Verizon Jetpack over heating

Tyler

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Does anyone have a good recommendation for where to put the verizon jetpack (MiFi hotspot) when setting up a GPS base. We've strapped it to the tripod in a small pouch but I think it may be turning itself off when it gets too hot.

Has anyone found a setup that works well to protect it from the sun, heat, and ideally theft?
 

Jim Frame

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Has anyone found a setup that works well to protect it from the sun, heat, and ideally theft?

I put mine in a small Pelican case that mounts to my base tripod (I use a Seco 2M fixed-height tripod) with thumb nuts that are accessible only from the inside. I padlock the case to prevent casual theft. The case has some holes in it from a previous application, and they seem to provide sufficient ventilation. I regularly run it in 100°F weather without incident.
 

John Thompson

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My Jetpack seems to shut itself off when the temperature is below about 32°F or above about 100°F. I usually keep it in a Tupperware container that keeps it out of the sun and rain. It has no ventilation. I keep the Tupperware in the shade, often in the bushes several feet away where it won't be noticed. On hot days I have a reusable freezer pack that I put in the Tupperware with it that usually makes it last all day. I use a block of wood about the size of the Jetpack to freeze the freezer pack in a shape that will accommodate the Jetpack.
I also have some Velcro stickies that attach it to the underside of a tripod leg. It keeps the Jetpack mostly out of sight and sun and gives it plenty of ventilation.
 

Jim Frame

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FYI, I took some photos today of my Jetpack setup.

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avoidthelloyd

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My Jetpack seems to shut itself off when the temperature is below about 32°F or above about 100°F. I usually keep it in a Tupperware container that keeps it out of the sun and rain. It has no ventilation. I keep the Tupperware in the shade, often in the bushes several feet away where it won't be noticed. On hot days I have a reusable freezer pack that I put in the Tupperware with it that usually makes it last all day. I use a block of wood about the size of the Jetpack to freeze the freezer pack in a shape that will accommodate the Jetpack.
I also have some Velcro stickies that attach it to the underside of a tripod leg. It keeps the Jetpack mostly out of sight and sun and gives it plenty of ventilation.
I use the velcro tape also and put just on the inside of the tripod.
 
All that makes me very happy to spend the extra bucks to get an internal modem on the base. I am not great at keeping up with multiple pieces of extraneous gear. On a very sad note, I casually leaned my LS+ against a fence post and on the way down, just did clip the cell antenna with the top of the post and sheared it clean off. Very sad day. I was using TCP and was 3200 feet from the base. Turns out in fairly flat ground, through moderate woods, I can still get that kind of range with 1 watt internal UHF. I do have the 35 watt external radio but it wasn't hooked up right then. Now it will be a few weeks without my rover while getting repaired and that is the hard part. There was a thread some time ago going over some of the cool ways to protect the antennae coming out of the side. Somebody had built a chunk with a 3d printer and there was some woodwork. Can anyone point me back to that thread?
 

John Thompson

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