I have asked Zuke to help me and he has agreed. So, he will do my remote testing when possible.
Keep in mind that all hiccups can't be eliminated, but many can. The TDI will respond to ground signals and hotrocks and so will the SPP. The difference is, they may not sound exactly the same. Also, at the present time, the SPP has a whole lot more of the odd signals, many of which are called hiccups.
Since Zuke has both the TDI and the SPP, he makes a perfect choice, plus he has done some other mods I suggested to improve the sensitivity of the TDI. Fortunately, those mods seem to work well.
As we found out, what works fine over here in the US may not work well in OZ. The SPP is a perfect example. Over here, the SPP works great with basically no hiccup type signals or if one does happen it is rare. So, in a nutshell, we need some different techniques to simulate what you have for ground and even then we are not really duplicating it.
Anyway, getting back to an improvement, I asked Zuke to try a mod on the SPP and he says it works over there. No, it doesn't eliminate all the hiccups, but does reduce them noticeably. I also suspect what signals do still exist will exist on the TDI also. At least most of them will. Since the TDI is proven itself, then if we can approach the TDI in the number of odd signals, we will be at the best we can get.
Hopefully, Zuke will help us by telling how close we are to that goal.
I really appreciate all of your inputs. They do help me in trying to find a solution. I especially appreciate Zuke's efforts since he is my eyes and ears over there also, but is making and testing the mods on his own detector. That makes things much easier for me and makes more sense than sending detectors back and forth. Once we find a total solution, I hope Zuke will help his fellow countrymen and provide his technical expertise in making some mods to some of your detectors. That would be a whole lot faster and easier than sending any back for service.
Reg
Keep in mind that all hiccups can't be eliminated, but many can. The TDI will respond to ground signals and hotrocks and so will the SPP. The difference is, they may not sound exactly the same. Also, at the present time, the SPP has a whole lot more of the odd signals, many of which are called hiccups.
Since Zuke has both the TDI and the SPP, he makes a perfect choice, plus he has done some other mods I suggested to improve the sensitivity of the TDI. Fortunately, those mods seem to work well.
As we found out, what works fine over here in the US may not work well in OZ. The SPP is a perfect example. Over here, the SPP works great with basically no hiccup type signals or if one does happen it is rare. So, in a nutshell, we need some different techniques to simulate what you have for ground and even then we are not really duplicating it.
Anyway, getting back to an improvement, I asked Zuke to try a mod on the SPP and he says it works over there. No, it doesn't eliminate all the hiccups, but does reduce them noticeably. I also suspect what signals do still exist will exist on the TDI also. At least most of them will. Since the TDI is proven itself, then if we can approach the TDI in the number of odd signals, we will be at the best we can get.
Hopefully, Zuke will help us by telling how close we are to that goal.
I really appreciate all of your inputs. They do help me in trying to find a solution. I especially appreciate Zuke's efforts since he is my eyes and ears over there also, but is making and testing the mods on his own detector. That makes things much easier for me and makes more sense than sending detectors back and forth. Once we find a total solution, I hope Zuke will help his fellow countrymen and provide his technical expertise in making some mods to some of your detectors. That would be a whole lot faster and easier than sending any back for service.
Reg