POOR RECEPTION
I have 4 older Spartans that run great and get great reception pretty much anywhere. Recently I purchased a Spartan gocam and have very poor reception (1 to 2 bars) . I hung this cam in the exact same spots where I get 5 bars and great reception with my older Spartans. I contacted Spartans office and they explained my 4 older cams are using Verizon and the new cams are using ATT . When I asked if I could switch it manually to Verizon they explained the cams are carrier specific and I cannot change???/ What the gheck???I buy higher end cams to avoid things like this and am very unhappy. Cam does me no good with bad signal. Is this something Spartan builds into their cams and gets a kickback from carriers? I assumed the cams picked up the best signal from that area and automatically went with that carrier? Obviously not. Anyone out there experiencing this issue.
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Just like cell phones most of the cameras are carrier specific. Spartan does have a multi carrier model that's fairly new to the lineup of cameras. Your newer camera may be showing signal quality instead of signal strength like your older models, does the new camera have the SQ (signal quality) on the status report where the older models don't? If it's lees than 30 days since you bought the camera you may be able to swap it out.
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Ok, that's why they are different. Signal quality is more accurate on the meter and usually shows lower than signal strength. The difference between Att and Verizon could have something to do with it. I wouldn't worry about what you see on the meter and as long as the camera is sending pics you'll be fine. What is the model of your other cameras?
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The others I am running that get excellent reception are GC-Z4Gb-62577 - GC-Z4Gb/GoCam (Verizon 4G) Blackout. I don't mind having a poor signal but what I worry about is today I am getting "fair" reception "17" and received 40 pics since daylight. The other day when I had poor reception "10" I received 8 pics in that amount of time. It could be coincidence that game is moving better today but I always hate having that doubt in my mind that I am missing a lot of deer because of a poor signal. Is there any way to tell if the cam didn't send pics because of a poor signal or are they just lost and no way to tell if one was dropped or 30? Thanks
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OK Thank you for the info.The firmware should be up to date as I bought the cam less than two weeks ago. I was going to swap this for a Verizon dedicated cam or one that has the multi carrier option but as long as I am getting the pics sooner or later I am fine with it. I thought if the cam tried to send them and failed they were gone.
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