Question about signal % and overload

[Bill_S]

I noticed today on my V3 that I could only get the rx gain to go to 8 before it overloaded. This was with the D2 coil. I held it in the air waist high. I noticed on a setting of 7 the signal loss was 47. It had a recommended gain of 1 even on the lowers gain setting. I then moved locations and went a couple miles down the road and it did the same thing. I could get the gain to 15 on the 5.3 eclipse. Is this normal or is something wrong?

 

[mickfin]

Sounds Like something is wrong with your D2 coil, Call Whites,

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

You will be glad you did! $125 and it will be like a whole new detector!

 

[Rob (IL)]

The recommended gain simply gives you an RX setting to keep signal% at 10%. This would change with location. This is too conservative a setting and that is why the recommended RX was dropped on the V3i. You should run the RX gain as high as possible as long as the detector remains stable and falsing is under control.

I don't see how you could get a D2 to overload at RX8 and then move and then could run it to R15. I was ready to tell you you had a bad D2 since if it had a signal% of 47 at RX7, I'm sure it would overload at RX15. I don't see how you could then get it to RX15 later with no overload.

 

[Bill_S]

I was able to get the 5.3 to run at 15 not the D2......;o)

 

[Rob (IL)]

You confused me when you said you went to a new spot and did the same thing, my mistake. Test for a good coil, is it won't overload at RX 15 in the air. Soooo....., you have a bad D2.