Quark AA R5 question

My brand new quark is doing funny things. In SOS mode the series of flashes alternate between long and short, meaning the first set of flashes is normal maybe a sec and the second series are just short bursts, it continues to alternate and not necessarily short to long or vice versa. Also in beacon mode it also seems to have timing issues. The first three seconds or so have normal operation, then the intervals between flashes gets progressively longer, up to about 10 seconds between flashes. Is this normal operation?

Of course the SOS should be 3-short flashes...3-long flashes...3-short flashes
...repeat.
The beacon modes give 5 flashes at 1 second intervals and then switch to one flash per 10 seconds.

It sounds like your light is functioning perfectly. SOS mode literally signals 's' 'o' 's' in morse code.

Yes. Your light is 100% normal.

Beacon mode flashes a few times to signify that it is in beacon mode, and then it carries on to do its once-every-ten-seconds thing. This is meant as a locator beacon and is quite power efficient, allowing for days of use.

Also, as for SOS, it is dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot dot, which is morse code for "SOS" - the international sign for Save Our aSses.

That sounds normal for the SOS

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Look familiar?

Ya i thought the SOS might just be me being dumb, but the beacon just seems odd. The flash isn't even a crisp on hold and off, and its more than just the element of preflash its more like a flicker on and flicker off, but it sounds as though thats its normal operation. Thanks guys.