[TenTec] Omni D vs Delta

[Duane A Calvin]

The 580 Delta I fixed up for my nephew was a dark grey (maybe with a
touch of green in it).  I found an almost exact match in paint for the
cabinet:  Rustoleum Anodized Bronze, #7754.

Elephant snot green - ha, ha!

        73,  Duane


On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:43:07 -0500 "Mike Hyder" <N4NT@chartertn.net>
writes:
> The 580 Delta is the same brown color as the Argosy.
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> To: <wa2tti@worldlynx.net>; "Tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni D vs Delta
> 
> 
> > Working from memory...The Omni D came out around 1979-80. The 580 
> a few
> > years later. The Omni had a 9mhz IF chain while the Delta 580 had 
> 6.3mhz.
> I
> > believe the change in frequency cleared up some problems with 17 
> meter
> band
> > mixer products.
> > The Omni had more audio filter positions but both rigs had AF 
> derived agc.
> > The Delta was considerably smaller in size and a shade of elephant 
> snot
> > green compared to the Omni's black with aluminum trim. Hope that 
> helps.
> > Steve Ellington
> > N4LQ
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jerry Harley" <wa2tti@worldlynx.net>
> > To: "Tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:02 PM
> > Subject: [TenTec] Omni D vs Delta
> >
> >
> > > Can someone compare the Omni D to the 580 Delta, and dates of
> > > manufacture. Jerry
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Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
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