yoderjac
5 year old buck +
When Buckeye cam moved from the Orion to the X-Series, I knew they changed the power connector, but I did not realize they changed the antenna connector. After doing some quick field testing with my X-Series, I placed my X80 at camp to monitor our entry gate during a logging operation so I could count truck loads that went out. I had power, so I simply connected the charger to the battery and used that to run the camera. Since the base antenna was right above the camera on an antenna mast, I just used the rubber ducky that came with the camera. All was well.
Today, I decided to move it to the field to replace an Orion that I need at a more distant location. I set up a large solar panel. I knew I was missing the cable to go from the panel to the battery so I ordered that from BEC. I'll install it when it comes, but the panel is in place along with the charge controller.
When I tested it, I only had about 3 bars of signal. Since the Orion already had a 6db yagi pointed at the base, I figured I'd just use that but I wanted to see how much increase I'd get in the signal. When I hooked it up I got nothing. The Orion that was using it was working fine with a string signal so I started scratching my head. I switched back and forth and the higher gain antenna gave me no connection and I consistently got 3 bars with the rubber ducky.
Hummm.....
I then took a closer look...The connector used to connect the antenna to the Orion cameras is a Male RP SMA. It turns out you need a regular Male SMA to connect to the X-Series.
So, when ordering cables for larger external antennas from L-Com or any third party source, you'll need Male N to Male SMA for X-series and Male N to Male RP SMA for Orion.
Thanks,
Jack
Today, I decided to move it to the field to replace an Orion that I need at a more distant location. I set up a large solar panel. I knew I was missing the cable to go from the panel to the battery so I ordered that from BEC. I'll install it when it comes, but the panel is in place along with the charge controller.
When I tested it, I only had about 3 bars of signal. Since the Orion already had a 6db yagi pointed at the base, I figured I'd just use that but I wanted to see how much increase I'd get in the signal. When I hooked it up I got nothing. The Orion that was using it was working fine with a string signal so I started scratching my head. I switched back and forth and the higher gain antenna gave me no connection and I consistently got 3 bars with the rubber ducky.
Hummm.....
I then took a closer look...The connector used to connect the antenna to the Orion cameras is a Male RP SMA. It turns out you need a regular Male SMA to connect to the X-Series.
So, when ordering cables for larger external antennas from L-Com or any third party source, you'll need Male N to Male SMA for X-series and Male N to Male RP SMA for Orion.
Thanks,
Jack