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Re: [TenTec] Serial numbers and date of manufacture

To: John King <k5pgw@yahoo.com>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Serial numbers and date of manufacture
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:59:06 +0000
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September 1992

http://tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=sn-decoding

73, Barry N1EU

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 3:50 AM, John King via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com
> wrote:

> My Omni VI model was purchased from Ten Tec used (like new)  but I don't
> know the date of manufacture. I bought it in early 1990s.The serial number
> is 563--90A10032 and my earliest service invoice is dated 1995. I recall
> paying almost new price as the Omni VI had not been out very long. I cannot
> find the invoice for purchase.
> I would like to know the date of manufacture if someone can decode
> 563-90A10032 to determine year and month of manufacture.
> My Omni VI is my favorite transceiver even though I have much newer and
> more complicated transceivers. My Omni VI is beautiful and works great It
> only  needs calibration of an oscillator because the readout is off by 90HZ
> low on 3.925 and on WWV at 10 megacycles. 90 Hz is not anything I can't
> deal with, but I would like to find the proper oscillator and bring it up
> that 90 HZ so the readout will be correct I have not verified the readout
> error on all bands however it has the same discrepancy on 80 meters and WWV
> so that indicates to me that it must be a fixed frequency crystal that
> needs tweaking.
> I hope that some Ten Tec historians and technical gurus will assist me to
> figure the date of manufacture and help me find the fixed oscillator to
> adjust to make it readout 90 HZ higher.
> MY first Tentc was a Model 544 Triton Four, (I have 2),and I have Omni D
> (1), Scout 50 watt model with all but i modules and the 563. I would have
> bought an Orion, but it was too complicated for an "old" knob twister.
> If Ten Tec would build a new Omni VI with slightly more features but
> basically the original OMNI VI layout and features, I would gladly buy a
> new one. For now nothing I have pleases me more than my Omni VI.
> I will be watching for input from my fellow Ten Tec owners and operators.
> Please assist me if you can.  73, John, K5PGW
>
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