There are also a large number of licensees who never operate on ham bands, don't think of themselves as hams, but have licenses because they have a boat that goes off shore. There are a great many wi
I'm glad you found the fix. Why is it there are so many re-solder fixes these days. I don't recall ever hearing about resoldering on the old gear. Anybody ever have to fix a 75A4 or SX101, etc. by re
Many of us raised here in the hill country of Texas were taught that sometimes the cheapest oats had already been run through the horse. 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen Sent from my iPad
Each time I have sent a radio to Tentec, it came back in a new box. It saves arguments with the shipper over whether or not there was pre-existing damage, evidenced by the box having signs of crush,
When I sent my Omni VI+ in for that, on 160,and low output on 30M, they replaced the relays, all of them for each band. 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen Sent from my iPad
What about Wade Staggs KJ4WS here on the Tentec reflector. He does stuff like that, and handled repairs to my Omni VI that stumped Tentec. 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen Sent from my iPad
When my VI+ developed this problem, low output on 30M, it was accompanied by no output on 160M. I sent it in to TT and they replaced all the relays on the filter board. I don't know what else might h
There is nothing sinister per se in that. Many private transactions are structured that way for very good and important reasons. Maybe there are contingent liabilities, potential lawsuits, employee r
The 130' dipole I have at the moment has been a decent performer on all bands, better on 40 then 80, better on 20 than 40, etc. It is only 32' high at the center and slopes to ~15' at each end. It is
As I get the other two up and running, the dipole is coming down anyway, assuming the replacements described above are an improvement. The AH-4 has no issues with matching this at all, even on 6M. Th
As I understand it, there is no service manual for the Omni VI or VI+, and maybe other models as well. The Manual you describe is it, all there is, along with the wiki that I believe owners have cont
I don't know why you would worry that was not the answer I was hoping for. It would be easier, of course, to be able to say "the only sensible choice is the 'DX Pulverizer model xyz'" but for some re
That (relay failure) was given was the cause of the low 30M output and no 160M output on my Omni Vi+ this summer when I sent it in for repairs. All 12 (I think) were replaced at that time. 73 de W6OG