[wxqc] Wireless Vantage Pro transmission drops

[Hall, Larry C Contractor/Sverdrup]

Steve, your post was of particular interest.  I have a VP Wireless that
performed flawlessly until the battery needed replacement.  Since the
battery replacement, during the past two months my VP fails to send
packets for periods of time.  The problem does not occur every day, but
when it does it will be between 0400 CDST and 1000 CDST.

Larry C. Hall
WB4YPW 

 

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From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
[mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net] On Behalf Of Steve
Schlei
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 10:07 AM
To: wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net
Subject: [wxqc] Wireless Vantage Pro transmission drops

 

Over the past two days my Vantage Pro Wireless station either hasn't
transmitted packets or my receiver isn't receiving packets at sporadic
intervals.  I looked at the log over the last 48 hours and the reception
would go from 95% down to 10% and hold there for sometimes a half hour.
No outside data is recorded, only inside temperature and barometer.  I
started using my station at the end of November 2004.  It has a solar
cell for power during the day and a lithium battery for night.  The
transmission drops have been happening at all times of the day.

 

Any suggestions on what could be causing this problem?  My station is
line of site with the receiver and is about 100 feet away through one
window.  It has been functioning fine up until yesterday.

 

Another question I have is does anybody have reception problems with the
Vantage Pro when the microwave runs?  Whenever I use the microwave I
lose reception.  When I stop using it the reception is fine again.  And
this has nothing to do with the problem above, I didn't use the
microwave at all yesterday.

 

Can a wireless Vantage Pro be configued to become a wired Vantage Pro?
I thought I would move my wireless console around a lot but I don't move
it around at all.  So I have no problem running a cable out to the
station if it would improve my data gathering.

 

Thanks for any help,

Steve

CW2841

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