Output power is low. Really low. Needs to be 1000.
YeaNot exactly on topic, but, What is required to power the 401 radio from an external source? Can the alligator clip cord and a lawn mower/motorcycle type battery be used safely?
Thanks
Yes, these are after changing to 1000(30) and the satellite reception is at my desk.
What is required to power the 401 radio from an external source? Can the alligator clip cord and a lawn mower/motorcycle type battery be used safely?
It seems to be a problem with the external antenna on the LS. Range on the internal is about what we expect, but when that is exceeded and switch to external there is no corresponding increase in range.The problems you had appeared to be with the output power being too low. Also it is not reasonable to check the RSSI with only 4' between the transmitter and receiver. If you want to check the radio, measure the RSSI at 100' between the radio at full power and LS with both internal and external antennas. The internal antenna on the back of the LS should be facing the radio.
Curious if you updated the base and radio as well? It's worth a try if not.After upgrading software a few days ago, we are having significantly diminished radio range. This is running a TR2 base with the HPT401BT radio.
We generally use the external antenna on the TLS, but even using the external antenna now only gets us 700' range over level ground.
Using the switch from internal to external does not seem to make any significant difference in the RSSI value, so perhaps it is the switch not working.
Any ideas?
I don't think so. The internal screenshot shows similar BER to the external.Maybe the external antenna (868-928 MHz) pn 30-597162-01 is bad?