Comments on: Pieps DSP & DSP Advanced – Avalanche Beacon Review

By: Bryce

Bryce — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:31 +0000

E22 means all the antennae are working properly, but there is interference from iron or electronic equipment. Sometimes it happens when you are too close to another beacon on startup.

http://www.pieps.com/en/faqs-mainmenu-56.html#answer5

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:29:06 +0000

I recently had ” E22″ show up on the display during start up. Does anyone know what this means or where I can find out?

By: Sandy D

Sandy D — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:18:38 +0000

I’m surprised that I don’t see many comments regarding RANGE. I have a Tracker 1 and it only has 20 metres! The Pieps DSP has 50 and the Ortovox S1 has 60! Isn’t this kind of a big deal?

By: Scott Webster

Scott Webster — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:18:23 +0000

Just another data point:

I get the E22 error when turning on my beacon practically every time, unless I’m very careful to get a long way away from any of my partners who already turned their beacons on. It also always shows up in the city where I assume there is a lot of interference. Every time I’ve done a “real test” (ensured no interefering devices nearby) it has not had an error, and it always works great transmitting and receiving, so hopefully there is no problem. It would be nice if Pieps was more clear about what is and isn’t an “ok” error. Maybe I’ll send it in during the summer.

Also, I’ve seen the “old beacon” alert a few times, I think when a friend was using an older Ortovox M2. I think his frequency was ok though, just a high background signal?

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:29:17 +0000

For what it’s worth, when I was visiting Andrew recently I layed the antenna of a Yeasu FT50 transceiver directly on the DSP and transmitted at full power, something like 5 watts! Nothing happened.