[BC] Broadcast Tools WVRC-8

[Jeff Johnson]

I have a WVRC-8 at our translator. I am a bit underwhelmed with it. It goes 
'goofy' every few weeks and sends erroneous readings such as 400+ watts TPO 
on a 250 watt Crown TX.

It DOES however still allow a shutdown of the TX even when it has lost its 
sanity. I know the Crown will nail the TPO exactly, (the reading is exactly 
correct when I eventually visit the site) so I do not worry about the odd 
readings until I can get out there. All it needs is a power cycle and it is 
OK again.

Another aggravation is the near 'no-op' nature of the line in monitoring 
function. Yes, it works, but is way low in sensitivity and rather useless.

I would rather have bought a Sine, but thought the BT would suffice. It 
has, but marginally. Perhaps there is a firmware upgrade??

Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com CSRE
RFPROOF.COM

>Does anybody have a Broadcast Tools WVRC-8 remote control in service?  I 
>purchased one based on many good experiences with Broadcast Tools products 
>and got it installed yesterday and working well at a station I built about 
>150 miles from home.  It has some really cool features and is a lot of 
>bang for the buck.  Everything worked great while I was standing in front 
>of the unit using my cell phone to test it.  Today, not even 24 hours 
>later, I can't get it to respond to my access code.  I don't feel think it 
>got scrambled because I left the factory greeting and it is OK and the 
>number of rings to answer is the same number of rings that I 
>programmed.  Since that is different from the default, and I know that 
>entry wasn't corrupted, I'm wondering what's up.  I'd hate to think that 
>it's dead in the water and the only way I'd know for sure is to drive back 
>and check.  If it's a dud I know they'll replace it, after all, it is 
>under warranty.  I'm not mad at Broadcast Tools, just really stumped.  Any 
>ideas?  Anybody?
>
>Best Regards,
>Stevan A. White, W5SAW