[TenTec] BFO Alignment Omni D Freq?

[Jim Miller]

Steve;

Ten-Tec does not answer techincal inquiries via email. You should
telephone the Repair Dept. for information.

Good luck,
Jim, K4SQR

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:26:19 -0600 "Steve" <sswhite@mchsi.com> writes:
> I have sent an email off to Ten Tec to see what they have to say 
> regarding
> the proper procedure for setting up the Carrier Oscillator on the 
> Omni-D.
> When I used the procedure in the manual I had real problems getting 
> the cw
> filter working like it should.  I never could get the passband set 
> up
> properly so what I tried was setting it up by ear and using the 
> counter to
> get the cw offest correct and that works much better anyway but 
> think I
> would like to be sure that I have this right.  Seems that when I 
> listen to
> my signal on the Omni 6 and then transmit with the Omni 6 it is all 
> set
> correctly but dont know if ssb is working right or not since I don't 
> have a
> mic for the Omni-D.  Oh well, guess will have to wait and see what 
> TT says.
> 
> I can not imagine that the filters could have that much variation in 
> them
> that you could not use a set freqs to align the carrier oscillator 
> up with
> however.
> 
> steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clark Savage Turner" <csturner@slonet.org>
> To: "Steve" <sswhite@mchsi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 8:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] BFO Alignment Omni D Freq?
> 
> 
> > I think the manual is in error on this.  I recall it was in error 
> on the
> > Argosy and think it may have been the same for the OMNI.  I would 
> call
> > Ten Tec and ask for the right numbers, I recall having this 
> problem
> > myself.
> >
> > Clark
> > WA3JPG
> >
> > On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 02:31 PM, Steve wrote:
> >
> > > Does any one know the correct freq that the BFO's should be set 
> to when
> > > aligning the Omni-D?  I have tried the method outlined in the 
> manual
> > > and it
> > > seems a bit of a difficult way and can lead to some errors if 
> you don't
> > > have
> > > the right test equipment.
> > >
> > > I have tried that method with limited results and want to try 
> just
> > > setting
> > > the BFO freqs with a counter and see if that will work.
> > >
> > > Some of you experts with the Omni-D probably know the answer to
> > > this...Any
> > > help or comments would be useful.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
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