[TenTec] Omni 6 SWR meter

[Simmons, Reid W]

The SWR meter on my Omni VI/3 (vintage 1992) agrees very, very closely with
my Bird wattmeter.

Reid, K7YX

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	N1EU [mailto:n1eu@yahoo.com] 
Sent:	Saturday, June 12, 1999 9:40 AM
To:	tentec@contesting.com
Subject:	Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 SWR meter


Thanks for the responses I got so far.  Wanted to
share them & hope you guys don't mind. 

--- "Michael O. Hyder" <N4NT@wireco.net> wrote:
> It only reads correctly when the rig is putting out
> full power.  Does this
> help?
> 

Thanks Mike, but running full output into an antenna I
know is about 2:1, my Omni says 1.1:1 ???

--- KB5PN  Oldrat5330@aol.com wrote:
> My new 6+ is 
> the same way and all I got from TenTec was "If the
> radio hadn't been right it 
> wouldn't have left the factory". 

Thanks for confirming that I'm not crazy Jerry.  My
Omni has a few quirks also that I'm battling with, but
I really do like the rig a lot.  Hang in there!!!


--- Jim W8IT <jloase@ozline.net> wrote:
> When I got my OMNI VI I had a similar problem and
> found that the wires
> on the SWR meter were not soldered causing a high
> impedence.

Jim, this certainly might explain it.  I'll be
cracking her open in a few days to work on my still
unresolved RF prob and I'll check the meter
connections.

Thanks to all & 73,
Barry  N1EU

> 
> >
> > The SWR meter on my Omni 6 doesn't seem to do a
> whole
> > heck of a lot (operator error?).  Never seems to
> climb
> > above 1.5 even with a deliberate mismatch.  Is
> there
> > something I don't know about using it?  Does it
> need
> > to be adjusted (R50 on 9Mhz board???), although I
> > can't seem to find the alignment directions in the
> > manual.
> >
> > Any help much appreciated.
> >
> > 73,
> > Barry  N1EU
> 
> 
> 

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