Thanks to all of your tips, i now have a great working Gadget Infinity Cactus Radio Trigger,
1. As some of you mentioned, once i put a new battery in the receiver, the battery cover would not fully engage the housing and would pop off at the slightest excuse. I came up with one mod for this i haven't heard of yet. The problem is that the CR2 batteries available in the US, at least, are slightly larger than the original CR2 battery. This causes the battery covery to no longer lock in place. I took a dremel motorized tool with a small burr and enlarged the existing cavity in the battery cover plate. Please do this carefully, slowly, and watch out for your fingers and observe any other safety precautions with motorized tools, etc. (I also will not be responsible for any damaged battery covers)
Now the lid fits on just fine with available replacement CR2 batteries.
2. Matjazz suggested a link for a new coiled antenna to be soldered into the transmitter. The link suggested using a small wire tie that comes with many new products as the antenna. One of the links suggested a wire lenth of rougly 5 5/8 inches in USA dimensions as the length needed to achieve a 1/4 wave antenna.
Testing the antenna addition to the transmitter increase the before outdoor distance from 75 feet maximum (30 feet advertised) to 150 feet after the mod.
No money was spent for the additional mods. Repeatability is much improved. The last 5 flashes were not interrupted by misfires. A new record with this flash which i think is due to the better signal.
Last edited by philbaum; 12-05-2008 at 09:02 PM.