Hi Jim,
Congratulations on your new Omni!
I don't have the TenTec power supply, but my
Omni VI does get warm after a few hours of
listening. I've thought of buying a second
bottom cover and putting some ventilation
holes in it, but that's as far as I've gotten!
73,
John W0DC
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> From: Jim Reid <jreid@aloha.net>
> To: Ten-Tec Reflector <Tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] Omni Body Temperature?
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 00:28
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just quick query. Is it normal for both the power supply
> case and OmniVI+ plus case to become very warm,
> even when just sitting for a few hours in listen only
> mode? Seems much hotter than my former foreign
> transceivers. Maybe I should fix up an external blower
> for each; I could hear the fan cycling on/off in my
> former FT-1000.
>
> 73, Jim, KH7M
>
>
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