Promax Ranger - Owners/Users Topic

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I tried, but I cannot get a propper signal at 11699 H on 16.0E. Sorry... :(
 

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Youv'e got them bloody crayons out again :p. Didn't realise the Neo went down to 2 MHz span - very useful. Our tatty old Rangers only go down to 10 MHz span,


@John

Not me with the crayons sir, it was Promax, they used the crayons in their video.
My Ranger Neo+ does not go down to 2 MHz span, it is 10 MHz, same as yours. It is the next model up in the range that can do the 2 MHz span.

However, from reading Vitor's feedback on editing some of the firmware update files I thought that it might be possible to get the non specified Ranger models to achieve a 2 MHz span.
It seems from the reply from Vitor in post 20 above that this might be possible?
 

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On a different note: the FW server seems to be down. Even NetUpdate 4 cannot find the server and issues an error.
 

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@moonbase: send me the current FW upgrade file. It should be a ZIP file and it should be in the NetUpdate4 folder on C:\.
 

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On a different note: the FW server seems to be down. Even NetUpdate 4 cannot find the server and issues an error.


It has been down for some time.
Promax are moving away from using the FW Server in favour of some other web method.

I contacted Promax to get a firmware update file which they sent by email.
 

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@moonbase: send me the current FW upgrade file. It should be a ZIP file and it should be in the NetUpdate4 folder on C:\.


It is a large file, 121mb when zipped, too large to upload to this forum.
I updated my meter with a USB stick containing the firmware update.

Sent you PM.
 
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I will look at it over the weekend. I am away from home at the moment.
 

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It is the 16.0 East beacon at 11699.20 H.

I have attached a picture of the beacon below taken with a span of 2 MHz, other settings were Persistence = ON, Averaging = 7
The YouTube video is in the link below.



I need help, I am morphing into a wavy line merchant (bows head in shame).

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View attachment 139856

Interesting video MB , not seen that before
 

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It is the 16.0 East beacon at 11699.20 H.

I have attached a picture of the beacon below taken with a span of 2 MHz, other settings were Persistence = ON, Averaging = 7
The YouTube video is in the link below.



I need help, I am morphing into a wavy line merchant (bows head in shame).

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View attachment 139856

Confession: Iv'e had the crayons out MB. ** 16east Beacon.
1.2 CM, North Nottinghamshire.
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Confession: Iv'e had the crayons out MB. ** 16east Beacon.
1.2 CM, North Nottinghamshire.
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View attachment 139871


Looks like you enabled "Persistence".

That beacon peak at 11699.20 splits into 5 sub peaks in the Promax beacon video I linked to above.
They were using a Ranger model with 1 Mhz and 2 MHz span range options and a resolution bandwith of 40 KHz.
 
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