Good job Dave but you could work 100 stations in a row and never get a bad
report. Those 579, 599 things mean very little. Maybe you got ahold of a
good one though. Let's hear it on the air some time. Maybe someone closer
to you could pehaps let you hear it on the phone. Even I don't tell every
Omni 6 operator I qso that he sounds funny!
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> From: David Wright <dwright@microagesf.com>
> To: 'tentec@contesting.com'; 'Allan G. Taylor' <ataylor@midas.llnl.gov>
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] OmniV/VI cw characteristics
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Monday, June 23, 1997 1:37 PM
>
> Although I've heard this mentioned several times, I have never had
> anything but good reports. Usually 599's, never 598's, or 597's.
> Others reports?
>
> 73 de Dave KB6JOX
> >----------
> >From: Allan G. Taylor[SMTP:ataylor@midas.llnl.gov]
> >Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 10:24 AM
> >To: tentec@contesting.com
> >Subject: [TenTec] OmniV/VI cw characteristics
> >
> >A recent thread mentioned the cw keying waveform of the OmniV/VI as
being not
> >up to the usual TT standard. While I have heard a few OmniVIs that were
off
> >the mark, it is not so for all of them. In particular, I recall that the
> >OmniV
> >of K7UOT as having particulary sweet and stable keying. I would like to
know
> >what the concensus is regarding both the OmniV and OmniVI with regard to
cw
> >keying. Additionally, is there a known fix? If not, is someone looking
into
> >it?
> >For those with the problem, is it possibly a power supply stiffness
problem?
> >(i.e., not stiff enough for the demands of cw--I have noted that often
on
> >lesser rigs, Icoms in particular).
> >
> >The OmniVI+ has become my target rig for a funds-raising effort and I
want to
> >know if there are any flies in the ointment that can't be removed!
> >
> >Grant K7GT k7gt@qsl.net
> >
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