Hi again Gonch,
Thanks for the additional info.
From the screenshot of the PAW Home Screen, I can see no clear evidence as to whether or not your PAW is transmitting, though I must admit I find it difficult to interpret the current Up / Down P3i reports - and from the recorded ‘Uptime’, at the time of the screenshots the unit had obviously only been running for 4 minutes with a 2D rather than a 3D GPS fix - but read on below.
OK, so from what I can see, we have a PAW equipped (metal bodied) PA28, (possibly with a Mode-C or S transponder*) with a significant number of PilotAware P3i only reports* from Ground Stations - between 31st March and 10th August 2021, at varying ranges between 1 and 60 Km (with a few spurious reports from further afield). In the majority of cases the reports are nearer to the shorter end of this range than the longer. This would imply fairly significant limitation of transmission range, especially towards the ground - probably due principaly to obscuration by the aircraft metal bodywork, engine and occupants. In this connection, can you please advise where and in what orientation the PilotAware is mounted. (Photos would be very useful).
* Due to data storage limitations, the database does not currently report data from pure Mode C or Mode S transponders.
From the reports I did find, I would conclude that you operate mainly (but not exclusively) in or around the region of EGHN, EGHJ and EGHP (and from the data most probably out of EGHN). Is that correct?
Despite the number of Ground Station reports recorded, the PAW Vector Coverage and Range Tool shows no results whatever for your aircraft, though this can be explained by the fact that the Vector reports are based on data from the last 30 days or so only (with the last flight recorded by any PAW Ground Station on 10 August 2021, this explains the lack of any current Vector reports).
Looking at your configuration settings, I can see that you have Mode C/S Settings set to Ultra Short Range and +/- 500 ft (which is extremely tight unless operating primarily from and in the vicinity of a commercial airport), but as you have Mode C/S Select set to ‘Disabled’, this is fairly academic in any case as with this setting NO Mode C or S contacts will be passed to your display screen. I would suggest setting Mode C/S Select to Mode C/S - or Mode C/S + Filter if you are running a transponder, and with the range and vertical reporting distances set much wider - at least until you confirm that such reports are being received.
I would also suggest that you need to open up your receiver range settings in both PAW Configure and your chosen Nav System (which controls ‘Known Position’ reports) to maximise potential for reception of traffic and then try to improve transmission and reception by varying the position of your unit, or trying alternative antennas (such as the PAW Internal Dipole Antennas or better still PAW External Antennas, and analysing the signal reports after each flight using the Vector Range Tool. Screenshots from your Traffic Screen / Nav Display after opening out the Filters will also be of assistance. I am happy to help you with further ongoing analysis of data.
I hope this helps explain what appears to be going on, though it doesn’t of course explain the missing track file(s) - except as I suggested earlier. Please keep in touch.
Best Regards
Peter
Postscript: what was the date and route of the flight(s) you referred to earlier?