I'm new to the Ten Tec fold after observing the receiver performance of another ham's Omni VI at Field Day. I've purchased an Omni V and I spent the evening with the covers off understanding what I h
Kevin Purcell writes... Don't forget the system integration. To use an SDR, you have to build a pretty decent computer. To use an SDR in a contest, you have to bring the computer along. The computer
Bob McGraw - K4TAX writes... Could be, but not likely. The N4PY software has been in use on Omni V's for quite a number of years, and I've found nothing in the various archives linking lockup issues
Mike K9MI writes... Isn't firmware just software that's stored in a write-once, read-only memory instead of in rewriteable random-access memory? I haven't looked at the chip specs for the Omni V, but
Rob Atkinson, K5UJ writes... To Ameritron, it's worth $360 bucks for a QSK-5PCI installed in an 82. And then another hundred bucks for a cheapie power meter (not LED, of course). Rick, KR9D -- Richar
Since the subject of amps came up, and since I finally had an evening where I could play radio and set up my new (to me) Omni V, I have a question. It would appear that the Omni V uses a pair of RCA
OTAKEBI@aol.com writes... Thanks to all. I believe the relay is operational--I hear it clicking, though it makes so little noise that I wonder that it bothered anyone. But I'll pull the covers again
I wrote... What I was hearing was not the relay clicking, but the relay *trying* to click. Upon closer inspection, I pulled out my tweezers and extracted a small piece of folded paper someone had stu
k8vf_mark@centurytel.net writes... I certainly can't complain about the documentation of this radio. Except for the slip of paper, every change has been meticulously recorded. In fact, the handwritte
Rick Williams writes... Heh, heh. A piece of paper jammed into the contacts definitely would not be consistent with your style. I was quite pleased to discover that my ebay-bought Omni V had been you
Stuart Rohre writes... But it's also true that you can't work 'em if *they* can't hear *you*. I wish I'd had the amp when I was trying to work BS7H on 20m phone. I could hear them just fine when the
Augie Hansen writes... In my various hobbies, I've observed that American mass-production items become uncompetitive with Asian mass-production items, but then American companies shift their focus fr
Reg Unsworth writes... A $20,000 Toyota Corolla is perhaps the most reliable car made, and I doubt if any other car has a lower cost of ownership. Yet people still routinely spend three times as much
john ferro writes... My Ten Tec is ham bands only, so it really doesn't hear well at frequencies below the AM BC band, heh, heh. But I know that a lot of general coverage receivers for ham radios hav
john ferro writes... I suppose the newer Japanese radios use lower tuning outputs so that their inductor and capacitor switching relays in their internal ATUs don't get too much "exercise". But for t
As I have worked through integration issues with my new (to me) Omni V, I'm finally ready to try and understand an issue I've had all along. In my Heil Pro Set headset, the sound from the headphone o
Barry N1EU writes... Thanks for the replies so far. The questions led me to observe more carefully. The problem only occurs on the monitor, not on signals being received over the air. That opens the
k1zn@cox.net writes... Other responses I've read have focused on CW performance, so I'll mention the SSB-size roofing filter. I have the INRAD roofing filter kit on my Omni V (it was a kit for an Omn
Gary Hoffman writes... Okay, let me check my method with you guys, since I'm relatively new, particularly to amp usage. I have an Omni V and an 811A. I use the relay output of the 811, but I did not
hamradio@twcny.rr.com writes... The Paragon, which was Ten Tec's first general-coverage receiver. The Omni V appear a year or two later, with a ham-bands-only receiver. Both used digitally synthesize