Jim
We seem to be two "rich"'s a K5SF and me - AA2BY. Oh well, as long as I get
into the group.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lowman" <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Burned at the bay
> Hi Rich,
>
> It was the reference to "EB" in this message that got you moderated.
> ANY reference to an auction
> or auction site is strictly prohibited on this list.
>
> That being said, I'll remove the moderation.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
> Richard Detweiler wrote:
>
>>Hi Danial,
>>
>>I was out of Ham Radio for several years, When I got back in, I was
>>fortunate when I bought the two omni D's as I knew they were not in great
>>shape from the seller, paid $400 for the both and he threw in a broken
>>252M
>>for free, they had all the filters and both had two Extra WARC kits in.
>>
>>It took a couple of months of puttering on them, but basicly the antenna
>>diodes and the rf amplifier on both were bad, fixed them and some odds and
>>end connectors. The contacts on all those band switches needed cleaning,
>>the board connectors were all cleaned, The PTO's weren't difficult either,
>>just alot of careful attention as the face plates as they were removed to
>>get to all the mechanisms, I used some new felt to replace the old ones
>>and
>>found some grease that would not seiz up to finish it off. To fix the
>>On-Off audio control, TT doen't have parts, but found a similar control in
>>100 ohms, so took the original graphite plate out of the one in the unit
>>wiped it up and replaced it with the one in the new control to give it the
>>proper resistance.
>>
>>Things can be done to 40 year old rigs to make them perform like new if
>>you
>>are creative. Both came alive and worked very nicely, Sold them both to
>>new hams on "EB", one in GA and one in AZ, both were happy with them and
>>reported back to me that they were impressed by the low noise of the OMNI
>>D.
>>
>>Got serious about contesting and went on to TT's new rigs primairily
>>because
>>of the impressions from the OMNI D's.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>Rich
>>K5SF
>>
>>
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