LettersFromFlyoverCountry
Well Known Member
Hi folks:
After a flight down to Red Wing a couple of weeks ago, my APRS suddenly stopped squawking me.
I've noticed some gaps in the track just prior to that, Oshkosh for example.
But nothing since that Red Wing flight.
We flew through a fair amount of rain on the way back from Cleveland a couple of months ago. And there was a long gap through Indiana.
I took the wingtip off today and verfied that the unit is getting a signal from the GPS -- steady green light -- and that it is transmitting -- red light and a packet burst on the scanner in the hangar.
The antenna was twisted in a few spots as the old Gorilla tape let go but I replaced it all and went for a flight today.
Nothing.
What steps should I take to diagnose this problem?
After a flight down to Red Wing a couple of weeks ago, my APRS suddenly stopped squawking me.
I've noticed some gaps in the track just prior to that, Oshkosh for example.
But nothing since that Red Wing flight.
We flew through a fair amount of rain on the way back from Cleveland a couple of months ago. And there was a long gap through Indiana.
I took the wingtip off today and verfied that the unit is getting a signal from the GPS -- steady green light -- and that it is transmitting -- red light and a packet burst on the scanner in the hangar.
The antenna was twisted in a few spots as the old Gorilla tape let go but I replaced it all and went for a flight today.
Nothing.
What steps should I take to diagnose this problem?