thanks for posting this i started wondering if i wasnt just having some problem and doing something wroung on my end. the tracker2 went back into HT mode last night without the HT jumper in place again last night for like the 5th time in a week. i just dont know. i know this has nothing to do with scott or anything he did it has to do with the company that put these together. i really like the work scott does and the FMI is very nice but i cant use it with a HT because i dont have a HT that will work with this. other then this unit keep going in and out of HT mode it works great.i have used the change the setting by the gps commands a lot of time. i guess my main reason for writing this 2nd email is i dont want scott too upset with me about complaining. there is a lot of good stuff about these tracker2 units and just very little going wroung but these very little is keeping me from using it. i will try to get home in the next week to get it back to you to see if maybe its a fast fix or not or if maybe its like everything else as soon as you get it into the shop it works perfect lol. thanks again for your hard work scott and hope to get 3 more of these tracker2 once all the stuff that might be wroung gets looked at. thanks, K7CDL Ron Swart
--- In [email protected], "n5faz" <n5...@...> wrote: > > mark, scott, > > i had the same issue with my brand new tracker2. if i took the board > completely out of the case it would receive. it appeared that one lead on the > crystal on the left side of the board was shorting to the case nut. trim the > leads, reassemble and receive ok. > > now my unit has developed a another problem. it intermittently wont power up. > it works most of the time on the bench with an ac adapter. but when getting > power from the radio in the truck, it does not work most of the time. i then > wired a seperate power cord for the tracker. that seemed to help but didnt > fix the problem. other times it will work for a few minutes then lockup with > no rx and no responce on the console. the gps connected to the tracker2's 5v > output always works. > > some of the symptoms it has when not working are: > green led lites up dim and the others dont flash, > or after a few seconds the act led will flash red red green very slowly then > a few seconds later the rx, tx leds will flash but the unit still wont rx or > respond to the console. > > i dont think it is a power problem, i think the problem is tempature related > as it works much more reliably in the 70+ degree house than in the less than > 40 degree truck. > > also the quality of the hand soldered parts does not appear to be very good. > > i am planning on sending my unit back for a replacement. > > paul n5faz > > > --- In [email protected], Scott Miller <scott@> wrote: > > > > I thought I'd posted the new schematic - I'll have to make sure that > > gets on the wiki. > > > > Check for any visible bad solder joints. It was tested before it left, > > so if it's not working now, chances are it's something that came loose > > afterward. You're welcome to send it back for inspection, but I'll be > > gone Thursday and Friday for CES. > > > > Scott >
