That was my problem exactly - the long lead on the crystal was shorted to the case. I bent it out of the way and now it's working like a champ, thanks.
I haven't tried it out of the house yet but when I do it will be colder than your truck - it's only 2 above here today. Mark N0RXD --- 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 >
