Looks like my RB didn't survive first thunderstorm of the year

[Runway 31]

I will get on to them Kenny.

Alan

[Kenny]

They emailed asking me to fill the form in Add Coverage section of RB24 so did I.  That was 5 days ago..  My feeder account still not activated.

In the mean time my RB has arrived Waters & Stanton.  Let see how soon I get the repaired RB back.

Kenny

[Runway 31]

Hi Kenny,

Thanks for the update, have emailed them again

Alan

[johntheone]

Hi,
I just received my radar-box back from Waters & Stanton after it went very deaf.

I am now only getting about half what I was receiving before.

I wonder if its the Saw filter that's the problem something is definitely limiting my signal as I could see SE for 200nm before

Not happy!!
John

[Runway 31]

I would get back on to Waters and Stanton, they should have checked it was working OK before they dispatched it to you.

Alan

[johntheone]

Hi Alan,
On the invoice it said Checked and working OK .

At this moment I can not see any aircraft over the North Sea as before i could read SAS for a long time before timing out and I used to see right down from Leeds to almost the Dutch coast.

Although it 's a little better than when I sent it in it took them 3 weeks to do and had to ring twice about the progress mmm.

And of course all of this is costing money.

Rant over

Thanks Alan

John

[Kenny]

Until now haven't heard from both AirNav or Waters and Stanton since I sent the box on May 14.  AirNav support hasn't reply my mail either.  Should I worry?

BTW My share client account still hasn't been activated.  I wouldn't worry about this.

Kenny

[Runway 31]

Hi Kenny,

I keep waiting to see the returns from Bangkok.  I have emailed support and am waiting on a reply.

I would suggest you contact Waters and Stanton by email to find out mailto:  [email protected]

Alan

[Kenny]

Finally, I've got the box back from post office.

Kenny

[Runway 31]

Lovely to see Bangkok back on the air Kenny.

Alan

[RodBearden]

Welcome back Kenny!

[CoastGuardJon]

Hi Kenny,
Ditto, just in time for the monsoons?  Just a thought, did W&S list the fault or replaced components?  I've just noticed that the clock time in here is GMT -1, what's that, Central European time?   I'd've expected UTC Z - GMT time to be used for an application like this.

I ought to take the AOR AR8000 off my profile, it was lifted when I was in Weybridge and London in June/July - anyone got one they'd like to sell me?

[Kenny]

Hi Kenny,
Ditto, just in time for the monsoons?  Just a thought, did W&S list the fault or replaced components?  I've just noticed that the clock time in here is GMT -1, what's that, Central European time?   I'd've expected UTC Z - GMT time to be used for an application like this.

I ought to take the AOR AR8000 off my profile, it was lifted when I was in Weybridge and London in June/July - anyone got one they'd like to sell me?

Hi CoastGuardJon,

The repair log they told me was:

    "Replaced F1 and added a resistor modification to help reduce chance of damage to SAW filter. Tested ok."
 
Regards,
Kanok

[CoastGuardJon]

Hi Kanok,
"Replaced F1 and added a resistor modification to help reduce chance of damage to SAW filter. Tested ok."

Not quite the classic repair - "SAW filter replaced" - good to have you back with us!   How are you finding the sensitivity now, any reduction in range, although of course, that could be due to weather conditions or A/C not flying as high etc..

[Kenny]

Hi CostGuardJon,

The RB still building a new polar plot.  But from what I see it is quite similar to the one before repair.  I may have to compare the screen capture after it has enough plot.

Kenny.