Last weekend during the contests I noticed the trim ring on the big knob of my
OMNI-VII was loose. After removing the trim ring, I found a flat rubber band
of smaller radii, put it on the big knob, replaced the old trim ring and all
was well.... but the fact that I had a non TenTec trim ring on the OMNI-VII was
bothersome. Sunday night I ordered new trim rings, one in basic black as the
original, and one in orange for high intensity operations where the highly
visible orange is easily picked up. The orange trim ring is probably good for a
1 to 5 QSO rate increase per hour during contests. (TFPIC)
Also included in the order was the TT-310 Cooling Fan kit, which when installed
allows the OMNI-VII to be run at 100W – 100% duty cycle as in RTTY AFSK or FSK
modes.
Ordered all Sunday night, order was processed Monday morning, order delivered
Wed. afternoon! Removed the old trim ring and rubber band, installed the new
orange trim ring on the OMNI-VII. Now ready for the ARRL DX contest (SSB) this
weekend.
73 ES DX,
Gary – AB9M
(TenTec Ambassador)
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