PhantomHelp Posted at 2015-2-10 06:52
many, this problem can be easily fixed by doing this:
http://www.phantompilots.com/viewtopic.php?f=2 ...

Thank you for the link,
seems like a pretty easy to do fix, but still...

When I buy a brand new drone I expect it to work as advertised out of the box, without having to screw a single screw. Imagine if you bought a car, and the servo steering wouldn't work before you open the dashboard and tape up some MacGyver stuff? It is just unacceptable, and that's why I'm probably returning the V2+ until I get one that's actually working.

A user on another forum named Burlbark picked up some RF in the GPS band inside the Phantom case.  Later he put two and two together.  The connector from the Phantom's flight control board is leaking IF as RF at the connector and losing a good portion of the signal delivered to the flight controller.  His fix was to increase tension on the contacts which requires taking apart the connector:
  
http://www.phantompilots.com/thr ... eo-recording.33453/

I figured as long as I had it this far apart, why not solder the pin clips to the wire as well.  

This fix has allowed my to pull 11-12 sats, and I only lose 1 sat under 1080i filming.

Kudos Burlbark