Hi Scott,

Does the connector fit through the hole or was the cable soldered onto the antenna after it was installed?
I think the antenna cable really needs its own hole and I think that hole also needs a grommet to protect the cable. I believe that reinstallation of the antenna cover, after coming off numerous times, is what has caused this failure; the peg on the cover has simply crushed the cable and also stripped some of the insulation.

Agree with you on this. The connector was soldered after it was installed.

@radhoo, I’m wondering why you’ve suggested changing the antenna over to one that has ~15dB of gain, versus the original which, as far as I can establish, probably has 28dB of gain. This page shows a number of different antennas, including what I believe is the same as the standard antenna. I’m considering this 32dB antenna.

Because I had some excellent results with the small antenna, and considering it for the next design update, in order to get rid of the external plastic holder, or at least replace it for something more comapct. The current antenna is a custom version, that is why we have the copper shield replacing the standard shield. The 32dB antenna looks very interesting, I’m sure it would provide better results.

At 13:14 today, my model D stopped uploading because it had frozen – which I think is a first for mine. I noticed at ~18:20, when I picked it up to have another go at the GPS antenna cable and couldn’t wake the display.

Did it still have power? I didn’t consider that long sync sessions will waste all battery, this is on the list for the new firmware too.

@VA7VW, we’ll have longer keys for the next firmware.