Greetings again TenTecers.
Every time I QSO an Omni 5 or six user I ask as many questions as possible
about the CW operating differences between the two rigs. The last one told
me his 5 was just as good as the 6+ he has now and he would never have let
the 5 go if it hadn't developed a processor problem that TenTec could not
fix due to discontinued mfr of that chip.
Does that sound reasonable that a rig "can't be fixed"?
He felt the same way, but he has since come to believe that a replacement
processor could have fixed the 5 but it would have affected the filters
(somehow matched to the processor part?) and it may have been a nasty job.
Is this a low level example of the same parts life problem that spawned the
O2 ?
What's a guy to do - stick with an S38 and build up a supply of tubes?
Frank W0ECS
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