OMNI V Unstable HELP

NZ8J timcook@erinet.com
Sun, 01 Dec 1996 20:58:04 -0500


GERYS@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I am having a problem with my Omni V.  When I first go on, all is FB.  After
> 3-5 minutes the rig becomes unstable on receive and transmit.  Receive sigs
> on CW
> seem to jump, and sound terrible,  on SSB it sounds like an auroral flutter.
>  After
> 15 minutes or so, the Omni warms up and all is fine from then on.  Power
> supply
> problem?
> 
>      Can anyone guide me?
> 
>      Gerry   K1NY
> Gerry,
you didn't mention if it was just one band or more than one band. If it
is just one band I would suspect a bad xtal on the xtal osc board. I
have had the same problem with an Omni 5 years ago and it was the xtal
for that band. Good luck
Tim
NZ8J

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