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Re: [TenTec] Omni6 intermittent fault

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni6 intermittent fault
From: Ken Brown <kenradiobrown@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:37:25 -1000
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Don't know whether you can get Caig products shipped to EU. Pretty sure you
will find them on Amazon. You may also find musical instrument stores (that
sell electric guitars) carry it. The Caig Laboratories product I use is
DeoxIT D5. I always seem to end up with it in a spray can, though my
preference would be to have it in liquid form so that I can apply it using
a small paint brush or cotton swab. Weidinger is selling Cramolin
Contaclean in EU. RS in the UK also has Cramolin Contaclean.

DE N6KB

On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 8:02 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw@blomand.net>
wrote:

> Here I can get products from Caig Laboratories.   There seems to be
> different brands from that company. Cramolin being one.  And at one time,
> the now defunct, Radio Shack sold some of their products.
>
> If you do one cable at a time, making sure to get it back into the correct
> position with no pin misalignment issues, you should be fine.  Just takes a
> bit of time and patience.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>
> On 6/24/2018 12:56 PM, Malcolm McLeman wrote:
>
>> Thanks Bob though a tall order looking at the innards of the O6!
>> Bearing in mind I live across the pond what contact cleaner do you
>> recommend that will be available here? 73 Malcolm F5VBU
>>   On 6/24/2018 7:08 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like time to clean connectors.  This generally applies to all
>> radios which are 10+ years old.   Never spray anything into the radio!!!
>>
>> Using a cotton swab such as a Q-Tip, apply contact cleaner to the cotton
>> swab, unplug one cable, and wipe the male pin(s).  The plug in the cable
>> and unplug it a couple of times to provide wiping action of the female
>> contacts.  Usually this corrects 90% or more of all issues and the radio is
>> good for another 10+ years.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Bob, K4TAX
>>
>>
>> On 6/24/2018 12:00 PM, Malcolm McLeman wrote:
>>
>> Hi all...  Fault symptom as follows:-
>> At switch on Omni VI "motor-boating" before locking in then operates
>> normally. Later it emitted  a "drift-like" sound as if going out of lock
>> and again returned to normal.
>> Some days later after similar to above it drifted off completely then
>> emitted a permanent low frequency buzzing noise in the LS which remained
>> even when the Tune button was pressed.
>> All this time the O6 TX appeared to key and output normally but there was
>> no sidetone only this buzzing from the LS..
>> Now all has returned to normal and I cannot pursue but would appreciate
>> anyone's thoughts or who maybe has experienced same fault condx.
>> 73
>>
>> Malcolm/F5VBU
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