[TenTec] Omni VI x 2

[Dale L. Martin]

Hi, Wayne.

You caught me.

It's the Model 301, not 305.

Blame it on brain cells gone awry.

But, considering it has four more wires (phase1, phase2, -, +), maybe it IS a
305 now.

73,
dale, kg5u (I know because I just checked QRZ.com AND my wallet)
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne F. King <wfking@worldnet.att.net>
To: Dale L. Martin <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI x 2


> HI Dale,
> Please tell me more about the 305 remote VFO control. All I see on the TT web
site
> is the 302???
> 73, Wayne N2WK (OMNI VI)
>
> "Dale L. Martin" wrote:
>
> > Greetings y'all!
> >
> > I know my major SS CW QRP competition (W4PA) will shake in his boots
knowing
> > this, but I just gotta share this with the list.
> >
> > The Omni VI I bought from Rich Lucchesi, WA2RQY, arrived on my front
doorstep
> > late last week.
> >
> > After getting it unpacked (whew! What a job, Rich!!) and on the operating
desk,
> > I did some preliminary checks.  FB!
> >
> > The next day, after work, I rushed home, pulled the Delta II and it's power
> > supply off the desk, and put the Omni VI in place.  I connected the PC and
> > bpf/antenna/keying control box cables and did some more testing.  FB!
> >
> > I had to leave for Houston.  ARRL DX CW was underway...boy! Did I hate to
have
> > to leave.
> >
> > Saturday morning, I got up, fired up the radios, computer, hooked up
antennas
> > and ran through a good checkout of the two radios (oh yeah, my first radio
is
> > an Omni VI (with upgrade 3).  This was waaaayyy cool.  Two Omni VI's
> > side-by-side.
> >
> > I couldn't spend as much time in ARRL DX CW as I wanted, but what time I
did
> > showed me that (1) Rich's Omni VI performed like a champ, and (2) I still
have
> > a lot to learn about two-radio contesting.  For 15 hours of QRP operation,
I
> > made 463 QSO's with 185 mults.  So cool!
> >
> > I noticed a couple of things:
> > 1.  I definitely need a 500 Hz filter in the second Omni VI (285 -- anyone
have
> > one they want to sell me?).  A lot of my operating of my original Omni VI
is in
> > 1.8kHz filter bandwidth.  However, there are a number of times during a
contest
> > when I'm dropping down to 500Hz.
> > 2.  My Model 305 remote vfo control has been an ergonomic lifesaver for my
> > original Omni VI.  Not having to reach up from the keyboard to the radio to
> > tune around has been a real blessing.  Not being able to use it with the
second
> > Omni VI really left a void.
> > 3.  The nearly identical layout of the radio controls on the two radios and
> > their similar 'sound' made operating much more comfortable and consistent.
> >
> > This evening, I fixed item number 2, above.  I added a DPDT toggle switch
and a
> > second cable to connect to the second Omni VI.  It works like a champ.  I
can't
> > wait for the next contest to try it out.
> >
> > 73,
> > Dale Martin, KG5U
> > kg5u@hal-pc.org
> > http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u
> >
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