- 21. Re: [TenTec] OMNI PTO parts around ? (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 02:25:46 +0000 (UTC)
- Good luck. Not sure parts are available at all, so you may be "stuck", no pun intended, with reusing what you got, after a thorough cleaning. I know I cleaned up my D a few years ago, and i probabl
- /archives//html/TenTec/2021-09/msg00023.html (8,721 bytes)
- 22. [TenTec] Omni C filter board (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 02:52:01 +0000 (UTC)
- I feel like a page is missing in my Omni C manual? For filter board 48034. This is the 2.4kHz filter that precedes the selectable crystal filter section. Does anyone have that schematic? I'm curio
- /archives//html/TenTec/2020-12/msg00012.html (7,856 bytes)
- 23. Re: [TenTec] Omni D final wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 17:14:06 +0000 (UTC)
- Back to this project today. I hooked up an ammeter and tried ot adjust the idle current on the driver. Out of TX I measured 0.5mA (rather high leakage on the MRF476's?) and >200mA in TX. Pulled the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2019-02/msg00008.html (9,598 bytes)
- 24. Re: [TenTec] Omni D final wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 15:49:19 +0000 (UTC)
- Yeepers, haven't worked on this in a while... Ok, last I fired this up, no RF output but the ammeter on the PS registered 20A. So I pulled the main feed to the PA and put in an ammeter into the smal
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-09/msg00007.html (10,861 bytes)
- 25. Re: [TenTec] Omni D final wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 15:58:12 +0000 (UTC)
- Ack, apologies, not sure what happened to my formatting. Yeepers, haven't worked on this in a while... Background: Omni D, not a later C. Last I fired this up, no RF output but the ammeter on the p
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-09/msg00008.html (8,330 bytes)
- 26. [TenTec] Omni D final wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 01:08:47 +0000 (UTC)
- Working on an old D that someone else has been into... and before I go too far I'd like to verify the wiring to the final. A quick look on google does not reveal what I need: verification of what wi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-06/msg00027.html (7,696 bytes)
- 27. Re: [TenTec] Omni D final wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:40:18 +0000 (UTC)
- Have schematic but have not pulled the panel so I can look inside the box to verify what wire goes where. It's not very difficult to determine which transistors are the finals. They're pasted to the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-06/msg00030.html (9,622 bytes)
- 28. [TenTec] Triton IV on battery (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:05:52 +0000 (UTC)
- Would a Triton work ok on a 12 volt car battery? Maybe not full output, but no drift or click. Wondering what I could put into my car for portable ops (on the cheap). Not going to use this while driv
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-03/msg00100.html (7,466 bytes)
- 29. Re: [TenTec] Triton IV on battery (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:43:53 +0000 (UTC)
- Yeah, I know about the breaker, would have to dig around for one of those. Thanks. shawn kb1ckt
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-03/msg00105.html (7,542 bytes)
- 30. Re: [TenTec] Omni - C Finals (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:04:48 +0000 (UTC)
- A final can blow and let the driver do the tx, albeit at a low power. I would use a wattmeter on CW first, see if it is the final or perhaps a bad mic connection. Might want to reseat any modules an
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-02/msg00085.html (7,939 bytes)
- 31. [TenTec] Corsair question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 19:28:10 +0000 (UTC)
- Can the Corsair take three cw filters? I tried running the 160m CW contest this past weekend, and I found myself wanting a tighter filter than 500Hz. Problem is, I like the 1.8kHz and 500Hz filters t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-12/msg00008.html (7,565 bytes)
- 32. Re: [TenTec] Corsair question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 20:16:29 +0000 (UTC)
- Thank you. I thought it might. 73, Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-12/msg00011.html (8,782 bytes)
- 33. Re: [TenTec] C22 (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:15:55 +0000 (UTC)
- I don't think the DC receiver matters for qrp as much as for high band noise or crowded band conditions. It should have a 500Hz filter--but it is an audio filter, not crystal. If you can live with th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-12/msg00098.html (8,638 bytes)
- 34. [TenTec] Omni D wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:42:50 +0000 (UTC)
- I'm rehabbing an older Omni D (Series B) and it looks like the wiring on the VOX board is wrong. VOX is 80451. It looks like I have the following:-red (12V)-white with orange stripe (speaker)-white
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-12/msg00115.html (7,508 bytes)
- 35. Re: [TenTec] Omni D wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 01:09:12 +0000 (UTC)
- Nevermind, I pulled the board and traced it out, and figured out how it needed to be wired. shawn kb1ckt On Saturday, December 30, 2017, 7:42:50 PM EST, Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com> wrote: I'm reha
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-12/msg00116.html (7,524 bytes)
- 36. Re: [TenTec] Alignment of my Triton 4 544 (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:48:20 +0000 (UTC)
- On the upper bands or lower? I forget if that radio has a preamp. It may be quiet due to lack of front end gain. If it is "good enough" on 80 and 40, it may be the way the radio is. _________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-11/msg00074.html (9,907 bytes)
- 37. [TenTec] Omni C on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:56:00 +0000 (UTC)
- Finally added a 135' wire to my Hustler 6BTV so as to see if I could get onto 160m. Band seems more quiet than 80m--but that could be a number of factors, I guess. One thing I've noticed though is
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-11/msg00116.html (7,615 bytes)
- 38. Re: [TenTec] Omni C on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:35:16 +0000 (UTC)
- Ok, makes sense, less sensitivity needed, due to band noise. Sounds like it's legit then. Thanks. shawn kb1ckt On Saturday, November 25, 2017, 9:01:57 PM EST, Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net> wr
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-11/msg00120.html (8,995 bytes)
- 39. [TenTec] Omni C tx board 80714 (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:04:11 +0000 (UTC)
- Picked up a desk mic, but while listening on a separate receiver I noticed a fair amount of carrier. At first I thought 60Hz pickup, but I have it with out any mic wire connected (just a connector wi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-09/msg00034.html (7,777 bytes)
- 40. Re: [TenTec] Omni C tx board 80714 (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 14:22:17 +0000 (UTC)
- I misspoke--it's module 80713, not 80714. Which I don't have anyhow. But I should point out my error in the subject line. While at HRO yesterday I was trying to convince myself to get the Omni D th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2017-09/msg00061.html (10,118 bytes)
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