[TenTec] Model 546 Series C

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

IMHO, really unfortunate when one has to use model numbers to identify
things.

Looks like the same model number referred to several different item...very
confusing !

----- Original Message -----
From: John/K4WJ <k4wj@att.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: October 25, 1999 7:05 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Model 546 Series C


>
> It has been bothering me that some folks are calling the Omni C a "Omni D
> Series C" since over the years that I've owned my Omni C I have never
heard
> of it as a Omni D Series C.
>
> The front panel of my Omni has only the word Omni above the Ten-Tec logo.
> There is no letter "C" after it. My owner's manual has the word Omni on
the
> front. There is no letter "C" after it.
>
> On the back of my Omni, below the heat sink and between the external
> speaker jack and linear connector, it is stamped,
>
> HF TRANSCEIVER
> MODEL 546 SERIES C
> TEN-TEC, INC.
> SEVIERVILLE, TN 37862
> MADE IN U.S.A.
>
> All of my repair invoices refer to the transciever as 546 and then the
> serial number follows. There is no model or series letter.
>
> I got out my old QST magazines and found the following.
>
> Omni Announced in October, 1978
>
> The October, 1978 QST  has a TEN-TEC advertisement that announces on pages
> 128 and 129,
>
> "there's a world of difference in TEN-TEC's  all new hf transceiver--
OMNI"
>
> The Omni was avaialble with either a digital or an analog frequency
> readout. The specifications for both OMNI models were the same except for
> the readouts
>
> " ANALOG OR DIGITAL READOUTS . OMNI A features an analog dial with 1 kHz
> dial markings. OMNI D has 0.43" LED readouts with the 5 most significant
in
> red and the 6th in green to show 100 Hz increments."
>
> The price for these beauties was "Model 545 OMNI-A $899" and the "Model
546
> Omni D $1069".
>
> Both transceivers pictured in this advertisement have digital readouts and
> have "OMNI D" printed above the TEN-TEC logo on the front panel. In other
> advertisements I saw pictures of the Omni A and it had an analog dial and
> "OMNI A" above the Ten-Tec logo on the front panel.
>
> August, 1979
>
> It appears that this is the first time Ten-Tec advertised the series B.
> This advertisement announced,
>
> "New OMNI/SERIES B Filters The Crowd". The advertisement claims "NEW I-F
> RESPONSE SELECTION"  and "NEW NOTCH FILTER" and new prices.
>
> The prices were, "Model 545 Series B OMNI-A $949" and the "Model 546
Series
> B OMNI-D $1119". Pictures of the digital model show OMNI-D printed above
> the logo on the front panel. Ten-Tec continued to offer an analog and a
> digital version of the Omni.
>
> May, 1980
>
> In QST on page 109 I found the first Omni - Series C advertisement. It
> said, "new features, new performance + all 9 bands". The price line says
> "Model 546 Omni - Series C...$1189" The front panel has "OMNI" printed
> above the logo and the A and D were dropped.
>
> The digital "Model 546 Omni - Series C" replaced the analog "Model 545
> Series B Omni-A" and the digital "Model 546 Series B Omni-D" in May, 1980.
>
> In summary, the Ten-Tec OMNI models were as follows,
>
> Omni Analog Models
> Model 545 OMNI-A $899 announced around October, 1978
> Model 545 Series B OMNI-A $949 announced around August, 1979
>
> Omni Digital Models
> Model 546 Omni D  $1069 announced around October, 1978
> Model 546 Series B OMNI-D  $1119 announced around August, 1979
> Model 546 Omni - Series C  $1189 announced around May, 1980
>
> I don't know why some folks refer to their 'Omni C' as the 'Omni-D Series
> C' because the latter never existed. If anyone has information that it
did,
> then I sure would like to see it. Since there was no analog version of the
> C series, calling it the Omni C should be good enough.
>
>
>
> 73..de John/K4WJ
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