Recently... my RTrak has developed a problem with getting a GPS lock... several tests show that it takes 3 hours from power up of unit until GPS lock and...
Norm VE7BZC wrote... ... Is it one of the early ones that needed the capacitor mod on the regulator that feeds the GPS receiver so the voltage out of the ...
Keith pretty much touched on all of the key things to check out. There is a good chance that if your unit it from the first round, you are experiencing the...
... To Jason and Keith, and any others interested: My findings: Voltage to GPS antenna = 3.0 Vdc Current draw 32 mA (no abnormal current draw on power up) ...
Norm VE7BZC wrote... ... Everything sounds pretty normal... except you mentioned earlier that it takes 3 hours to get a lock! Try connecting it to a PC with a...
In the 2009 February issue of QST, the RTrak was reviewed by the QST staff. The article was very positive and covered the RTrak well. We're very proud of it...
Nice Article in QST. I have been looking for a self contained tracker like this for my motorcycle. How much current does the RTrak draw for receive and how...
Just a note to say I am planning to mount my RTrack in the small afterseat compartment on my BMW R75S. Since this is a *fairly* protected spot, I will...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the RTrak group. File : /rtrak_cd.zip ...
Well, it had to happen. I misplaced my R-trak programming cable. Does anybody have the schematic/pinout for it? Is there a RS-232/TTL converter that I will...
Bill AD8BC wrote... ... I don't seem to be able to find my cable either, but there's nothing special in the cable... 5, 2 and 3 on the DE-9, and 5 is ground....
Keith pretty much answered the question, but the major points are: - Use a 3/32" (2.5mm) stereo plug - Sheild is ground - Tip and ring are TXD and RXD, but I...
Has anyone heard from Jason ? I dropped off a traker at Dayton for him to look at. About 3 weeks ago, he said he would look at it and send it back the next...
Dick and All, I am fine. Got back from Dayton and had a pile of orders and work to crawl out from under. Work has been busy too, we launched a large rocket...
Hello! I finally got the ancillary bits together to try out my RTrak in preparation for mounting in motorbike. I'm disappointed that I seem to be overlooking...
hello! I answered my own question on the previous post about LED operation by "discovering" the OpenTracker documentation (as opposed to the RTrak User Guide)....
Hugh, Sorry that I did not get to this post sooner. I am working as fast as I can to get the new RTrak-LP ready to ship out and many people are waiting on me....
Hugh AA0HP wrote... ... Your path and frequency should be OK, but you could try 144.990 to see if anything is listening on that frequency in Seattle. My...
Hugh AA0HP wrote... ... I'm glad to hear that you found the OT documentation. That will help. ... The "loudness"; of an FM signal is a function of the...
Chris and all waiting on an RTrak to come, We have worked out any design problems and are in the final stages of production. All parts have been ordered and...
Not sure where else to go on this. I placed an order 8/26/09 at the RPC sales-site... paid via Paypal. Got no confirmation or shipping status. I sent a...
I ordered an RTRAK unit in February and have not received it as yet. You have already received payment via my payPal account. Please advise. Hubert C Connolly...
Folks, I am sorry that I have not made this post sooner to the group, but I am snowed under with getting things like the pending RTrak-LP orders ready. Company...
Hello, group! I have been tinkering with a old Jornada 720 Handheld PC this year. It uses a special OS, WindowsCE on ARM processor. What this means is that...
Hi Hugh, The otwincfg program that configures the OpenTracker+ in the RTrak is written in Visual C++ 6.0 with MFC. The source code is in a public SVN ...
