I agree about the radio, which I like very much. It has a clean signal,
does a good job receiving, is relatively easy operationally, arguably the
best CW transceiver I know of (although that is somewhat limited). This
one is 20 years old.
I would never have thought I would be rid of the Drake C-line I once had,
and sometimes wish I still had, but time moves on, interests change, parts
availability changes. The day has already come that TenTec claims it can
no longer get some parts for some models. I bet chasing down tubes for the
C-line can be real exciting, and there is no factory to send it to now.
When my brother and I were in high school, we sometimes were invited to
operate from an old timer's shack, Collins S Line and amp and tribander.
Compared to our crummy little DX-40 and WWII era receiver, we thought we
had died and gone to heaven. Who could even imagine better gear than
that? Well, I wouldn't trade this Omni VI for that S line now, even with
the amp thrown in.
I think the choices are to send it in for a look and fix, or to operate it
like this, with the XIT on as described while I decide what the future
looks like. Maybe it's time for that K3 or even a Flex 5000 or something
like that. Besides the ordinary ravages of old age, I have a degenerative
lung disease that makes the future even more uncertain than it ordinarily
is. All that has to be thrown into the plotting and scheming. The
provision for remote operation is becoming a big consideration I think.
Lot to think about!
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX <RMcGraw@blomand.net>wrote:
> Without any doubt, the radio needs to go to Tentec to be repaired.
> Whatever is at fault, to effect a proper repair, will require a high level
> of knowledge regarding the Omni VI and the necessary test equipment to
> complete the repair and do a proper alignment.
>
> No the Omni VI does not require any RIT or XIT values for normal operation.
>
> As to replacing it, do yourself a favor and keep one fine CW radio. I've
> personally owned two of the Omni VI Plus radios and now own the Omni VII.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Allen" <jim.allen@longhornband.net
> >
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 10:22 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI mystery
>
>
> Update: The Master Reset did nothing except set all the setting to
>> default.
>>
>> Paul suggested that the Offset Display Preference OdP in Menu 3 was
>> perhaps
>> the problem. I played with that some this morning, When it is off, one
>> must use -.7 XIT to communicate with the 706 on 14,050.00. When OdP is
>> ON,
>> the received frequency display changes with RIT one must use +.7 RIT to
>> communicate with the 706 on 14,050.00.
>>
>> Somehow I doubt that Omni VI radios in normal use REQUIRED the use of
>> either RIT or XIT in CW.
>>
>> Since I have no idea how to hook up or have the equipment to align the
>> BFOs
>> or anything else, it looks like it's back to TenTec, although it might be
>> cheaper to sell this one to a no code SSB op and find another one.
>>
>> 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:23 AM, GARY HUBER <glhuber@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> The SPOT button lets us zero beat...
>>>
>>> 73 & DX,
>>> Gary - AB9M
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Steve Hunt
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:20 AM
>>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI mystery
>>>
>>>
>>> Not for us Corsair owners ;)
>>>
>>> Steve G3TXQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28/04/2014 23:52, Brian Carling wrote:
>>>
>>> With most transceivers, if you make sure that the signal you are
>>>> receiving is Tuned exactly to your side tone pitch then you will be on
>>>> the
>>>> same frequency as them.
>>>>
>>>>
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