Even the Omni C should not be used to transmit on 17 meters. See the list
archives for Steve Ellingtons's post dated March 23, 2000 9:35 PM detailing
the technical reasons.
73,
John W0DC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Weber" <kd9bo@mac.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] FOR SALE:
> Mike (and the group) again.
>
> Now that I have my Mike sorted from my Mark...sorry about that.
>
> You also asked about the WARC capability. My understanding is that
> the first two generations of OMNI - the OMNI "Nothing" and the OMNI B
> - were not suitable for the WARC bands because the IF scheme produced
> some heavy-duty out of band spurs.
>
> This was corrected in Series C with a fairly extensive redesign,, so
> unless you want to get a nastygram from our friend Mr. Hollingsworth,
> don't even think about using a first or second generation OMNI on
> WARC.
>
> That's what I have heard, anyway!
>
> --
> Steve Weber KD9BO
>
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