I also purchased a duplex hot spot, but need to run as simplex.
I think the two antennas are too close to each other and desensitizing the two time slots when running as duplex. I plan on attaching a meter or two of coax and adding some distance between the antennas to see if that mitigates the issue.
I had not considered that. I usually think of desensitizing when antennas are too close in the several watt range and up, but that's a silly assumption to make.
I changed my config to duplex yesterday and both timeslots show as active and "green" in the WPSD dashboard. But the hotspot doesn't hear my radio in this configuration. I think I should give calibration a go and see if that makes a difference.
Good luck on calibration! .. Please post here on results.
Yes .. same with mine .. both time slots green in duplex, I'll stand two feet away, call on the HT and the hot spot is deaf. (it worked sporadically so my configs were correct).
In simplex, I'm outside, 5 houses down .. no problem hitting the hotspot.
I just moved from pi-star to WPSD because it is still developed.
The pace of development plus active support is why I also went with WPSD on a few of my hotspots.
Hello Tom.
Nice article.
I also purchased a duplex hot spot, but need to run as simplex.
I think the two antennas are too close to each other and desensitizing the two time slots when running as duplex. I plan on attaching a meter or two of coax and adding some distance between the antennas to see if that mitigates the issue.
Cheers!
-Steve
I had not considered that. I usually think of desensitizing when antennas are too close in the several watt range and up, but that's a silly assumption to make.
I changed my config to duplex yesterday and both timeslots show as active and "green" in the WPSD dashboard. But the hotspot doesn't hear my radio in this configuration. I think I should give calibration a go and see if that makes a difference.
Good luck on calibration! .. Please post here on results.
Yes .. same with mine .. both time slots green in duplex, I'll stand two feet away, call on the HT and the hot spot is deaf. (it worked sporadically so my configs were correct).
In simplex, I'm outside, 5 houses down .. no problem hitting the hotspot.