Hi Keith well the PX is not yet wired at the OT+,for the moment i have my old buddy FT208 :-)))))). I will send my battery at Scott,if after all that i am still having problem i may suspect the charger:the contact were is connected the battery. i will check the #6671 message,if someone have a picture it will also be welcome for me,,,i am visual you know even if i dont see like i use too.
So for now thanks Keith for those emails and 73/s to Scott ffor his services as always first class. gervais ve2ckn bic,quebec -------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith VE7GDH" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:21 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [tracker2] battery of the PX > Gervais VE2CKN wrote... > >> Well I am saying 3/4 of the day because I left it ON in the morning >> when I was eating my breakfast here,and going at work in the afternoon >> my xyl call me on the phone that she was hearing a weak noise in the >> radio corner here and could not find the source (you know that >> radio-amateur are always clean of,,,,anything) anyway she found it in >> my desk, it was beeping. so it was about 14.00 hres in the afternoon >> and I left home at 07.30 hres. it was not scanning at all and no >> lights. it was standby on my repeater. > > Perhaps you do have a battery that isn't up-to-specs. When I ran my test > yesterday, the battery came out of the charger (fully charged) and was > connected to a radio with the backlight turned on, and it scanned for 13 > hours and 13 minutes, with a total of 45+ minutes of QSOs on low power. > I was probably responsible for half the transmit time, with sometimes a > couple of seconds after the other station dropped the PTT before I hit > mine, but I was really impressed that it lasted over 13 hours, let alone > with 45 minutes of QSOs included in that 13 hours. Are you sure your > battery was charged before you turned it on at 07:30? > >> ps tomorrow it is the test for my OT+ on my skidoo, :-))) > > Good luck with the PX-777 and the OT+ on your skidoo! Of course, > if the battery doesn't last...! > >> Scott how should I connect the DS18S20 "thermo transmitter" on >> my OT+ so I could have the temperature from outside ? > > You could just remove the temperature sensor on the OT1+ and mount it > externally. Message # 6671 on the Tracker 2 group describes adding a > DS18S20. I have some on the way. it. According to the OT1+ manual, > you can add a DS18S20 to the 1-wire bus. Perhaps the message on > the Tracker 2 list will be enough to get you going. > > 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH > -- > "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!" > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
