Trantec S3.2

[Jwaugh]

I have tried a new battery (Duracell) but still the same.

 

If only the manual had a Troubleshooting part. The manual only tells you how to set up the system but not in great detail.

 

I have borrowed a set of UHF radio mics just to keep us going and thy seen to work ok. (Different type I know)

[Shez]

It is worth noting that you might qualify for compensation IF you can prove when the radio mics were first bought. You could start with whomever on your committee who deals with the secular paperwork and ask them if they have received any mail from Ofcom.

No compensation in this case as the mics are VHF.

[paulears]

I did a test today and found that when you are some distance from the receiver and you touch the antenna or put it under your arm you loose all signal. But bring it back out into the open and don't touch it the signal is great. The antenna does look a bit bent and even if I straighten it, it goes back to being bent again.

 

Just to check - what kind of distances are we talking about, and just checking the receiver aerials are both extended?

 

Find the distance where the signal starts to get unreliable and unscrew the aerial from the transmitter, see if you can find a bit of single core wire, or even a coathanger just over 40cm long. stick it into the little brass thread and jam it in with a match - then see if you can get more distance. If you can, then it's odds on the rubber ducky helical aerial is knackered. Trantec (or Canford Audio) have them for sale as do other companies. It's feasible the receive aerials could be the problem too - although as there are two of them, it's less likely.

[boswell]

The antenna does look a bit bent and even if I straighten it, it goes back to being bent again.

Do you think I should replace the antenna?

 

Quite possibly the aerial is broken internally, do as Paul sugests and try a bit of straight wire instead

[ramdram]

Ref #17

 

Mental note to oneself: research frq first, ** laughs out loud **.

 

Found this little nugget, which again may be useful to folks in the same predicament:

 

http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news_more.asp?news_id=358

 

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We have kicked around the idea of the tx aerial/tx batts being duff. Once you have tried a new length of aerial wire instead of the rubber ducks, as suggested above, ( and cut to the correct length) and if that does not work then we are left with the rx side

 

Since you became IC radio mics have there been any alterations to the fabric of your building? Have the rx been moved or anything of a metallic nature placed nearby or covering/shielding them? If it is happening to both units at the same time then perhaps it is an "outside" influence?

 

I note from the manual that it suggests you set the aerials in opposite 45 degrees slant polarisation, ie the aerials should be at 90 degrees to each other...is this still the case? Google slant polarisation if you want to know more but basically (very) it is a way of setting the rx aerials to pick up at least something.

 

Have you attempted to reset the optimum gain of the system as detailed in the last two paras of the manual?

 

Have you been onto the manufacturers for THEIR thoughts??