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Re: [TenTec] Omni D - possible VFO rebuild in my future

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni D - possible VFO rebuild in my future
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:41:56 +0000
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Good info here:  http://tentecwiki.eqth.net/doku.php?id=pto

Barry N1EU

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 8:40 PM <tfr001@myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> So I have an Omni D. Lately, the VFO knob has been getting much stiffer.
> It will sort of freeze wherever you leave it overnight... the next day, it
> will be very hard cranking and it seems like you have to crank it many,
> many more revolutions just to get it to move freq at all. If I crank it up
> and down the entire bandwidth, it will be servicable for the day, but next
> day back to the same thing.
>
> So am I looking at a rebuild here? Or maybe just a re-lube?
> I have not attempted to open the VFO before this... and sort of dreading
> it now.
>
> -Tom N1OOQ
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