The SWR meter on my Omni VI/3 (vintage 1992) agrees very, very closely with
my Bird wattmeter.
Reid, K7YX
-----Original Message-----
From: N1EU [mailto:n1eu@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 9:40 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 SWR meter
Thanks for the responses I got so far. Wanted to
share them & hope you guys don't mind.
--- "Michael O. Hyder" <N4NT@wireco.net> wrote:
> It only reads correctly when the rig is putting out
> full power. Does this
> help?
>
Thanks Mike, but running full output into an antenna I
know is about 2:1, my Omni says 1.1:1 ???
--- KB5PN Oldrat5330@aol.com wrote:
> My new 6+ is
> the same way and all I got from TenTec was "If the
> radio hadn't been right it
> wouldn't have left the factory".
Thanks for confirming that I'm not crazy Jerry. My
Omni has a few quirks also that I'm battling with, but
I really do like the rig a lot. Hang in there!!!
--- Jim W8IT <jloase@ozline.net> wrote:
> When I got my OMNI VI I had a similar problem and
> found that the wires
> on the SWR meter were not soldered causing a high
> impedence.
Jim, this certainly might explain it. I'll be
cracking her open in a few days to work on my still
unresolved RF prob and I'll check the meter
connections.
Thanks to all & 73,
Barry N1EU
>
> >
> > The SWR meter on my Omni 6 doesn't seem to do a
> whole
> > heck of a lot (operator error?). Never seems to
> climb
> > above 1.5 even with a deliberate mismatch. Is
> there
> > something I don't know about using it? Does it
> need
> > to be adjusted (R50 on 9Mhz board???), although I
> > can't seem to find the alignment directions in the
> > manual.
> >
> > Any help much appreciated.
> >
> > 73,
> > Barry N1EU
>
>
>
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