hqduong
Contributor
Has anyone encountered this? It makes sense sorta but I'm a bit skeptical it works.
So I just bought an Atom 3.0 and gave my GF my VT3 . My atom 3.0 kept losing signal from various positions where I typically have my hand and to isolate the issue to see if it was the new transmitter that came with the atom or the ATOM itself. I programmed the old transmitter into my Atom and it never loses signal.
So that indicates its a transmitter that is the problem. Then just for kicks I moved the VT3 to use the new transmitter and I loses signal all the time from even 2 feet away from the transmitter. Great right? everything points to the transmitter.
So I thought I would have to call oceanic support and get a new transmitter.
Since it was the weekend I wanted to do more test. so for more kicks. I tightened the battery hatch on the new transmitter that was losing signal, and now I never lose signal anymore. The hatch was never loose where you could just UN-tighten easily, it was definitely flush with the transmitter.
1. Does it make sense that I tighten the battery hatch I don't lose signal anymore?? I mean if it has bad electrical contact, then I should never have signal in the first place. Is there an inherent problem with my transmitter? I don't want to find this out in a dive.
2. How hard should I tighten the hatch?? I don't want to damage it. If anyone has an Oceanic transmitter, I realized these things are built with high precision, the Screw driver mark always lines up with the around the FCC code. I lined it up to the Letter "M".
So I just bought an Atom 3.0 and gave my GF my VT3 . My atom 3.0 kept losing signal from various positions where I typically have my hand and to isolate the issue to see if it was the new transmitter that came with the atom or the ATOM itself. I programmed the old transmitter into my Atom and it never loses signal.
So that indicates its a transmitter that is the problem. Then just for kicks I moved the VT3 to use the new transmitter and I loses signal all the time from even 2 feet away from the transmitter. Great right? everything points to the transmitter.
So I thought I would have to call oceanic support and get a new transmitter.
Since it was the weekend I wanted to do more test. so for more kicks. I tightened the battery hatch on the new transmitter that was losing signal, and now I never lose signal anymore. The hatch was never loose where you could just UN-tighten easily, it was definitely flush with the transmitter.
1. Does it make sense that I tighten the battery hatch I don't lose signal anymore?? I mean if it has bad electrical contact, then I should never have signal in the first place. Is there an inherent problem with my transmitter? I don't want to find this out in a dive.
2. How hard should I tighten the hatch?? I don't want to damage it. If anyone has an Oceanic transmitter, I realized these things are built with high precision, the Screw driver mark always lines up with the around the FCC code. I lined it up to the Letter "M".
Last edited:
