It really *shouldn't* be that sensitive to stray RF, not in its case 
anyway.  I would check the routing of your radio cables, and maybe add a 
ferrite clamp.  There are ferrite chips on the board for all of the 
radio and serial connections, too.

Ordinarily I can't get one to lock up with 50w of RF right next to it. 
But the new board revision's got extra protection - multilayer transient 
voltage suppressors that are mostly there to bleed off ESD and save it 
from momentary wiring mistakes, but they also add some capacitive filtering.

Scott

kb9lgs wrote:
>  
> 
> I am using the Muvi 350 and OT2m tied to a MFJ data radio. It works very 
> well. One issue when I first started. The OT2m seems to be a bit 
> sensitive to stray rf, and I had the two boxes on top of each other in 
> the back of my jeep under the rear seat. The OT2m kept locking up with 
> the transmit line on. I fixed this by putting the OT2m on one side and 
> the radio on the other side and used the Driveshaft tunnel as a bit of 
> an RF shield.
> 
>  > this is for people that already use this setup. i'm thinking of 
> changing my setup. right now i have a Rino 130 hooked to TT4. not saying 
> anything bad about TT4 but i have a Nuvi 350 that is new and i'm so 
> ready to upgrade and use that so i can see other aprs stations when 
> driving the semi truck i drive. my main reason for emailing the group is 
> to see what problems you all have had with the Nuvi 350 and OT2m setup 
> as a mobile setup? how many of you do messageing on them? i stop a lot 
> in the middle of nowhere where there is no cell phone service but there 
> is great aprs service. please let me know about all the good and bad 
> that you all have had about this compian setup. i have a GTRANS Garmin 
> to NMEA Translator Cable (D-Sub Style) on order but really thinking 
> about seeing if i can change my order fo the OT2m type of setup.
> 
> 

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