Omni VI

[Del Seay]

Steve Ellington wrote:
> 
> I've always wondered about the shielding on the TenTec rigs. Take the Omni-6
> for
> example. The top and bottom covers are painted and no obvious provisions
> have been made for properly grounding the covers to the chassis. Furthermore,
> the 8 phillps head screws that hold the covers on are insulated from them
> with nylon washers, probably to prevent paint chips.
> 
> What ever happened to the old TVI prevention measures that included copper
> plating, conductive fingers and multitudes of screws? From my Omni 6, I was
> able to easly receive the 9mhz oscillators across the room even with the
> covers on.


Hi Steve. Good point. But, that is common on all of the modern day
radios.
The OMNI-6 has individual card shielding present, which I suppose is
all that the engineers consider necessary. In fact, the whole bottom
has a sub shield that is quite full.
But - I'm with you. Even though all is now low impedance, and therefore
low voltage, I would like to see the old copper shields with 
"Finger-Stock". How much would that raise the cost of manufacture?
It would probably be significant!
73 de KL7HF