Anyone seen an OMNI-VI do this? Symptoms: The rig appears to be stuck on the same QRG all the time. The freq display changes when you crank the tuning knob, but it's not actually changing the RX freq
Thanks Ken. Sounds like you have gone a round or two with OMNI VI's in the past. I do have a scope so I can check those sigs you mentioned. To make sure we are on the same page: The displayed freq is
Thanks for the good info Dan. I have avoided xmiting. Figured I'd toast something. I'm sure the swr is whacko, but I do have a dummy load if I need to key the rig. Since it's messed up in both RX and
Interesting... "Grabbing at straws", I removed the back-up battery to force a hard reset of the microprocesser and voila, all seems well again. FYI: the battery still reads 3 volts... _______________
Spoke too soon. It flaked out after putting it back together. At least it ran for a while, making me think it's an interconnect problem, as you guys suggested. _______________________________________
Just finished going over it with a fine tooth comb and hot iron. I'll find out shortly. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
Guys, Thanks for your help. The last thing I did was go over the PLL board (aka synthesizer board) with a hot iron. When I was done, I could see the output QRG change with the up/down buttons, as adv
Some hams, it appears, are up to their ears, with boards sick and fair, and irons , A pair? To fix the beast that warms their hearts. After a dose of solder and toast, They emerged with a grin a rig
Art, Very nice....So we again explore the depths of our skill in praise of TenTec. Must be listening to all that CW! John Graves WA1JG jh.graves@verizon.net 10/07/09 05:18:00 ________________________
Radio Dudes: I figured I'd give you a final (I hope) synopsis on the PLL/Synthesizer problems I dealt with recently. The info may come in handy for someone, some day. By the way, thanks to those who
I second the motion. Most of the Ten Tec model numbers mean nuttin' to me and I'm guessin' Mike and I aren't the only ones in that predicament. That's my two cents... Later, Joe In a message dated 11
Here's my story... Several years ago I was in a CW QSO and decided to switch to a straight key in mid-stream. I turned the drive all the way down on my OMNI-6 Plus so I could adjust the key spacing w
Ten Tec Brainiacs: I inherited a sick Omni 5. All bands are dead (both RX and TX) except 10 meters, where all modes work, I get full power out and excellent receive. Can anyone point me in the right
I inherited a sick Omni 5 from a friend. TenTec looked at it for him and they think it has a bad Logic board. They have none left. ? Anyone out there have a known good one? ? Thanks, Joe ____________
Guys, ? I'm looking for a UDN2985A. It's used on the Xtal osc-LO mixer board in an Omni 5. I'll also consider buying?a whole board if there's one out there. ? (I just found the bad chip this morning
I get this in a digest form. It seems to be turning into a repeat of the repeats. And now arguing about political crap. It may be time to go somewhere else. Just my opinion Paul _____________________
<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_1543b0dd-cc94-4a1f-80b6-9f346870b6a6"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_aac3ce1f-77eb-490b-8586-2e8fda91928c"> Radio Gurus, My Omni 6 Plus has an intermittant no RX/TX problem on ten meter