KO & Sanwa - what Receiver?

[BelstenToo]

I have both a Sanwa Gemini 2 & a KO Vantage Esprit 2 and neither transmitter wants to talk to the other brand of receiver (and yes I have swapped the xtals over!)

Anyone have any idea why this could be or if it's the case that they just won't work together then what budget receiver would work with either or both transmitters?
I'd rather use the one transmitter for my cars and don't want the hassle of swapping one receiver between them.

[jimmy]

I've not used a sanwa receiver with KO transmitter.. but I regularly use two different KO receivers with my Sanwa M11 and it works perfectly fine.

Are you trying to use some sort of 'high response' receiver maybe ? I did buy proper sanwa Xtals for my transmitter & receiver

[DCM]

try the Hites 03m, cheap as chips and works with my KO (not a type R)

[jl]

Originally Posted by jimmy

I've not used a sanwa receiver with KO transmitter.. but I regularly use two different KO receivers with my Sanwa M11 and it works perfectly fine.

Are you trying to use some sort of 'high response' receiver maybe ? I did buy proper sanwa Xtals for my transmitter & receiver

... so Jimmy is that Sanwa crystals you're using with the Ko receivers? I'm asking as I've got an M11 and want a smaller receiver like the little KO ones.

Thanks in advance,
Jason

[Southwell]

Yes, the crystals used have to match the transmitter.

[rcqmen]

I've been using futaba 123F (yes airplane) on all of my transmitters ( ko & sanwa) for years now
just cut the excessive aerial down, never had a glitch....
use the crystals of transmitter make..

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by BelstenToo

I have both a Sanwa Gemini 2 & a KO Vantage Esprit 2 and neither transmitter wants to talk to the other brand of receiver (and yes I have swapped the xtals over!)

Anyone have any idea why this could be or if it's the case that they just won't work together then what budget receiver would work with either or both transmitters?
I'd rather use the one transmitter for my cars and don't want the hassle of swapping one receiver between them.

I have the same 2 radios, and before converting the KO to spektrum, I used both combinations without problems As long as you use Ko Xtals (in both radio and receiver) with the Ko Tranny and Sanwa Xtals with the Sanwa tranny, I see no reason why it will not work for you.

[Col]

Originally Posted by rcqmen

I've been using futaba 123F (yes airplane) on all of my transmitters ( ko & sanwa) for years now
just cut the excessive aerial down, never had a glitch....
use the crystals of transmitter make..

Isn't airplane 35mhz? No good for cars in the u.k...

[Body Paint]

PETE: Why not just flog the Sanwa and buy a spare KO297 receiver, you can get em second hand for £10-15, or less if your lucky. Being analogue and with so many people switching to spektrum there are a few laying dorment in peoples pitboxes.

I would imagine the Hi-tec receivers would work with both (although I've never been a hitec fan) also the Novak XXL receiver should work with both.

Like you say, most important thing is use 2 KO xtals when using KO tranny and 2 sanwa xtals when using sanwa tranny.

[BelstenToo]

Thanks for all the replies, I managed to get them both working ok yesterday.

When I couldn't get them to work I was using Sanwa crystals in the KO transmitter & KO crystals in the Sanwa transmitter, I didn't think that it would make a difference but they seem to work fine now.

Will probably sort out which I'm going to keep and buy another receiver or two.