I had a yaesu ft897d. During a contact, the fellow asked me to QRS.
I had to fly through the manual to figure out how to do that!
True, you learn the rig...but I knew I wouldn't be using the rig enough to have
it memorized!
So...someone got a great deal on a 3 month old rig!
Keeping my Omni VI+ !
...Dave
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On Apr 1, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Don Rasmussen <wb8yqj@yahoo.com> wrote:
> TenTec turned my OMNI 6+ around in 3 days from the time they received it.
> They replaced the 10a and 10c band crystals. It appears that they have fixed
> it 100%. These band crystals are tied to a master reference and need to be
> able to be "moved" a precise amount over the lifetime of the radio.
>
> The radio still seems new to me, it's had light use, but it is 11 years old
> now. The OMNI VI+ ergonomics are supurb, one large control for each function.
> There is no MULTI knob, and no press to activate knobs - there are dedicated
> buttons for that. I'm sure it cost way more than they wanted to build it this
> way, but hey - come on man.
>
> Ten Tec even put a new tire on the main tuning knob - it was complementary.
> They suggested on the phone that the new tire is better (it really is a far
> better material), and the extended lip on the tire covers the area that used
> to show the gray band. They also suggested the band was making a perfectly
> round knob to appear less than round. I like the gray band and find that if
> the band is left extending outside of the knob just a little bit when it is
> installed, the lip of the tire wont hang down over it causing what Paul
> termed an "optical illusion". ;-)
>
> It is a LONG Fedex + UPS truck drive to and from San Diego, and there were a
> couple ut-oh's when I powered the radio up. One of the LED digits was blank
> at power up, this was cured by reseating the slide connectors under the top
> cover, and the S-meter light would dim and brighten by itself. I remembered
> that the power connectors need to be tighted periodically, especially if the
> radio has been mated to a different connector as in servicing. A quick
> adjustment of the pins with a hobby knife and a little DeOxit and it became
> 100%. The first impulse is always to reseat the bulb itself which is not as
> often the solution.
>
> Great work to Paul & tech John.
>
> Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
>
> Date:
> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:59:19 -0700 (PDT)
>
> List-post:
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>
> Allen,
>
> What I try to do when there is an intermittent problem (this one qualifys
> 100%) is to find out some key piece of information in describing it. I will
> become obsessed about finding out key behavioral facts based soley on
> operational tests. Does the problem happen on all bands, all modes. Does it
> happen on another power supply - more often or less often. When the receive
> is numb - what happens if I thump the radio - or rotate the controls - what
> happens if I transmit - is it on frequency and at full power? I do all these
> things until I have the clearest possible feel for the failure mode. Having
> said that, I sent my OMNI VI+ in for repair yesterday knowing that the
> instant it is turned on it will "seem" okay. My great fear is that the (quite
> busy) tech will think "I don't have time to fix a working radio", do a couple
> voltage checks and ship the radio back here. It is going to take someone that
> will allow the radio a few minutes to display it's
> misbehavior, and on a busy bench that is sometimes hard to get. Yet, in the
> past TT service has paid the shipping for the second try at repair and nailed
> it on the subsequent journey for me so we have fingers crossed. There is
> nothing quite like an OMNI 6 if you are a CW guy and that includes K3 in my
> book.
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