Here is a great track voltage car.
https://ogrforum.com/d...ent/3682341345830083
Any chance one could extend this to measure the TMCC signal strength, too? Is there a circuit that would do this?
I made a similar posting on the DCS Forum.
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That's an interesting idea. Surely it can be done, maybe fairly simply. I think you would need some fairly narrow tuned filter, and maybe the absence of some other cordless devices in the area.
Well, the TMCC signal is 455khz, so a simple receiver with a notch filter would probably allow you to measure it.
That would be a great tool when building a layout with Lionel TMCC. Or
trouble shooting one. May be have one for DSC too?
JOe
From what I read here, the DCS one could be more in demand. Of course, with DCS you can drive your locomotive around and get a readback of signal strength, so you have a way to measure it now.
Well ya got me there. I don't use DCS so not familar with how the signal
strength can be measured.
DCS is two-way, so you can actually read back the signal strength on the remote from the locomotive.
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