I flew two Telemetrums yesterday. Had a bit of an operator issue until I
realized I had the antenna orientation flipped but after getting that fixed
it worked pretty well. I see them take a few minutes to lock and my very
old Altus droid app can be frustrating but the work great. I got a set of
small drivers from Sears that fit just fine.

Ted
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:46 PM John Sahr <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a Telemetrum and a TeleBT, procured about 8 months ago, in
> preparation for an NAR L2 attempt last April.  What I found was that I
> could talk to the TM via wired connection, and the TeleBT via wired
> connection, but I could never get the TeleBT to talk to the TM via the 70
> cm link, despite hours and hours of attempts.
>
> Except for one brief 10 minute session.
>
> When it came time for my L2 attempt, I made no attempt to listen to the TM
> reports on 70 cm, because: if I couldn't make it work in my living room
> after hours and hours of trying, I didn't really expect to have it work on
> the range.
>
>
> Another significant problem with the TM is that the terminal blocks have
> *tiny* screws.  I used a Stratologger as the primary flight computer, with
> the TM as backup.  The only flight computer failures I've had are with the
> TM, whose terminal blocks failed to hold the wires.  To even use the
> terminal blocks I had to grind down a straight blade screwdriver to be
> small enough to fit in the holes.
>
> -----
>
> Sorry to be a party pooper, but my experience with the TM/TeleBT has been
> poor;  I can't recommend it to anyone.
>
> jds
>
> NAR 98570 L2
> WB7NWP
> professor, electrical engineering, University of Washington
>
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