Should have said that I tried a dummy load and it worked fine. I have a
706, an IC-726, an OMNI-C, an Astro 103, and a Drake line...all work fine on
160. My 160 feed line is ladder line into the room to the antenna tuner
with balun. Could it be that the OMNI-5 is simply very sensitive to RF in
the room, moreso than the other radios? I tried my 80 meter coax fed dipole
thru a tuner on 160 and the O-5 still went into oscillation. Thank you for
your input, Barry...Lee K7INU
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry N1EU <n1eu@hotmail.com>
To: grix@teleport.com <grix@teleport.com>; tentec@contesting.com
<tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, July 31, 2000 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI-5 Problem
>Could be rf getting in Lee. Suggest you remove all cables connected to the
>Omni V that aren't essential and then try 160M xmsn with a dummy load and
>also into the dipole with reduced power out and see if it still hangs in
>transmit.
>
>Your shack just might be very live with rf on 160m, especially if transmit
>antenna is nearby.
>
>If reducing power or the dummy load cures the hanging, you can try adding
>some ferrite to the Omni V cables, but it might be hard to exorcise the rf
>demons if you're on the second floor and the dipole is nearby.
>
>GL,
>Barry N1EU
>
>>Hi...I have an Omni-5. On 160 meters it goes into oscillation...just
takes
>>off on its own...in transmit, SSB and CW. Using the 705 mike. Tried
>>changing, no luck. Using the 961 PS. Using a dipole for 160. Tried a
>>tuner. Tried the TT counterpoise ground (I'm on the second story, away
>>from
>>good ground). No luck. Any ideas? Thanx, Lee K7INU.
>>
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