Just received my GS Charger Amplifier from Ray's Pagers. Model number GS999CA-SXXXEN1X00UNI
First, is it supposed to come with a manual? Mine didn't. No big deal; I downloaded a copy from the net. The only issue is that the icons on the top front of my charger do not exactly match what is shown in the manual; they're a little different and in a different order. Charger must have had a slight redesign at some point.
But the main issue is that on some systems I monitor, inserting the pager into the charger base causes a loss of all signal strength bars and an "Out of Range" message after about 10 seconds. Once the pager is removed from the charger base, normal reception resumes. This occurs most often when I use an external 800MHz base antenna connected to the rear BNC connector on the charger. However if I connect the same external antenna to the pager's antenna jack (carefully!) using an SMA to BNC adapter, the reception is fine.
Also, in some cases, on some systems, the supplied wire whip antenna outperforms my external 800 MHz antenna when connected to the rear BNC antenna jack on the charger, but only on some of the systems I monitor. Some work better with an external antenna.
As a typical scenario:
Miami-Dade County 800 MHz trunked system
Inside my house with stock antenna on the pager: No reception
Inside my house with external mounted 800MHz band antenna connected to the pager's antenna jack: Reception with 2 to 3 signal bars
Inside my house with external mounted 800MHz band antenna connected to the rear BNC jack on the charger base: 3-4 bars for 10 seconds, then no bars and "Out of Range" message.
Anybody have a similar issue? Thoughts? Could it be a signal overload issue?
First, is it supposed to come with a manual? Mine didn't. No big deal; I downloaded a copy from the net. The only issue is that the icons on the top front of my charger do not exactly match what is shown in the manual; they're a little different and in a different order. Charger must have had a slight redesign at some point.
But the main issue is that on some systems I monitor, inserting the pager into the charger base causes a loss of all signal strength bars and an "Out of Range" message after about 10 seconds. Once the pager is removed from the charger base, normal reception resumes. This occurs most often when I use an external 800MHz base antenna connected to the rear BNC connector on the charger. However if I connect the same external antenna to the pager's antenna jack (carefully!) using an SMA to BNC adapter, the reception is fine.
Also, in some cases, on some systems, the supplied wire whip antenna outperforms my external 800 MHz antenna when connected to the rear BNC antenna jack on the charger, but only on some of the systems I monitor. Some work better with an external antenna.
As a typical scenario:
Miami-Dade County 800 MHz trunked system
Inside my house with stock antenna on the pager: No reception
Inside my house with external mounted 800MHz band antenna connected to the pager's antenna jack: Reception with 2 to 3 signal bars
Inside my house with external mounted 800MHz band antenna connected to the rear BNC jack on the charger base: 3-4 bars for 10 seconds, then no bars and "Out of Range" message.
Anybody have a similar issue? Thoughts? Could it be a signal overload issue?