Paul;
I agree especially with your last statement " I sense that Ten-Tec's
improvements were evolutionary...ICOM chooses to correct their design
problems by immediately releasing a new radio."
I've thought about it and just haven't done it. That is, count the number
of "NEW" radios released by Kenwood, ICOM and Yaesu since the Omni VI
series was released. Lets see, how many versions of the IC-706 are there
now? Seems I recall 4. Same is about true for the "PRO" series of radios.
Food for thought for the Tentec bashers.
73
Bob K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>
To: "tentec reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI Plus freq. readout
> > Oklahoma. About $70 and an hour's work later, I had them installed.
This
> > change removed about 99.5% of the thermal drift resulting in better than
> > spec'ed display accuracy.
>
> I'll second that, including the upgrade to the TCXO. Back in 1997, I
> replaced both BFO crystals with a set from JAN in Fort Meyers, FL.
Only...I
> was seeking to stabilize the Omni's microchirp problem. After a series of
> documented mods (they're in the reflector archives), including the change
to
> the JAN crystals resulted in perfect keying.
>
> However, comparing the Omni's 1990 design against the ICOM PRO-II's 2001
> design is a bit unfair. Given the ten year product life-cycle of the Omni
> 6/6+, it's rather remarkable, really.
>
> I sense that Ten-Tec's improvements were evolutionary...ICOM chooses to
> correct their design problems by immediately releasing a new radio.
>
> -Paul, W9AC
>
>
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