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There is a tracker ll - 4/5/2003 2:45:46 AM   
hatman



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Status: offline 		Hi guys
I have just received the polks hobby tracker ll that has been on order for 7 months I have not had a chance to set it up as yet
but i will inform you of the progress

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There is a tracker ll - 4/5/2003 9:04:00 AM   
strato911



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Status: offline 		[SIZE=4]Congratulations!!![/SIZE]
It looks like you're the first recipient of the Tracker II to post on RCU.

Any chance of pictures??? Mine's probably sitting at Canada customs right now...


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There is a tracker ll - 4/5/2003 6:25:56 PM   
hatman



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I took it home to test it . It is a little wider then my jr trans . I hope the next design will allow a download feature
Hatman

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There is a tracker ll - 4/6/2003 2:33:46 AM   
rcdemon61


 

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Status: offline 		Just got mine Friday, seems like a great radio. a little big for my hands, but I fly with a tray so no problem. You guys with big hands would like the way it feels. Will provide updates as I become more famaliar with it. Still stuck in winter in Wisconsin so field tests may be a little while. Latter Craig

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There is a tracker ll - 4/7/2003 9:00:14 PM   
Delizar


 

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Status: offline 		Does the Tracker II look like the picture on Polks website or has the case been updated? If it is the same you won't need to post a picture...

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There is a tracker ll - 4/7/2003 9:06:48 PM   
strato911



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Status: offline 		When I asked Mr. Polk about that picture, he said that was a picture of the old version...


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There is a tracker ll - 4/7/2003 9:42:47 PM   
Delizar


 

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Status: offline 		That is good to hear. Mayhaps Polk will update the site soon. They have many inovations in the Tracker II. The website on the other hand could use some attention.

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There is a tracker ll - 4/9/2003 5:34:15 AM   
merlm



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Status: offline 		I just received my Tracker II radio today!

I have only had a few minutes to look at it but, it looks just like the picture on the web site except, the battery meter says Polks Hobby and it doesn't have any volt markings, just a red line that changes to chrome.

There is a digital read-out of the voltage on the LCD.

I looks like this radio will be NO PROBLEM to program.

I had no trouble figuring out how to change the channel of the transmitter, and the Seeker reciever was very EZ to set up as well.

I hope to use the Tracker II this weekend.

merlm

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There is a tracker ll - 4/9/2003 5:56:33 AM   
strato911



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Status: offline 		Aparrently there have been so many comments at the trade shows about it's looks that they're considering modernizing the case for the next revision. Mr. Polk had said it was very similar, but I didn't know how close.

As for programming ease, the manual makes it look easy - I can hardly wait till mine arrives to try it myself.

How's about when used with other brand receivers? Has anyone had a chance to try it yet? Rcdemon had mentioned in another thread that:
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...the receivers will have to be tuned in pretty close to the Crystal for them to work with the radio.
Has anyone had problems with this yet? Has anyone even tried it?


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There is a tracker ll - 4/9/2003 11:00:06 PM   
rcdemon61


 

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Status: offline 		I have tried using the radio with Hitec and Jr receivers. Some are glitchey and some don't work at all. I assume that this is because they are not in tune with the channel 12 crystal that I'm using. I'm on the fence as far as using the receivers and getting them tuned or just selling them and buying the Seeker receivers' from Polk. The Seeker receiver works great! Does anybody now where a person might send the receivers to have them tuned? More updates later when winter goes away. Craig

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There is a tracker ll - 4/10/2003 5:24:47 AM   
Lynx



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Status: offline 		If you're close even if the receiver is out of tune it will still work. at least it should.

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There is a tracker ll - 4/10/2003 6:31:11 PM   
hatman



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Status: offline 		I don't know if it will work with a dual conversion reciever I will not work with any pcm!!! I have tried it with my fm futaba OK
JR dual conversion is ok on the bench I will test it at the field
when the weather brakes

hatman

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There is a tracker ll - 4/10/2003 8:36:29 PM   
Delizar


 

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Status: offline 		hatman, thanks for the continued updates. Us fencesitters need all the information we can get.

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There is a tracker ll - 4/10/2003 8:46:09 PM   
strato911



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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by rcdemon
I have tried using the radio with Hitec and Jr receivers. Some are glitchey and some don't work at all. I assume that this is because they are not in tune with the channel 12 crystal that I'm using[/QUOTE]RCDemon - no offence intended, but are you trying to use the same crystal for all the receivers you were testing? They are not interchangable from one brand to the next. JR receiver needs JR crystal, Hitec receiver needs Hitec crystal, etc...

Did you have flourescent lighting on anywhere in the house? My Hitec receiver goes nuts when some of my flourescent lights are on, but not with others.

Hatman - they never said it would work with PCM.


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There is a tracker ll - 4/11/2003 12:01:14 AM   
rcdemon61


 

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Status: offline 		None taken. No I was not swapping cyrstal. Yes there was floresent