Ken, How much current is being drawn when the power supply kicks off? It should kick off when you exceed 20 amps. If this is what is happening then maybe the impedance of the antenna is too low. If y
What a fascinating article about a fascinating man! Thanks for posting it. 73..de John/K4WJ _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.cont
Jim, It appears you didn't do your homework correctly. :-) A few years back I posted a message that I will paste below. The Omni C does have the WARC bands but as Mike, N4NT, pointed out, it isn't ve
Fraser, It sounds like the noise blanker is engaged. Turn off the noise blanker by turning the knob fully counter clockwise. Good luck..de John/K4WJ _______________________________________________ Te
The King of Kootie Keys has spoken and correctly so. This TenTec reflector appears to be infested with guys that don't correctly read messages. I've seen it happen on other reflectors but not as freq
Fraser et al, The CW offset frequency can be adjusted from the front panel. Push the ST button, located in the upper right corner of the key pad, then turn the RIT/XIT knob which is located just to t
Pual, 0000 begins the new day. It is like 12:00 a.m. (midnight). It is the time between 2359 and 0001. :-) How did the military teach you to treat the time between 2359 and 0001? Did they pretend it
Paul, Oooops! I guess I didn't read the message correctly, and, I misspelled your name. It is amazing how I keyed in on 2400 hrs and ignored what you said about 0000. I'm going back in my cave. 73..d
Ron, I challenge you to find an Omni C, series B in any TenTec sales brochures, magazine ads or any magazine reviews. I've owned a C since 1981 and I've never seen or heard of an Omni C, series B unt
Carl, What you wrote sounds logical. However, I've never seen any reference to an Omni D series C until some guys started posting this in their messages to this group. I have researched all of the sa
It is a nice article. However the last paragraph left me confused, which isn't hard to do. "There are not enough highly technical people coming out of our schools," he said. "Generally we have to imp
David, Go to, <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec and you can unsubscribe there. 73..de John/K4WJ At 05:10 PM 2/22/2008, you wrote: 73..de John/K4WJ ex K8PXG 18 Jun 1959 to 11 Feb 19
Ken, I think your confused about the sale. Here is a copy of the first paragraph from Stan's announcement, "Current as of March 20, 2008 "ONE DAY USED TRANSCEIVER SALE! THURSDAY MARCH 27 - 8:00 AM to
Lyle, Will you clarify this? The "up 375 ft" and then followed by "on a leg" is confusing. You gave me a photo of that rhombic but I can't remember how high it was. :-) 73..de John/K4WJ 73..de John/K
I would LOVE to know how much the total shipping bill was? And, who was the shipper? 73..de John/K4WJ 73..de John/K4WJ ex K8PXG 18 Jun 1959 to 11 Feb 1997 K8WJ 12 Feb 1997 to 08 Apr 1997 ____________
Thanks Ray! Seven business days is outstanding service. Not cheap but not as expensive as I thought it would be. 73..de John/K4WJ 73..de John/K4WJ ex K8PXG 18 Jun 1959 to 11 Feb 1997 K8WJ 12 Feb 1997
Art, The CW spot tone is adjusted up or down in volume by adjusting the side tone. You may not be detecting the difference. Turn the sidetone down to 1 and then check the CW spot tone. Then turn it u