The reason for the tape is that it provides some additional protection during shipping - both the bulk shipment from the manufacturer to the warehouse, and from the warehouse to you. What happened in previous batches was that sometimes, in the event of a hard knock to a package (during either of those two shipments), could sometimes dislodge the metal shielding lid of the RF module. That's why I got the additional protection added, and since then there have not been any instances of the lid coming off, as far as I can recall.?
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Keith VE7GDH <ve7gdh@...> wrote:
Bob ZL1RS wrote...
> ...on the GPS module (YICxxxxxx) that comes pre-fixed
> to the PCB? (neither of the unopened kits here have any)
Yes, that is the RF Module that I'm referring to.I have
two GLG1 GPS receivers. Both had some clear tape over
the YIC51612 RF Modules. I was just curious what reason was. See attached photo.
