[TenTec] Omni D vs Delta

[Winston F. Jones]

I think the problem is that the Delta 580 had a little of all those colors
in it -- brown, gray, green, etc. You could view it as almost any of those
colors. And then, maybe some hams are a little color blind!
73, Winston  K4CWQ

----- Original Message -----
From: <n4lq@iglou.com>
To: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa@juno.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni D vs Delta


> This is amazing! We are up to 4 different colors for the same rig. ES
> Green, Dark Grey (gray?), Brown and finally Bronze.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:40:10 -0600
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni D vs Delta
>
> > 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
> > ac5aa@juno.com -or- ac5aa@austin.rr.com
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