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U3S and strange sudden changes in locator


 

I am a happy user of the Ultimate 3S. I use it mostly for WSPR. I use it now for about a year. Almost every day and then about twice a day my locator sudenly changes. I see on the screen of the U3S during WSPR transmission that it is sending an other locator. I think that it is generated by the program of the U3S some how? ?There are always the same changes in Locator. It is or JE36 or IN73 as "ghost location". My Locator settings for the Ultimate 3S are: ?Xw 0; X2 0; Yn 0; Iv 1; TxS 15. My location is JN23(vj) for the past months. But when I use it "at home" JO22(hi) the same changes with the same "ghost locations" happen. I use the GPS receiver QLG2 in combination with the U3S. Has anyone experiences like this? Or hints what is happening?
Best regards,
Pa3AAW ?/ Hans Merz


 

Hi Hans,?
I think that I'd perform a reset and start again but make sure that you record all of your settings first.?
Andy?
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The universe is made up of Protons, Neutrons, Electrons but contains only one M0RON.


 

On 29/07/2023 15:53, Hans Merz wrote:
But when I use it "at home" *JO22*(hi) the same changes with the same "ghost locations" happen. I use the GPS receiver QLG2 in combination with the U3S. Has anyone experiences like this? Or hints what is happening?
Hans,

In the configuration of the U3S is a setting for "checksum" this prevents a corrupted NMEA sentence from changing the locator.
But it can not be set if you want to send your locator mobile.

73 Alan G4ZFQ


 

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Hi Andy,

Thanks for your advise. I think it¡¯s the
best thing to do!

Hans Merz / Pa3AAW

Op 29 jul. 2023 om 18:14 heeft M0RON <eustace.andy@...> het volgende geschreven:

?Hi Hans,?
I think that I'd perform a reset and start again but make sure that you record all of your settings first.?
Andy?
--
The universe is made up of Protons, Neutrons, Electrons but contains only one M0RON.


 

Hi Alan,


Thanks for the info! I missed indeed setting for checksum in the info check!

73

Pa3 AAW / Hans

Op 29 jul. 2023, om 20:43 heeft Alan G4ZFQ <alan4alan@...> het volgende geschreven:

On 29/07/2023 15:53, Hans Merz wrote:
But when I use it "at home" *JO22*(hi) the same changes with the same "ghost locations" happen. I use the GPS receiver QLG2 in combination with the U3S. Has anyone experiences like this? Or hints what is happening?
Hans,

In the configuration of the U3S is a setting for "checksum" this prevents a corrupted NMEA sentence from changing the locator.
But it can not be set if you want to send your locator mobile.

73 Alan G4ZFQ