There were three upgrade paths offered for the original Omni VI:
- Option 1 added the VI+ DSP and firmware, and re-assigned front panel keys
were provided with stickers to indicate their new functions
- Option 2 was Option 1 plus new keys, rather than the stickers
- Option 3 was Option 2 plus the VI+'s 9 Mhz filter board that provided two
narrow filter positions rather than one as in the original Omni VI.
The factory considers Option 3 to be equivalent to the Omni VI+, and it is
with the exception of the front panel labeling.
I have been extremely satisfied with my Omni VI/Opt 1 that I purchased
second-hand from another list member. I have filled all of the filter
positions with Ten-Tec filters, and the radio performs very well for CW and
PSK31. Between it and my Elecraft K2, I don't see the need for another rig
and I find myself using the Omni VI most of the time.
- jgc
John Clifford KD7KGX
Heathkit HW-9 WARC/HFT-9/HM-9
Elecraft K2 #1678 /KSB2/KIO2/KBT2/KAT2/KNB2/KAF2
...waiting _eagerly_ for KPA2!
Ten-Tec Omni VI/Opt1
email: kd7kgx@arrl.net
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> 1. Info about OMNI VI and VI+ (F6CUK)
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> 3. RE: [ct-user] Contesting.com Server Fund (Don Melcher)
> 4. 255 power supply hum fixed! (Glenn Butzlaff)
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> From: "F6CUK" <F6CUK@wanadoo.fr>
> To: "Tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:08:55 +0100
> Subject: [TenTec] Info about OMNI VI and VI+
>
> I'm new here, pse excuse my english and my ignorance.
> I've got a model 96' OMNI VI - not sure about year it's
> secondhand -, (model
> 563, n°98289, version 2.0 DSP; n°98269, version 2.21 Logic). I've
> heard, but
> too late, that Ten Tec had provided an upgrade to mofify it in OMNI VI+. I
> could not get this offer.
> Who can tell me the differences between the VI and VI+ ?
> I'd like to know what this upgrade included ( DSP's chip change ?, thus
> software change ? )
> In France, there are not too much Ten Tec equipments and it's quite
> difficult to find information.
>
> Is VI+ much better than VI ? And any possibility now to upgrade it ?
>
> Again thank you to any help .
> 73 from France,Terry
> f6cuk@wanadoo.fr
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> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:20:15 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Bill Fisher, W4AN" <w4an@CONTESTING.COM>
> To: all-lists@CONTESTING.COM
> Subject: [TenTec] Contesting.com Server Fund
>
>
> Thanks to everyone who has donated money to the new server. We have more
> than enough now. I suspect I'll have to refund some you money, as we
> probably have too much.
>
> I'll let everyone know what we get and when we install it. Probably some
> time in January.
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> 73
>
> Bill Fisher, W4AN
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> Reply-To: <don@hfradio.com>
> From: "Don Melcher" <don@hfradio.com>
> To: "Bill Fisher, W4AN" <w4an@contesting.com>, <all-lists@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:44:54 -0800
> Subject: [TenTec] RE: [ct-user] Contesting.com Server Fund
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> Bill -
> Buy the best you can - beyond what you think you need for now. Happy
> Holidays and Good DX in the New Year!
>
> I consider that my contribution has been well worthwhile - the list(s) has
> helped me not only enjoy my hobby but has help immensely in my business as
> well.
>
> Don
> W6ZO
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>
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> Thanks to everyone who has donated money to the new server. We have more
> than enough now. I suspect I'll have to refund some you money, as we
> probably have too much.
>
> I'll let everyone know what we get and when we install it. Probably some
> time in January.
>
> 73
>
> Bill Fisher, W4AN
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> From: "Glenn Butzlaff" <gbutzlaff@wi.rr.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:35:23 -0600
> Subject: [TenTec] 255 power supply hum fixed!
>
> Many thanks to all who replied to my request for a fix for my humming
> transformer. After loosening and tightening the laminations, bathing it in
> varnish, I stuck it back in the cabinet only to hear a reduced version of
> the hum. When I lifted the humming transformer off the bottom (naturally I
> observed all safety precautions) it was totally silent in my hand. I ended
> up with 2 layers of of cardboard under the transformer to isolate it from
> the metal of the cabinet floor. It almost seems as tho the 2 layers of the
> cabinet bottom resonate the hum and no amount of tightening cures it in my
> case. It is now silent. The audio hum I experienced was cured by
> moving the
> supply a bit farther away from the Omni.
>
> Glenn, WE9K
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