mikehoover
Well Known Member
I have been trying to troubleshoot the RF surge from my APRS. It is a Byonics MT-8000 FA. Everytime it fires, my autopilot pitch servo causes an undulation of the aircraft in the pitch axis and my EGTs on my Skyview peg out.
I wrote to Byonics for help and their reply is:
This is a known peril of running 2 meter ham radio products in an aircraft. The problem can usually be resolved or minimized by turning the output power of the MT-8000 FA down slightly.
I wonder if this RF blast will eventually damage the autopilot servos or other equipment.
I suppost I can adjust the PWR pot on the circuit board slightly and test different levels. Just wondering if anyone has had this trouble and resolved it with PWR adjustments.
Thanks for comments and suggestions!
I wrote to Byonics for help and their reply is:
This is a known peril of running 2 meter ham radio products in an aircraft. The problem can usually be resolved or minimized by turning the output power of the MT-8000 FA down slightly.
I wonder if this RF blast will eventually damage the autopilot servos or other equipment.
I suppost I can adjust the PWR pot on the circuit board slightly and test different levels. Just wondering if anyone has had this trouble and resolved it with PWR adjustments.
Thanks for comments and suggestions!