New Orion 2 firmware: Has anyone tried it yet? The new S meter calibration
works great, but my AGC seems to be in fasr all the time. Am I doing something
wrong. John
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> 1. Re: Fair Market Price for Omni VI+ will allfilters&matching
> PS ? (Bob McGraw - K4TAX)
> 2. Re: Fair Market Price for Omni VI+ will all filters&matching
> PS ? (Don Allen)
> 3. Re: Looking for photograph/sketch of assembled Ten-Tec MR-1
> (Bwana Bob)
> 4. Re: Fair Market Price for Omni VI+ will all filters&matching
> PS ? (Steve Berg)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:13:15 -0600
> From: "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fair Market Price for Omni VI+ will
> allfilters&matching PS ?
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> Looking at my manual & notes:
>
> On the cable to the PBF/Front End board, connector 86, bead with 1 turn at
> the board connector.
>
> Same on the cable to connector 86 of the Xtal Osc/L.O. Mixer board. Likely
> this cable was replaced by a shielded ribbon cable assembly.
>
> On the cable to the Xtal Osc / L.O. Mixer board, connector 82 and 83, bead
> on each end of the cable with 1 turn at the board connector.
>
> Add a bead on the cable at connector 92 and 93 on the Logic Board.
>
> Add a 0.1 mf @ 10V tantalum cap on pin 26 to pin 7 of U20. This is 5V to
> ground at the IC.
>
> Add a 0.1 mf 10V tantalum cap at pin 40 to pin 20 of U1, pin 24 to 16 of U7.
> This is 5V to ground at the IC.
>
> There are several original IDC connectors and associated wiring harness that
> was replaced with shielded ribbon cable and connectors. My notes do not
> describe exactly which ones. As I stated before of the 6 or 7 radios I've
> owned and or modified for others, I do not recall the solution was exactly
> the same for every one. I do recall that moving certain wiring harness
> assemblies does help in many instances.
>
> Basically I tune 12M and 10M with a dummy load on the radio, RF Gain at max,
> making a note of the frequency and level of each birdie. Note if there is a
> difference in USB and LSB as well if BPT makes any change. Then moving the
> cables or adding the "test bead" will determine if that item has any effect.
> If not, move on to the next birdie. If it changes, note same and move on.
> Once you get the "list" then you'll have a detail of what needs to be done
> and where.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bry Carling" <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>; "Barry N1EU"
> <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fair Market Price for Omni VI+ will
> allfilters&matching PS ?
>
>
> > The birdie mods especially...
> >
> > Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX
> >><RMcGraw@blomand.net>wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I had done extensive work to get rid of the multiple birdies on 12M
> >>and
> >>> 10M. I replaced the bypass caps on the PA board to improve the
> >>stability of
> >>> the stage. Although the changes were strictly component changes,
> >>selected
> >>> to be better quality or better suited for the application, and the
> >>added
> >>> toroids to certain cables inside the box were applied to get rid of
> >>> birdies.
> >>
> >>
> >>Sounds like you certainly added some value to your Omni 6+, Bob. Any
> >>chance you documented those changes? Many of us would be very
> >>interested!
> >>
> >>Thanks & 73,
> >>Barry N1EU
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:32:59 -0600
> From: Don Allen <w9cw@w9cw.com>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fair Market Price for Omni VI+ will all
> filters&matching PS ?
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> Bob,
>
> Most unfortunately, internal birdies wouldn't be a problem here at my
> QTH, as I've been fighting a S8 to S9 level line noise problem for
> years, and the power utility can't seem to fix it. And now, due to the
> proliferation of plasma TVs owned by two of my adjoining neighbors, a
> S9+ raspy noise level is a constant! It makes operating extremely
> frustrating, and frankly, almost impossible. If only I lived in the
> country...
>
> 73
> Don W9CW
>
>
> On 1/10/2013 1:00 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> > it is just so annoying to do weak signal work where one listens and
> > listens and only discover it is a darn internal birdie about the noise
> > floor level. Just the nature of crystal mixing radios. They all have
> > them, some worse than others, no brands/models exempted.
>
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:41:45 -0500
> From: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@verizon.net>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Looking for photograph/sketch of assembled
> Ten-Tec MR-1
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> Here is the W8KC museum with a picture of the MR-1:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~w8kc/mr1.htm
> http://home.comcast.net/~w8kc/tentec.html
>
> I have the board set (TX1, AA1, VO1, and the AC3 15 meter converter)
> that I can photograph. I bought the boards at a hamfest many years ago.
> They did not come with the dial, but they did include blueprints with
> "JEB" initials (Jack Burchfield) in the signature box. I really should
> package them in a chassis and put them on the air.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob WB2VUF
>
> On 1/10/2013 1:40 PM, Stuart Rohre wrote:
> > Hi, There is a virtual museum of Ten Tec gear on the web, perhpas the
> > MR 1 is dipicted there in a photo. What was the time frame of it? It
> > might exist in ads in QST, CQ, or Ham RAdio magazines of the time.
> >
> > -Stuart Rohre
> > K5KVH
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> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:46:56 -0600
> From: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fair Market Price for Omni VI+ will all
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> I ordered an Argonaut VI to try out with my Elecraft transverters, so it
> is good to know that the little radio is clean and should work well in
> this application. Right now, I am using the Argo II and that has done
> an outstanding job in that role over the years. I worked all continents
> on 6 meters with the Argo II and a Ten Tec transverter barefoot into a 4
> element Hy-Gain yagi during the last F2 peak.
>
> Steve WA9JML
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