[TenTec] Using OMNI VI remote knob for RIT

[WA3FIY]

On 6 Aug 2001, at 7:59, Terry Zivney wrote:
 
> In order for this mod to work, I need to know a 
> couple of things.  First, I seem to recall hearing
> that the encoders for the main knob and the RIT/XIT
> are identical.  Is this in fact true?
    
>From the way you describe the encoders, the main encoder is 
probably an optical encoder and the RIT encoder is a contacting 
{switch] type encoder.  I suspect the two are not directly 
interchangeable.  You could build a simple interface using a couple 
transistors making your remote encoder "look" like a contacting type 
but I imagine the pulses pre revolution are many times greater in the 
remote encoder, so tuning would be more touchy.   

-Lee-