mHz. 22 and 5/16 inch was the final length. Worked MUCH better.

[@jascam1]

Good deal, following your lead I attached six (6) ft of stripped ends on TV coax and had similar results. Tks

[@522Dusty]

Did this with my Lift Master, then I took TV antenna that mounts face mount on a window, and that works great

[@matweber3068]

i just call my wife when im close and tell her to open the door--and have a beer ready too--no bud light

[@edwardglassen]

Led light bulbs mess up the range on the older operators. Change the led bulbs first.

[@lonnyniejadlik3243]

“Good news” presses button 5x+ before anything happens

[@paulfrancis8836]

Connect a 100 Watt linear amplifier to the remote and see if you can open it from interstate during Skip.

[@Hobo2Mamma]

haha

[@trach1955]

Just added 18 inches and now it works 2 blocks away....

[@0h2ezy]

Ka nife can strip out the wire