powerflarm not receiving

On Monday, September 23, 2013 5:42:13 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Hi, everybody with Portables with bad to non-existant RX performance, please: - Make sure your antenna(s) is/are tightly connected and in once piece. - If the above is positive, please request an RMA number from Rex @ Williams. --Gerhard

Gerhard,

Is the receive performance issue associated with the mandatory addition of the SAW filter?

If not, what is the cause so owners can try to avoid it?

thanks,

Andy

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:56:37 AM UTC-4,

I was allowed to use a portable at a recent funfly. System is worthless in my opinion, no returns on other flarms farther than a few hundred feet. I told the owner to send it back for repair or the trash bin.

Bob Fidler
F1

On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:36:45 AM UTC-5, Robert Fidler wrote:
On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:56:37 AM UTC-4,



I was allowed to use a portable at a recent funfly. System is worthless in my opinion, no returns on other flarms farther than a few hundred feet. I told the owner to send it back for repair or the trash bin.



Bob Fidler

F1

Bob, your comments seem harsh. Did you use the Flarm Range Tool to evaluate the range of this portable? Did you mount it as recommended? Did others see your portable? So many variables and you wipe it all off the table with the 'worthless' label. If you were talking about a person I would call this character assassination.
Herb, J7

On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 5:36:45 AM UTC-6, Robert Fidler wrote:

I was allowed to use a portable at a recent funfly. System is worthless in my opinion, no returns on other flarms farther than a few hundred feet. I told the owner to send it back for repair or the trash bin.


Bob Fidler

Sounds like operator error to me.

On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:24:51 AM UTC-7, K wrote:
Sounds like operator error to me.

Why would you assume that when the manufacturer has posted in this thread that there is a known issue with reception and recommended that units with this problem should be returned for repair.

I'm still waiting to hear what caused the degradation in reception and if there will be a full recall.

Andy

On Friday, September 6, 2013 5:05:36 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
I was afraid of that... good news is I think I will be at Williams Soaring. tomorrow.

Tony,

Was your portable fixed and, if so, what was the problem?

thanks

Andy

I still need to get an RMA or whatever and send it in.