Hello all out there, my name is jeff i am nearly 64 yrs young, and a radio ham for about 6 yrs now. I had an airnav about 3 years ago when i was working, but sold it because i didn't have the time, i was up at 4:30 every morning and tired all the while, i have now retired early to look after the other half. Anyway! i have bought another one and it came with the Radar Rama Antenna thrown in, its only as big as the normal indoor one that comes with the box, so i was a bit dubious about it but i tried it, its on a 10ft pole above my gutter with about 5mts rg58 coax , i live in quite an industrial area in a place called the black country. Before i connected it up i was getting 10 to 12 my flights, then i hooked it up and guess what ? i couldn't believe it it shot up to 75 to 80 and the polar range shot right up . the moral of the story? i would recommend the Radar Rama its nice and discrete, and works well. Now for a couple of questions for all you experts out there, i might be a bit thick asking but, the grey matter is fading i'm afraid, what is the best lowest and highest altitude to set set on the RB i am 400 ft ASL, i dont know if that makes any difference or not, and also if i put my comp on standby will the RB still record what it has seen, because the signal light doesn't flash but the usb stays on , told you i was thick, awaiting your reply's, and waiting to talk to all of you, thanks JEFF.
Hi Jeff,
With your computer on standby, the Radarbox wont be working.
Alan
Ok alan thanks for the information, someone told me that it did this is why i asked the question, thanks again jeff.
One way of finding out for sure Jeff and that is to try it and see.
Alan
Ok thanks i will, and i'l let you know.
Yes you are right alan, its not active when it is in standby, looks like i will have to leave the pc on and turn the screen off thanks again jeff.
Hi oldun,and welcome.
My box runs 24/7 on a Acer laptop with no problem, I just wander in and watch every now and then and then abit more, helps that I keep a stash of single malt hidden for rainy days. (Like yesterday and today, possibly tomorrow and the day after....;-)
Best wishes Dave.
Ok dave thanks for the info, like the bit about the malt lol.