[TenTec] my omni 6+ problem - need ur advice

[Dale L Martin]

>
> I talked to Ten Tec and Paul Clinton of their service dept says the Omni
> 6+ has NO RELAYS in it!  Is that true?  i thought my problem may be a TR
> relay in the rig.  R there none in the Omni 6+??  U know, it might just be
> my old antenna coax switch.  u think that's a possibility?  as i
> mentioned previously,
> my receiver seems to drop out.  i hit the dit or dah paddle of my keyer
> and the RX pops back up.  Could that be a bad ant. coax switch maybe?
> that would be great.  i had the switch in line and have that rx drop out
> on all bands.  now i'm going straight to the antenna.  perhaps i won't
> have that problem now.  i'm hoping.
>
> But a few of u folks said the omni 6+ had relays.  does it?  or doesn't
> it?  now i'm confused.
>
Bob,

Paul may be correct about an Omni VI+.  And if that's what you have, I'd be
inclined to listen to him.

I have two Omni VI's: one upgraded to a plus with option 3; the other a
straight VI.

My manual's Low Pass Filter Board Schematic (81592), Figure 4-4, page 4-7
(May 1992), shows relays for the lowpass filters (2 relays for each filter)
and a transmit relay feeding the LP filter output to the antenna.

Maybe the removal of the relays was a feature of the VI+ that is not part of
the option 3 upgrade.

73 and good luck,

dale, kg5u



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