Hawk remote start and alarm

[vinnieTy]

My friend bought two hawk keyless entry and remote start alarm units from ebay for his beater car and truck and he said for the 34 dollars each you couldnt go wrong. So i decided i needed one for my 92 chevy s10 commuter truck. I installed it which worked out great. Doors lock unlock rear window pops open and the truck starts and shuts off with remote. Love it. All of a sudden after cleaning up the garage and testing the remote start i noticed that i cant be more then 10-12 feet away. First i thought i forgot to plug in the antenna so i start looking it over and noticed there is no antenna. It didnt come with one. In the instructions it doesnt even state where to plug in an antenna if it was suppose to have one, this is going to piss me off. What the **** can you do with a remote start if you need to start it no more then 10-12 feet away.

Now my question is does this does have one and it didnt come with it. Does anyone know. Is there a way i can add to the range but soldering in a wire or something to help.

thanks guys

 

[midnightbluS10]

Re: Hawk remote start and alarm

Have you tried replacing the batteries in the remote?

 

[vinnieTy]

Re: Hawk remote start and alarm

Both remotes do the same thing. The LED lights on the remotes are brite red when i hit a button so i dont think it is a batttery. Does anyonw know if i can add an antenna to the dam thing?

 

[Black Knight]

Re: Hawk remote start and alarm

Might be the kit, mine you could start the car from like a mile away, maybe not but it seemed like it

 

[Turboz]

Re: Hawk remote start and alarm

hold the remote to your chin and you will get more range on it. also move the brain up as hight o the windshield as you can.

 

[DynaGlide]

Re: Hawk remote start and alarm

Soldering a piece of copper or silver at a length of the bandwidth, or a multiple thereof, onto the existing antenna should increase the reception. More is not always better.

Try changing the batteries in the Tx.