Reply to "Lionel TMCC and Legacy engines lights flickering on Atlas track"

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@Ron_S posted:
Our club uses ONLY Atlas track, we had numerous TMCC/Legacy issues until we made solid earth ground to every section of track, added a TMCC Booster and put the antenna (After market) on a cable and disguised it as a cell tower. Now the clubs layout is 100% reliable for TMCC/Legacy and DCS is our problem child.

Not sure how you would connect an earth ground to every track. You can lay a wire next to the track and have it help. Our lay a ground wire under the center rail. f you connected ground to center rail it would short. If you connect to outer rail then I believe it would cross out your TMCC base signal.

I haven't played with the TMCC signal booster that Dale/GRJ created so I can't comment, but using an aftermarket antenna only makes the handheld to command base signal better. It it wouldn't affect TMCC to Locomotive since that travels wire to outer rail and third pin on grounded plug on power supply.

3/19/2310:02 PM

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