Problems with Paging Altronics Weather center

Rob Petrie E395 · 04-05-2009, 01:29 PM

Anybody have any suggestions on what could be wrong would be great. I went to first race of the year at Gateway this weekend and my pagers wont recieve pages if I am more than about 50 yards from the trailer. I have cleaned all the connections and the ground plane. Seemed like it was working fine when I checked it this spring I could get pages almost a mile from the house. I know I can call them in the morning but untill then its driving me nuts!

Bill Grubbs · 04-05-2009, 07:01 PM

Sounds like a bad connection in the antenna cable. Make sure the coax ground and signal wires are making a good connection with the connector. I would check the continuity of each. Also, are you using a battery, or a wall power adapter? If you are using a wall adapter try a battery (fully charged auto battery), you could be trying to pull to much power.

Bill

04-05-2009, 01:29 PM	#1
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,093 Likes: 162 Liked 220 Times in 79 Posts	Problems with Paging Altronics Weather center Anybody have any suggestions on what could be wrong would be great. I went to first race of the year at Gateway this weekend and my pagers wont recieve pages if I am more than about 50 yards from the trailer. I have cleaned all the connections and the ground plane. Seemed like it was working fine when I checked it this spring I could get pages almost a mile from the house. I know I can call them in the morning but untill then its driving me nuts!

04-05-2009, 07:01 PM	#2
Bill Grubbs Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Magnolia, Texas Posts: 404 Likes: 1 Liked 458 Times in 61 Posts	Re: Problems with Paging Altronics Weather center Sounds like a bad connection in the antenna cable. Make sure the coax ground and signal wires are making a good connection with the connector. I would check the continuity of each. Also, are you using a battery, or a wall power adapter? If you are using a wall adapter try a battery (fully charged auto battery), you could be trying to pull to much power. Bill