Oh o.k..... I assumed you started it up (like I do) in horiz. mode and then issued a reboot to get into pad mode for flight. <- It's the most safe way to handle things, as you can put the altimeter into flight mode (which effectively enables the pyro charges) while being at a safe distance. It truly is a nifty deal when compared to other altimeters. (And yes, I *still* remember a charge going off next to my head with another brand of altimeter. Fortunately my eyes were looking down when this happened.)
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Steven Saner <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/16/2014 10:40 AM, w9ya wrote: > > Yeah, last weekend I had what appeared to be (very) low-level r.f. from > > the tele-mega in idle/horiz./flight-line mode. Still dunno why, and the > > first thought was something absorbing the r.f. .... but your report is > > interesting v/v having the same/similar issue as I also got full r.f. > > when the unit was in pad/vert./flight mode. > > > > Set-up/prep took 4x as long.....grin, but once it was ready to fly, > > things went A.O.K......software in the tele-mega was 1.4.x ..... > > > > es vy 73 de; > > > That is interesting, and does sound similar. I didn't really notice the > problem in idle mode, but I did in pad mode. I never did fly because it > would have gone out of site (5000+ ft) and I didn't want to risk loosing > it. > > A couple things that I don't think are the problem. 1. I don't think I > had a low battery as I had just charged it and it indicates good charge. > 2. I don't think it is a firmware issue in that I had not upgraded since > I last flew it a couple months ago with no problem. > > I would not discount a possible antenna problem, ether on the altimeter > or the ground station. I did not visually see a problem, but that is one > of the things I plan to test more completely. > > Steve > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Steven Saner <[email protected]> KD0IJP > Andover, Kansas USA > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum >
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