@kenbarbi wrote:
My luck to find new problems, but this morning my Lantern stopped receiving signals. I discovered the CHIP was working fine (although I still have a piece of paper jammed between the white battery connection and the pin strip).
I discovered my LNA was not lit. Seems as though some other folks have reported similar issues of intermittently lighting of the LNA indicator. I wiggled the LNA connection to the SDR, and the light back came on.
I disassembled the RTL-SDR and discovered the SMA connection had been cold soldered, and finally broke loose.
This I can fix this @Syed @Abhishek @zoltan , so don't need a replacement, but this kind of worrisome performance is something to investigate at your end on some of your other RTL-SDRs.
If other Discussion Group members have this kind of problem, it is very easy to open the RTL-SDR by taking the 4 small Phillips head screws out and sliding the circuit board slightly out of the case. The SMA connection should remain attached if soldered correctly. Ken
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