[TenTec] Re: OMNI-6+ problem and an Orion comment

[ac5e at comcast.net]

I had similar problems (twice!) a few years ago with one of the triplets, when I had the two Option 3's and the VI+ hooked up. Which made a VERY cramped shack. But anyway....

I don't remember which did which but in one case I had a higher than normal resistance connection at the Molex connector on the back of the rig. The other time the power supply would break into oscillation and then trip off at around 12 Amps or so. I determined the source of the problem with quick power supply swap with no problems on the Astron. 

An ice pick job on the Molex connector tightened things up enough to clear that up - and a friend repaired the 961 so he could contest while I was in hospital so I don't remember what that problem turned out to be. 

And by the way, I did not work the 160 since my 160 antenna is down, but the Orion's second receiver is plenty good enough to monitor the DX while you hunt his receive frequency on the main TX/RX. No more "wrong VFO" screams from the DX police!!! 

73  Pete Allen  AC5E