In October of last year I sent my Orion II to Ten Tec for a simple alignment. With the exception of a very minor alignment issue (perfect on 40m, 20Hz off on 10m), the rig functioned as it should whe
Thanks Bernard. I already have. I checked on 2 other power supplies with the same result. The LCR also indicates that the repairs I made on the A9 board are still sound. While I have checked continui
Byron, Thanks for your reply. I have that board out of the rig already, and when my wife quits bugging me (it's Valentine's day so I can't ignore her) I'll get to checking that diode and whatever oth
Hi guys, After a little work I have my Orion II in (almost) full working condition now. Nothing a little time and solder couldn't fix. However, I have a problem with my audio. It appears that my Orio
Headphone jack problem now solved, but it wasn't anywhere near what I thought it was going to be, and it was a lot more complex than I thought it would be. I took apart the entire front panel to reac
How on earth do you remove the buttons on a Ten Tec Omni VII? Unlike my Orion II, the skirts don't appear to pull off. Neither does the button itself. _______________________________________________
Many of us have had issues with the encoders on these and likely many other rigs. Thankfully, the ones on the Omni VII are simple mechanical encoders, and a quick spray with DeOxit D5 will normally t
You can have mine, but you're going to have to wait until I die. ________________________________ From: TenTec <tentec-bounces+k4vbb=live.com@contesting.com> on behalf of Floyd Sense <floydsense@gmai
These things drift over time, but I can't imagine that it drifted THAT much. The first thing I would do is to measure the input voltage to the TCXO. Make sure it's at spec. Problem is, I don't know w
Ok, I've taken a better look at the schematic here. Working backwards from the TCXO: Taking the resistor at R80 into account, you should be reading 4.6 to 4.7 V at pin 14 of the TCXO. The supply volt
Scott, You never told us if it was 100Hz too high in frequency (i.e. 14.250.000 on the dial transmits at 14.250.100), or if it's the other way around. ________________________________ From: TenTec <t
I'm not 100% sure that there is anything wrong with the rig at this point. I think that with a change-up in methodology you can get this thing adjusted. I use a GPS-clock enabled frequency counter to
To add to what Scott has posted, I thought I would share my quantified results so that we know what exactly to expect, even in the best-case scenario. Please keep in mind that these results come from
While my other message awaits moderator approval, and until it gets posted, this one will lack a little context. The long and short of it is that I posted a link to a source of some TCXO's that are N
The site is rather clunky, but I've successfully ordered them from here: https://rfconnection.com/tmp-tmp-cables-taiko-denki-connectors/ I seem to recall seeing some on E-Bay before, also. --K4VBB __