Re: Need some antenna advice (for my CM15A, of course)

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Mike,

I'd offer to check out your CM15A but the Canadian postal authorities have
made it nearly impossible to send a package to Canada from the USA. If the
address is not formatted in accordance with their exact specifications, they
will not deliver it.

Did you exchange your original CM15A for this new one?

"Michael G." <514mike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>Dave, you are absolutely correct.
>
>I take full responsibility for this thing not working.  I bet all it
>takes is one lousy connection/solder to ruin it, and lo and behold, I
>probably have 4 poorly soldered connections!
>
>Another problem is, of course, the remotes I am transmitting with.  The
>four-battery HR12A palmpads work from every single room in the house,
>and probably down the street, too.
>
>It's those thin remotes that are causing me all the problems.
>
>If any of you electronics guys lived in Montreal, I'd buy you some
>pizza and beer to come over here and help my put together a great
>antenna, with the amplifier, with excellent connections!
>
>I did recently switch my CM-15A module to a newer one, with updated
>firmware (on the advice of X-10).  I wonder if (perhaps) this new one
>truly has a problem.  My eggbeater WAS working quite well a few weeks
>ago.
>
>...Are there any Montrealers out there?!?!
>
>Although I will purchase another $10.00 transceiver, I'm still
>open-minded!
>
>Thanks again!
>
>Mike