HI:
It may also be the old Ten Tec gremlin. Try positioning your power supply as
far away from the rig as possible. Since the cabinet is of a non ferrous
material it is easy for flux lines (or whatever) generated within the power
supply to cause the same effect. I have noticed it with the Paragon and Omni VI
both. Under no circumstances have the power supple close to the right side of
the radio.... Good Luck.............Joe...........AKA KF5MC
Peter A. Klein wrote:
> At 11:45 PM 8/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
> FSWF37A@prodigy.com ( JAMES T BRANNIGAN) wrote:
>
> >I was getting ready to work the NA contest this PM. While tuning
> >across 20M CW I noticed that there were a lot of chirpy signals..
> >Then I realized it was the OMNI VI receiver!!!!!
> >I disconnected the external tuning knob, RS-232, FSK, did a master
> >reset...all to no avail
> >It is noticable on 20M only..(all modes) 15, 30and 40 meters seem OK..
> . . .
> >Jim WB2TPS
>
> I've had this happen to me twice in a year of owning an Omni VI w/Option 1,
> but on 40 meters. I can't explain it, but I know what to do about it.
> Forget the master reset--it doesn't help and erases your memories. If a
> partial reset doesn't help, turn the radio off, *and* turn off the power
> supply. Leave everything off for several minutes, and you'll find the
> problem has gone away.
>
> It appears that something gets "glitched" with (perhaps) an improper
> voltage, and you have to power down completely and give all capacitors time
> to discharge. Somebody else mentioned this a while back. It's also
> possible that turning off the crystal oven does something thermal that
> breaks whatever "loop" the circuitry has gotten into.
>
> Perhaps this information will help you (or Ten-Tec) diagnose the problem.
> When the receive chirp first occurred, I tried everything I could think
> of--resets, power off, etc. I gave up and went to bed. The next morning
> everything worked fine. When it happened again several months later, I
> played my hunch and just turned everything off for about 5 or 10
> minutes--problem solved.
>
> Hope this helps. If anyone else has any comments or further information
> about this issue, please post.
>
> 73 from KD7MW!
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